Noah Taylor as Danny Embling

Thandiwe Newton as Thandiwe Adjewa

Nicole Kidman as Nicola Radcliffe

Bartholomew Rose as 'Gilby' Fryer

Felix Nobis as Jock Blair

Josh Picker as 'Backa' Bourke

Kiri Paramore as 'Slag' Green

Marc Aden Gray as Christopher Laidlaw

Les Hill as Greg Gilmore

Naomi Watts as Janet Odgers

Gregg Palmer as Colin Proudfoot

Joshua Marshall as 'Cheddar' Fedderson

David Wieland as 'Possum' Piper

Jeff Truman as Mr. Morris Cutts

Marshall Napier as Mr. Rupert Elloitt

Craig Black as 'Pup' Pierdon

John Dicks as Reverend Consti Nicholson

Kym Wilson as Melissa Miles

Lisa Spinadel as Barbara Howe

Francesca Raft as Fiona Spry

Louise Hannan as Theresa Bradley

Danielle Lyttleton as Jean Thomas

Jacqui Fifer as Stacey Burt

Fiona Press as Mrs. Archer

Maggie Blinco as Miss Guinevere MacReady

Jane Harders as Miss Sylvia Anderson

Malcolm Robertson as Bruce Embling

Judi Farr as Shella Embling

Freddie Paris as Solomon Adjewa

Femi Taylor as Letitia Adjewa

Gillian Hyde as Dr. Alison Pierce

Harry Lawrence as Motel Manager

Michael Anthony Williams as Sonny Liston

Kurt Frey as Jean-Paul Sartre

Dianne Weller as School Kid (uncredited)