Gary Oldman as Joe Orton

Alfred Molina as Kenneth Halliwell

Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay

Wallace Shawn as John Lahr

Lindsay Duncan as Anthea Lahr

Julie Walters as Elsie Orton

James Grant as William Orton

Frances Barber as Leonie Orton

Janet Dale as Mrs Sugden

Dave Atkins as Mr Sugden

Margaret Tyzack as Madame Lambert

Eric Richard as Education Officer

William Job as RADA Chairman

Rosalind Knight as RADA Judge

Angus MacKay as RADA Judge

Linda Spurrier as RADA Instructor

Charlotte Wodehouse as Janet

Helena Michell as Orton's Friend

Sean Pertwee as Orton's Friend

Liam De Staic as Brickie

Charles McKeown as Mr Cunliffe

Selina Cadell as Miss Battersby

Bert Parnaby as Magistrate

Antony Carrick as Counsel

Neil Dudgeon as Policeman

Richard Wilson as Psychiatrist

Christopher Guinee as Publisher

Stevan Rimkus as Kenneth

Michael Müller as BBC Actor 1

Anthony Douse as BBC Actor 2

John Kane as Director

Steven Mackintosh as Simon Ward

Garry Cooper as Actor 1 – Mr Sloane

Roger Lloyd Pack as Actor 2

Joanne Connelly as Stage Manager

John Moffatt as Wigmaker

Philippa Davies as Peggy Ramsey's Secretary

David Cardy as Brian Epstein

Julie Legrand as Gallery Owner

Noel Davis as Philip

Jane Blackburn as Woman in Gallery 1

Stella Richman as Woman in Gallery 2

Neville Phillips as Man in Gallery

Jonny Phillips as Youth Outside Lavatory

Richard Ireson as Man Outside Lavatory

Ahmed Elgheur as Moroccan Boy 1

Moktar Dagmouni as Moroccan Boy 2

Sian Thomas as Marilyn Orton

Stephen Bill as George Barnett

Karl Johnson as Douglas Orton

David Bradley as Undertaker

Simon Adams as Undertaker's Boy

James Duggan as Labourer

Max Stafford-Clark as Awards Chairman

Mark Brignal as Beatles Chauffeur

Joan Sanderson as Anthea's Mother

Neville Smith as Police Inspector

Spencer Leigh as Constable

John Salthouse as Chauffeur

Robin Hooper as Mortuary Attendant

Derek Jarman as Patrick Proktor (uncredited)

Derek Lyons as Library Patron (uncredited)