Andrew Garfield as Eddie Dunford

Warren Clarke as Bill Molloy

Sean Bean as John Dawson

David Morrissey as Maurice Jobson

John Henshaw as Bill Hadley

Anthony Flanagan as Barry Gannon

Jennifer Hennessy as Mrs Kemplay

Mary Jo Randle as Eddie's Mum

Rita May as Aunty Win

Rachel Jane Allen as Susan Dunford

Graham Walker as Uncle Eric

Michelle Dockery as Kathryn Tyler

Robert Sheehan as BJ

Eddie Marsan as Jack Whitehead

Daniel Mays as Michael Myshkin

Cara Seymour as Mary Cole

Peter Mullan as Martin Laws

Gerard Kearns as Leonard Cole

Ian Mercer as Paul Booker

Rebecca Hall as Paula Garland

Sean Harris as Bob Craven

Steven Robertson as Sgt. Bob Fraser

Shaun Dooley as Dick Alderman

Roger Morlidge as Court Clerk

Mike Mitchell as Henchman

Danny Cunningham as Gaz

Katherine Vasey as Steph

Margaret Blakemore as Rochdale's Neighbour

Tony Mooney as Tommy Douglas

Lynn Roden as Bet

Liz Hume Dawson as Staff Nurse

Cathryn Bradshaw as Marjorie Dawson

Chris Walker as Jim Prentice

Kelly Freemantle as Clare Strachan

Berwick Kaler as George Greaves