Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd

Alex Jennings as Alan Bennett

Frances de la Tour as Ursula Vaughan Williams

Gwen Taylor as Mam

Dominic Cooper as Theatre Actor

James Corden as Street Trader

Roger Allam as Rufus

Samuel Anderson as Jehovah's Witness

Dermot Crowley as Priest

Jim Broadbent as Underwood

Stephen Campbell Moore as Doctor

Eleanor Matsuura as American Journalist

Sacha Dhawan as Doctor Malik

Samuel Barnett as Donald

Deborah Findlay as Pauline

David Calder as Mr. Fairchild

Elliot Levey as Theatre Director

Claire Foy as Lois, Social Worker

Pandora Colin as Mrs. Perry

Marion Bailey as Convent Housekeeper

Russell Tovey as Young Man with Earring

Rosalind Knight as Old Nun

Jamie Parker as Estate Agent

Geoffrey Streatfeild as Alan's Partner

June Watson as Woman at Day Centre

George Taylor as Policeman

Richard Banks as Neighbour

Aaron Neil as Grocer

Jessica Bastick-Vines as Pauline and Rufus' Daughter

Cecilia Noble as Miss Briscoe

Clare Hammond as Young Miss Shephard

Sam McArdle as The Biker

Giles Cooper as Passer-By

Sam Spruell as Another Young Man

Harriet Thorpe as Customer

Nicholas Burns as Giles Perry

Alan Bennett as Alan Bennett (2014)

Andrew Knott as Ambulance Man

Selina Cadell as Lady Wiggin

Giles Cooper as Passer-by