Maxine Peake as Funny Cow

Stephen Graham as Mike/Funny Calf's Dad

Christine Bottomley as Funny Calf's Mum

Paddy Considine as Angus

Tony Pitts as Bob

Alun Armstrong as Lenny

Lindsey Coulson as Funny Cow's Mum

Kevin Eldon as Danny

Hannah Walters as Jean

Diane Morgan as Margaret

Macy Shackleton as Funny Calf

Hebe Beardsall as Funny Calf (Aged 20s)

Tom Gibbons as Bob (Aged 20s)

Ashton Steele as Young Mike

Vic Reeves as Ventriloquist

John Bishop as Colin Pine

Graham Hughes as Jacques LeCock

Richard Hawley as Cream aka Rodney Chittingdon

Corinne Bailey Rae as Coffee

Bobby Knutt as Crookes Club Concert Secretary

Kevin Rowland as Jeff

Dominic Brunt as Landlord

Duggie Brown as Old Man

Robert Curtis as Dial House Concert Secretary

Steven E Harris as Dial House Heckler

Kate Russell-Smith as Geraldine

Jayne Bickerton as Mad Woman

Steve Money as Fat K.

Kay Boggett as Janet

Jake Holdsworth as Soft Mick

Danny Hawley as Young Kev

Alfie Graham as Liam

Grace Graham as Debs

Lissi Brook as Girl

Lily Jones Adkin as Big Girl

Calvin Cawood as Big Boy

Bilko as Himself

Grant Crookes as Cinema Goer (uncredited)