Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel

Nick Frost as PC Danny Butterman

Jim Broadbent as Inspector Frank Butterman

Paddy Considine as DS Andy Wainwright

Rafe Spall as DC Andy Cartwright

Kevin Eldon as Sergeant Tony Fisher

Olivia Colman as PC Doris Thatcher

Bill Bailey as Sergeant Turner

Karl Johnson as PC Bob Walker

Timothy Dalton as Simon Skinner

Edward Woodward as Tom Weaver

Billie Whitelaw as Joyce Cooper

Stuart Wilson as Dr. Robin Hatcher

Paul Freeman as Rev. Philip Shooter

Rory McCann as Michael Armstrong

Kenneth Cranham as James Reaper

Maria Charles as Mrs. Reaper

Peter Wight as Roy Porter

Julia Deakin as Mary Porter

Eric Mason as Bernard Cooper

Trevor Nichols as Greg Prosser

Elizabeth Elvin as Sheree Prosser

Patricia Franklin as Annette Roper

Lorraine Hilton as Amanda Paver

Tim Barlow as Mr. Treacher

Anne Reid as Leslie Tiller

Adam Buxton as Tim Messenger

David Threlfall as Martin Blower

Lucy Punch as Eve Draper

David Bradley as Arthur Webley

Ron Cook as George Merchant

Alice Lowe as Tina

Martin Freeman as Met Sergeant

Bill Nighy as Met Chief Inspector

Stephen Merchant as Peter Ian Staker

Ben McKay as Peter Cocker

Robert Popper as 'Not' Janine

Joe Cornish as Bob

Chris Waitt as Dave

Colin Michael Carmichael as Heston Services Clerk

Tom Strode Walton as Underage Drinker #1

Troy Woollan as Underage Drinker #2

Rory Lowings as Underage Drinker #3

Nicholas Wilson as Butcher Brother

Kevin Wilson as Butcher Brother

Graham Low as The Living Statue

Alexander King as Aaron A. Aaronson

Cate Blanchett as Janine (uncredited)

Steve Coogan as Metropolitan Police Inspector (uncredited)

Peter Jackson as Thief Dressed as Father Christmas (uncredited)

Garth Jennings as Crack Addict (uncredited)

Edgar Wright as Shelf Stacker / Voice of Dave (uncredited)

Lesley Wright as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)

Peter Wild as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)

Gillian Rosemary Smith as Village of The Year Judge (uncredited)