Michael Caine as Brian Reader

Jim Broadbent as Terry Perkins

Tom Courtenay as Kenny Collins

Charlie Cox as Basil

Paul Whitehouse as Carl Wood

Michael Gambon as Billy 'The Fish' Lincoln

Ray Winstone as Danny Jones

Francesca Annis as Lyn Reader

Olivia Le Andersen as Marylebone Waitress

Anna Elijasz as The King's Arms Waitress

Ben Willbond as Building Society Branch Manager

Paula Bacon as Woman at Wake

Andy Gillies as Kelvin

Matt Bardock as Detective Inspector Johnson

Claire Lichie as Detective Sergeant Day

Tim Bruce as News Reporter

Josephine Butler as Chic Woman

Ann Akinjirin as Detective Constable Amy

Tim Lewis as Field Officer Ross

Iris Lacey as Perkins' Granddaughter

Adam Leese as Frankie the Fence

Jamie Martin as Surveillance Officer

Nell Hewtson as Restaurant Surveillance Officer

Martha Howe-Douglas as Female Lip Reader

Kellie Shirley as Terri Robinson

Philip Harvey as Armed Policeman

Karl Farrer as Male Funeral Mourner #1 (uncredited)