Sam Riley as Ian Curtis

Samantha Morton as Debbie Curtis

Alexandra Maria Lara as Annik Honoré

Joe Anderson as Hooky

Toby Kebbell as Rob Greton

Craig Parkinson as Tony Wilson

James Anthony Pearson as Bernard Sumner

Harry Treadaway as Steve Morris

Robert Shelly as Twinny

Andrew Sheridan as Terry

Richard Bremmer as Ian's Father

Tanya Myers as Ian’s Mother

Martha Myers Lowe as Ian's Sister

Matthew McNulty as Nick

David Whittington as Chemistry Teacher

Margaret Jackman as Mrs. Brady

Mary Jo Randle as Debbie's Mother

Ben Naylor as Martin Hannet

John Cooper Clarke as Self

James Fortune as MC

Angus Addenbrooke as Colin

Nicola Harrison as Corrine

June Alliss as Corinne's Mother

George Newton as Studio Owner

Mark Jardine as Other Band Manager

Herbert Grönemeyer as Local GP

Paul Arlington as Hospital Doctor

Tim Plester as Earnest

Joanna Swain as Maternity Nurse

Joseph Marshall as Alan from Crispy Ambulance

Laura Chambers as Claire

Eliot Otis Brown Walters as Footballing Kid

Monica Axelsson as Tony Wilson's Girlfriend

Lotti Closs as Gillian Gilbert

Eady Williams as Baby Natalie