Andy Serkis as Mr. Colleoni

Helen Mirren as Ida

John Hurt as Phil Corkery

Sam Riley as Pinkie

Andrea Riseborough as Rose

Sean Harris as Hale

Phil Davis as Frank Spicer

Nonso Anozie as Dallow

Craig Parkinson as Cubitt

Geoff Bell as Kite

Steven Robertson as Crab

Maurice Roëves as Chief Inspector

Steve Evets as Mr Wilson

Francis Magee as Pavement Photographer

Adrian Schiller as Registrar

Pauline Melville as Mother Superior

Mona Goodwin as Pretty Girl

Kerrie Hayes as Borstal Girl 1

Lexy Howe as Borstal Girl 2

Dennis Banks as Barman

Tom Austen as Mr. Oakes (uncredited)