Daniel Day-Lewis as Gerry Conlon

Pete Postlethwaite as Giuseppe Conlon

Emma Thompson as Gareth Peirce

John Lynch as Paul Hill

Corin Redgrave as Robert Dixon

Beatie Edney as Carole Richardson

John Benfield as Chief PO Barker

Paterson Joseph as Benbay

Marie Jones as Sarah Conlon

Gerard McSorley as Belfast Detective Pavis

Frank Harper as Ronnie Smalls

Mark Sheppard as Paddy Armstrong

Don Baker as Joe McAndrew

Alison Crosbie as Girl in Pub

Nye Heron as IRA Man 1

Anthony Brophy as Danny

Frankie McCafferty as Tommo

Paul Warriner as Soldier

Julian Walsh as Soldier

Stuart Wolfenden as Soldier

Jo Connor as Bin Lady

Karen Carlisle as Female Rioter

Seamus Moran as IRA Man 2

Billy Byrne as IRA Man 3

Maureen McBride as Mother

Jane Nolan as Girl with baby

Laurence Griffin as Boy in riot

Jason Murtagh as Boy in riot

Kelly McKeavney as Young Girl

Joanna Irvine as Ann Conlon

Fiona Daly as IRA Woman

Catherine Dunne as Woman on Balcony

Anna Megan as Granny Conlon

Leah McCullagh as Bridie Conlon

Saffron Burrows as Girl in Commune

Jamie Harris as Deptford Jim

Britta Smith as Annie Maguire

Barbara Mulcahy as Marian

Mick Tohill as Man in Bookies

Peter Sheridan Snr. as Manager of Bookies

Joe McPartland as Charlie Burke

Stanley Townsend as Hooker's Driver

Tim Perrin as Detective

Tony Denham as Detective

Rob Spendlove as Detective

Phil Davis as Detective

Martin Murphy as Detective

Richard Graham as Detective

Oliver Maguire as Detective

Maurice Kehoe as Detective

Rachael Dowling as Policewoman

Tina Kellegher as Policewoman

Ronan Wilmot as Paddy Maguire

Maclean Burke as Young Vincent Maguire

Joe Jeffers as Young Patrick Maguire

Alistair Findlay as Forensic Scientist

Peter Howitt as Remand Prison Officer

Sean Lawlor as Remand Prison Officer

Brian de Salvo as Remand Prison Officer

Luke Hayden as Remand Prison Officer

Aiden Grennell as Trial Judge

Daniel Massey as Prosecutor

Bosco Hogan as Defense Counsel

Kenneth Edge as Jury Foreman

Aine O'Connor as Dixon's Wife

Guy Carleton as Prison Admissions Officer

Dave Duffy as Prison Officer

Martin Dunne as Prison Officer

Larry Murphy as Old Prison Officer

Richard Michaelis as Cockney Prisoner

Mal Whyte as Cockney Prisoner

John Gallagher as Cockney Prisoner

Marcus Lynch as Cockney Prisoner

Jer O'Leary as Prisoner John O'Brien

Joey Cashman as Prisoner

Alan Amsby as Prisoner

Paul O'Grady as Prisoner

Owen Conroy as Prisoner

Dee Man Kole as Prisoner

Bernard Pellegrinetti as Prisoner

Emeka Okeki as Prisoner

Alan O'Connor as Prisoner

Mario McGovern as Prisoner

John Joe Fontana as Prisoner

Terry O'Neill as Prisoner

Joey Legaspi as Prisoner

Jimmie Bergin as Prisoner

John Higgins as Prisoner

Malcolm Tierney as Home Office Official

Iain Montague as Leader of Delegation

Paul Raynor as New Chief Prison Officer

Clodagh Conroy as Dixon's Secretary

Peter Sheridan as Priest

Darren McHugh as Dixon's Son

Peter Campbell as Government Official

Alan Barry as Archivist Jenkins

Jonathan Ryan as Scottish Governor

John Pickles as Procedural Court Judge

Liam O'Callaghan as Archivist 2

Denys Hawthorne as Appeal Judge

Tom Wilkinson as Appeal Prosecutor

Philip King as Guildford Soldier