Mark Rylance
— John Healy
Pete Postlethwaite
— The Dipper
Lynsey Baxter
— Madalena
Marian McLoughlin
— Mrs. Healy
Billy Boyle
— Mr. Healy
Ronan Vibert
— Charles Fieldhouse
Clive Russell
— Mac
Julian Firth
— Bates
Paddy Joyce
— Kelly
Gerard Horan
— The Sham
Bunny May
— Fox
Brian Hall
— George
Nicholas Palliser
— Chess Opponent
Noreen Kershaw
— Woman in Cafe
Harry Landis
— Kaufman
Andrew Dicks
— Young John Healy
Nick Dawney
— Young Terry Healy
Louis Mellis
— Jock
Anna Keaveney
— Liverpool Lil
John O'Toole
— Williams
Lyndam Gregory
— Fowler
Rosalind Bennett
— Kate
Amanda Mealing
— Teresa
Natalie Slater
— Miss Golon
Tam Dean Burn
— Andy
David Foxxe
— Pete
Roger Frost
— Ken
Dee Orr
— Margaret
Steven Hammett
— Ron
Philip Fox
— Radiographer