Ewan McGregor character Mark "Rent Boy" Renton
Jonny Lee Miller character Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson
Ewen Bremner character Daniel "Spud" Murphy
Robert Carlyle character Francis "Franco" Begbie
Anjela Nedyalkova character Veronika Kovach
Kelly Macdonald character Diane Coulston
Shirley Henderson character Gail Houston
Irvine Welsh character Mikey Forrester
James Cosmo character Mr. Renton
Eileen Nicholas character Mrs. Renton (archive footage)
Karl Argue character Mad Pipper
Simon Weir character Jailhoose
Pauline Turner character June Begbie
Scot Greenan character Frank Junior
Gordon Kennedy character Tulloch
Steven Robertson character Stoddart
John Kazek character Tom
Bradley Welsh character Doyle
Katie Leung character Nurse
Tom Urie character Big Bear
Amy Manson character Woman in Club
Christopher Douglas character Chris the Oracle
James McElvar character Simon Williamson (aged 20)
Connor McIndoe character Mark Renton (aged 20)
John Bell character Spud Murphy (aged 20)
Michael Shaw character Tommy MacKenzie (aged 20)
Christopher Mullen character Francis Begbie (aged 20)
Elijah Wolf character Tommy MacKenzie (aged 9)
Ben Skelton character Mark Renton (aged 9)
Kyle Fitzpatrick character Fergus
Tereza Duskova character Tourism Girl
Pauline Lynch character Lizzy
Svetla Yancheva character Veronika's Mother
Kevin McKidd character Tommy MacKenzie (archive footage)
Blair Flucker character Club Patron (uncredited)
