Director : Michael Winterbottom
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Genre : Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Cast : (in credits order) , Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson , Lennie James as Alan Erasmus , John Thomson as Charles , Nigel Pivaro as Actor at Granada , Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton , Shirley Henderson as Lindsay , Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett , John Simm as Bernard Sumner , Ralf Little as Hooky (Peter Hook) , Mark Windows as Johnny Rotten , Sean Harris as Ian Curtis , Paul Popplewell as Paul Ryder , Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder , Dave Gorman as John the Postman , Martin Hancock as Howard Devoto , Ron Cook as Derek Ryder , Raymond Waring as Vini , Peter Kay as Don Tonay , Mark E. Smith as Punter , Naomi Radcliffe as Twitchy Girl , Tim Horrocks as Steve , Rob Brydon as Ryan Letts , Howard Devoto as Cleaner , Collette Cooper as Sadie , Tracy Cunliffe as Other Girl in Nosh Van , Enzo Cilenti as Peter Saville , Duncan Whitworth as Jez , Michael Mitchell Jr. as Simon (as Michael Mitchell Jnr.) , Claire Lever as Assistant , Neil Bell as Aspiring Singer , Aidan Cross as Goth , Simon Pegg as Journalist , Elizabeth Kelly as Ian's Gran , Darren Tighe as Mike Pickering , Chris Coghill as Bez , Anna Tyborczyk as Gillian , Peter Gunn as Farmer , Dan Hope as Mark , Nick Clarke as Gaz , Margi Clarke as Actor in Corridor , Mani as Sound Engineer , Smug Roberts as Railway Guard , Clint Boon as 2nd Railway Guard , Toby Salaman as Sir Keith Joseph , Conrad Murray as Bailey Brother , Martin Coogan as Chris Nagle , Rowetta Satchell as Herself (as Rowetta) , Kieran O'Brien as Nathan (as Keiran O'Brien) , Kate Magowan as Yvette , Paul Ryder as Pel , Roger Kennedy as Doorman Sam , Sean Cernow as Little Pel , Fiona Allen as Cloakroom Girl , Helen Schlesinger as Hilary , Joshua McNicholas as Oliver , Tony Wilson as Studio Director (as Anthony H. Wilson) , Keith Allen as Roger Ames , Dino as Wise Guy , A. Bowser as Wise Guy (as Mr. A. Bowser) , Gary Roberts as Wise Guy rest of cast listed alphabetically: , Dave Haslam as Himself, Nick Mason as Gaz, Mike Pickering as Himself, Terri Seymour as Wheel of Fortune Co-Host , Kenny Baker as Zookeeper (uncredited), Michael Biggam as Sex Pistols Fan (uncredited), Jean-Jacques Burnel as Himself – The Stranglers (archive footage) (uncredited), Martin Nigel Davey as Partygoer (uncredited), John Lydon as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited), Sean McKenzie as Man at Sex Pistols Gig (uncredited), Iggy Pop as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited), Siouxsie Sioux as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited), Paul Weller as Himself – The Jam (archive footage) (uncredited)
