Absolute Beginners

Eddie O'Connell

Colin, Photographer / Narrator

Patsy Kensit

Suzette

James Fox

Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen

David Bowie

Vendice Partners

Ray Davies

Arthur, Colin's Dad

Mandy Rice-Davies

Flora, Colin's Mum

Eve Ferret

Big Jill

Tony Hippolyte

Mr. Cool

Graham Fletcher-Cook

Wizard

Joseph McKenna

Fabulous Hoplite

Steven Berkoff

The Fanatic

Sade

Athene Duncannon (as Sade Adu)

Edward Tudor-Pole

Ed the Ted (as Tenpole Tudor)

Bruce Payne

Flikker

Alan Freeman

Call-Me-Cobber

Anita Morris

Dido Lament

Paul Rhys

Dean Swift

Julian Firth

The Misery Kid

Chris Pitt

Baby Boom

Lionel Blair

Harry Charms

Gary Beadle

Johnny Wonder

Robbie Coltrane

Mario

Jess Conrad

Cappuccino Man

Smiley Culture

D.J. Entertainer

Ronald Fraser

Amberley Drove

Slim Gaillard

Party Singer

Irene Handl

Mrs Larkin

Peter-Hugo Daly

Vern (as Peter Hugo-Daly)

Amanda Jane Powell

Dorita

Johnny Shannon

Saltzman

Sylvia Syms

Cynthia Eve

Ekow Abban

Santa Lucia Club Owner

Robert Austin

Slim Brother

Gerry Alexander

Ton-Up Vicar

Jim Dunk

Slim Brother

Johnny Edge

Trader Horn

Carmen Ejogo

Carmen

Paul Fairminer

Eddie Sex

Hugo First

Maltese Lodger

Pat Hartley

Ms Cool Snr

Astley Harvey

Mr Cool Snr

Colin Jeavons

Pamphleteer

Alfred Maron

Bert the Tailor

Zoot Money

Chez Nobody Barman (as G.B. (Zoot) Money)

Sandie Shaw

Baby Boom's Mother

Bruno Tonioli

Maltese Lodger

Chua Kah Joo

Dancer

Eric Sykes

Arcade Attendant (uncredited)