 | Ewan McGregor als Renton |
 | Ewen Bremner als Spud |
 | Jonny Lee Miller als Sick Boy |
 | Kevin McKidd als Tommy |
 | Robert Carlyle als Begbie |
 | Kelly Macdonald als Diane |
 | Peter Mullan als Swanney |
 | James Cosmo als Mr. Renton |
 | Eileen Nicholas als Mrs. Renton |
 | Susan Vidler als Allison |
 | Pauline Lynch als Lizzy |
 | Shirley Henderson als Gail |
 | Stuart McQuarrie als Gavin |
 | Irvine Welsh als Mikey Forrester |
 | Dale Winton als Game Show Host |
 | Keith Allen als Dealer |
 | Kevin Allen als Andreas |
 | Annie Louise Ross als Gail's Mother |
 | Billy Riddoch als Gail's Father |
 | Fiona Bell als Diane's Mother |
 | Vincent Friell als Diane's Father |
 | Hugh Ross als Man |
 | Victor Eadie als Man |
 | Kate Donnelly als Woman |
 | Finlay Welsh als Sheriff |
 | Eddie Nestor als Estate Agent |
| John Hodge | Screenplay |
| Lesley Stewart | Production Manager |
| Gail Stevens | Casting |
| Andrew Macdonald | Producer |
| Rachael Fleming | Costume Design |
| Danny Boyle | Director |
| Robert McCann | Makeup Artist |
| Kave Quinn | Production Design |
| Brian Tufano | Director of Photography |
| Masahiro Hirakubo | Editor |
| Andy Pryor | Casting |
| Tracey Gallacher | Art Direction |
| David Gilchrist | First Assistant Director |
| James Boyle | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Robert McCann | Hairstylist |
| Irene Harris | Art Department Assistant |
| William Adams | Security |
| Stuart Clarke | Scenic Artist |
| Colin Nicolson | Sound Recordist |
| Paul Curren | Painter |
| Scott Cowan | Utility Stunts |
| Simon Bray | Steadicam Operator |
| Liam Longman | Still Photographer |
| Richard Fettes | Dialogue Editor |
| Mark Ritchie | Best Boy Electric |
| Jenifer Booth | Production Accountant |
| Shellie Smith | Production Coordinator |
| Jonathan Miller | Sound Effects Editor |
| Eric Smith | Driver |
| Andrew Bainbridge | Location Manager |
| Mike Valentine | Underwater Camera |
| Adrian McCarthy | Grip |
| Tony Cook | Boom Operator |
| Anne Coulter | Script Supervisor |
| David Aukin | Thanks |
| Brian Adams | Carpenter |
| Arthur Donnelly | Electrician |
| Willie Cadden | Gaffer |
| Niki Longmuir | Assistant Art Director |
| Graham Johnston | Makeup Designer |
| Stephen Noble | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Allen Dam | Music Consultant |
| Stephen Wong | Art Department Trainee |
| Kirstin McDougall | Production Runner |
| Michael Queen | Floor Runner |
| John Duncan | Generator Operator |
| Charlie Hiscott | Location Assistant |
| Ben Johnson | Third Assistant Director |
| Mat Bergel | Dressing Prop |
| Denton Brown | Assistant Editor |
| Claire Hughes | Second Assistant Director |
| Neil Davidson | Camera Trainee |
| Bob Shipsey | Focus Puller |
| Lewis Buchan | Clapper Loader |
| Tony Steers | Visual Effects |
| Grant Mason | Visual Effects |
| Penny Crawford | Set Dresser |
| Lorna J. Stewart | Art Department Assistant |
| Brian Saunders | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ray Merrin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mark Taylor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gordon Fitzgerald | Property Master |
| Piero Jamieson | Dressing Prop |
| Stewart Cunningham | Standby Property Master |
| Scott Keery | Standby Property Master |
| Bert Ross | Standby Carpenter |
| Richard Hassall | Carpenter |
| Peter Knotts | Carpenter |
| John Watt | Carpenter |
| James Patrick | Painter |
| Bobby Gee | Painter |
| Terry Forrestal | Stunt Coordinator |
| Tom Delmar | Stunts |
| Nrinder Dhudwar | Stunts |
| Richard Hammatt | Stunts |
| Paul Heasman | Stunts |
| Tom Lucy | Stunts |
| Andreas Petrides | Stunts |
| Irvine Welsh | Novel |
