Hilarious but harrowing, the film charts the disintegration of the friendship between Renton, Spud, Sick Boy, Tommy and Begbie as they proceed seemingly towards a psychotic, drug-fuelled self-destruction.
Renton
Ewan McGregor
Spud
Ewen Bremner
Sick Boy
Jonny Lee Miller
Tommy
Kevin McKidd
Begbie
Robert Carlyle
Diane
Kelly Macdonald
Swanney
Peter Mullan
Renton's Father
James Cosmo
Renton's Mother
Eileen Nicholas
Allison
Susan Vidler
Lizzy
Pauline Lynch
Gail
Shirley Henderson
Gavin
Stuart McQuarrie
Mikey Forrester
Irvine Welsh
Game Show Host
Dale Winton
Dealer
Keith Allen
Andreas
Kevin Allen
Gail's Mother
Annie Louise Ross
Gail's Father
Billy Riddoch
Diane's Mother
Fiona Bell
Diane's Father
Vincent Friell
Man
Hugh Ross
Man
Victor Eadie
Woman
Kate Donnelly
Sheriff
Finlay Welsh
Estate Agent
Eddie Nestor