Absolute Beginners Cast

Patsy Kensit - Suzette
Eddie O'Connell - Colin, Photographer / Narrator
David Bowie - Vendice Partners
James Fox - Henley of Mayfair, Dressmaker to the Queen
Ray Davies - Arthur, Colin's Dad
Mandy Rice-Davies - Flora
Eve Ferret - Big Jill
Tony Hippolyte - Mr. Cool
Graham Fletcher-Cook - Wizard
Joe 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, Gossip Columnist
Paul Rhys - Dean Swift
Julian Firth - The Misery Kid
Chris Pitt - Baby Boom
Lionel Blair - Harry Charms, Record Producer
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, aka Jaws
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 Mum
Bruno Tonioli - Maltese Lodger
Roland Alexander - Dancer
Shaun Alexander - Dancer
Ayo Antaeus - Dancer
John Aron - Dancer
Hoyle Baker - Dancer
Chris Baldock - Dancer
Andrée Bernard - Trad Gang Leader (as Andree Bernard)
Warren Bird - Dancer
Richard Bodkin - Dancer
Timothy Brennan - Dancer
Mo Bright - Dancer
Roland Brine - Dancer
Kelvin Carter - Dancer
Imogen Claire - Dancer (as Imogen Clare)
Clive Clarke - Dancer
Kirsty Davide - Dancer
Vince Debono - Dancer
Dennis Elcock - Dancer
Sylvia Ellis - Dancer
King Masher Fontaine - Dancer
Wayne Fowkes - Dancer
David Foreman - Dancer
Lucille Gaye - Dancer
Elliot Gilbert - Dancer
John Gordon - Dancer
Lorna Gray - Dancer
John Greaves - Dancer
Robert Grimsey - Dancer
Robert Grose - Dancer
Michael Ho - Dancer
Isobel Hurll - Dancer
Johnny Hutch - Dancer
Kim St. James - Dancer
Peter Jessup - Dancer
Clive Johnson - Dancer
Chua Kaa-Joo - Dancer
Val Joeph - Dancer
Trevor Kelly - Dancer
Tony Kemp - Dancer
Chrissie Kendall - Dancer (as Chrissie Kendal)
Olivia Komlosy - Dancer
Viv Law - Dancer
Madeleine Lawrence - Dancer
Paul Leonard - Dancer
Kenny Linden - Dancer
Tom Lock - Dancer
Tricia Lockhart - Dancer
Jerry Manley - Dancer
Peyton Martin - Dancer
Robin Martyne - Dancer
Jack Migdalek - Dancer
Bob Newent - Dancer
Albin Pahernik - Dancer
Neil Patterson - Dancer
William Perrie - Dancer
Shanti Ruchpaul - Dancer
Corinne Russell - Dancer
Les Saxon - Dancer
Gary Sellars - Dancer
Alan Spencer - Dancer
Chris Sullivan - Dancer
Paul Telford - Dancer
Michelle Thorne - Dancer
Christina Thornton - Dancer
Carl Trevors - Dancer
Oke Wambu - Dancer
Anthony Wellington - Dancer
Elizabeth Wendon - Dancer
John Willet - Dancer
Sabra Williams - Dancer
Barrie J. Wilkinson - Dancer
Glen Wilkinson - Dancer
Barrie Young - Dancer
David Morgan Young - Dancer
Lynne Hazelden - Teddy Girl (uncredited)
Derek Lyons - Teddyboy (uncredited)
Eric Sykes - Arcade intendant (uncredited)