The Commitments

They had nothing to lose, they risked it all.

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.

Robert Arkins

(Jimmy Rabbitte)

Michael Aherne

(Steven Clifford)

Angeline Ball

(Imelda Quirke)

Maria Doyle Kennedy

(Natalie Murphy)

Dave Finnegan

(Mickah Wallace)

Bronagh Gallagher

(Bernie McGloughlin)

Glen Hansard

(Outspan Foster)

Félim Gormley

(Dean Fay)

Johnny Murphy

(Joey 'The Lips' Fagan)

Dick Massey

(Billy Mooney)

Andrew Strong

(Deco Cuffe)

Ken McCluskey

(Derek Scully)

Colm Meaney

(Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.)

Anne Kent

(Mrs. Rabbitte)

Andrea Corr

(Sharon Rabbitte)

Gerard Cassoni

(Darren Rabbitte)

Ruth Fairclough

(Rabbitte Twin)

Lindsay Fairclough

(Rabbitte Twin)

Ger Ryan

(Pawnbroker)

Liam Carney

(Duffy)

Mark O'Regan

(Father Molloy)

Phelim Drew

(Roddy the Reporter)

Sean Hughes

(Dave from Eeijit Records)

Philip Bredin

(Ray)

Aoife Lawless

(Imelda's Sister)

Lance Daly

(Kid with Harmonica)

Conor Malone

(Protest Song Singer)

Jezz Bell

(Heavy Metal Singer)

Colm MacConiomare

(Fiddler)

Emily Dawson

(Punk Girl Singer)

Dave Kane

(Coconuts Trio)

Kristel Harris

(Coconuts Trio)

Maria Place

(Coconuts Trio)

Brian MacAodha

(Uileann Pipe Player)

Tricia Smith

(Les Miserables Singer)

Canice William

(Smiths' Song Singer)

Patrick Foy

(Cajun Trio)

Jody Campbell

(Cajun Trio)

Allan Murray

(Cajun Trio)

Eanna MacLiam

(Failed Drug Buyer)

Philomena Kavanagh

(Rabbittes Neighbour)

Peter Rowen

(Shy Skateboard Auditioner)

Eamonn O'Conner

(Only De Lonely Singer)

Maura O'Malley

(Joey's Mother)

Blaise Smith

(Pool Hall Manager)

Derek Herbert

(Duffy's Sidekick)

Owen O'Gorman

(Duffy's Sidekick)

Pat Leavy

(Unemployment Official)

John Cronin

(Kid with Horse)

Rynagh O'Grady

(Bernie's Mother)

Sheila Flitton

(Church Cleaner)

Michael Bolger

(Community Centre Kid)

Mick Nolan

(Imelda's Father)

Eileen Reid

(Imelda's Mother)

Bob Navan

(Regency Pub Barman)

Derek Duggan

(Photographer)

Paddy O'Connor

(Rock Salmon Man)

Jim Corr

(Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band)

Larry Hogan

(Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band)

Bernard Keelan

(Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band)

Ronan Hardiman

(Dancehall Manager)

Mikel Murfi

(Music Journalist)

Josylen Lyons

(Deco's Fan)

Winston Dennis

(Man in Limo)

Alan Parker

(Eejit Record Producer)

Paul Bushnell

(Avant-Garde-A-Clue Band / Eejit Engineer)

Sharon Corr

(Fiddle Player (uncredited))

Caroline Corr

((uncredited))

Michael O'Reilly

(Greg)

Gilbert White

(Aul lad with horse (uncredited))