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title: "The Damned United: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 67
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# The Damned United (2009): cast and crew

27 cast and 67 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Michael Sheen](https://film.one/person/michael-sheen.md) as Brian Clough
- [Timothy Spall](https://film.one/person/timothy-spall.md) as Peter Taylor
- [Colm Meaney](https://film.one/person/colm-meaney.md) as Don Revie
- [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md) as Sam Longson
- [Maurice Roëves](https://film.one/person/maurice-roeves.md) as Jimmy Gordon
- [Stephen Graham](https://film.one/person/stephen-graham.md) as Billy Bremner
- [Henry Goodman](https://film.one/person/henry-goodman.md) as Manny Cossins
- [Mark Bazeley](https://film.one/person/mark-bazeley.md) as Austin Mitchell
- Giles Alderson as Colin Todd
- Martin Compston as John O'Hare
- David Roper as Sam Bolton
- Jimmy Reddington as Keith Archer
- Peter McDonald as Johnny Giles
- Oliver Stokes as Nigel Clough
- Ryan Day as Simon Clough
- [Ralph Ineson](https://film.one/person/ralph-ineson.md) as Journalist
- Elizabeth Carling as Barbara Clough
- [Brian McCardie](https://film.one/person/brian-mccardie.md) as Dave Mackay
- Sydney Wade as Elizabeth Clough
- [Joe Dempsie](https://film.one/person/joe-dempsie.md) as Duncan McKenzie
- Mark Cameron as Norman Hunter
- Colin Harris as John McGovern
- Liam Thomas as Les Coker
- [Terence Harvey](https://film.one/person/terence-harvey.md) as FA Committee Chairman
- Paul Bown as Mike Bamber
- Gillian Waugh as Lillian Taylor
- Mark Jameson as Groundsman

## Directing

- [Tom Hooper](https://film.one/person/tom-hooper.md): Director
- Tom Rye: Second Assistant Director
- Martin Curry: First Assistant Director
- Gemma Nunn: Third Assistant Director
- Jemima Thomas: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Peter Morgan](https://film.one/person/peter-morgan.md): Screenplay
- David Peace: Novel

## Production

- Dan Hubbard: Casting
- Lee Morris: Producer
- [Christine Langan](https://film.one/person/christine-langan.md): Executive Producer
- Grainne Marmion: Producer
- Hugo Heppell: Executive Producer
- [Peter Morgan](https://film.one/person/peter-morgan.md): Executive Producer
- [Andy Harries](https://film.one/person/andy-harries.md): Producer
- Monique Mussell: Production Manager
- Mally Chung: Unit Manager
- Penelope Robinson: Production Accountant
- John William Turner: Production Assistant
- Daniel Sampedro Palerm: Production Coordinator

## Camera

- [Ben Smithard](https://film.one/person/ben-smithard.md): Director of Photography
- Adam Coles: Focus Puller
- Alex Fitton: Camera Trainee
- Richard Lawson: Focus Puller
- Vince McGahon: Steadicam Operator
- Ronan Murphy: Key Grip
- Laurie Sparham: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [Melanie Oliver](https://film.one/person/melanie-oliver.md): Editor
- Chris McGloin: First Assistant Editor
- Gareth Spensley: Colorist
- Ben Renton: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Rob Lane](https://film.one/person/rob-lane.md): Original Music Composer
- Philip Porter: Boom Operator
- Lee Walpole: Supervising Sound Editor
- Dawn Gough: Assistant Sound Editor
- Andrea King: Foley Artist
- Forbes Noonan: Foley Supervisor
- Matthew Skelding: Dialogue Editor
- Martin Beresford: Sound Mixer
- Jack Stew: Foley Artist
- Paul Hamblin: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Liz Gallacher: Music Supervisor
- Darrell Alexander: Music Coordinator

## Art

- [Eve Stewart](https://film.one/person/eve-stewart.md): Production Design
- Andrew Holden-Stokes: Supervising Art Director
- Leon McCarthy: Art Direction
- Alison Staples: Graphic Designer
- Jean Challender: Art Department Coordinator
- Martin Parker: Construction Manager
- Jason Bond: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Mike O'Neill: Costume Design
- Jan Archibald: Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
- Nicola Mount: Makeup & Hair
- Caitlin Tanner: Makeup & Hair
- Rachael Speke: Makeup & Hair

## Visual effects

- Paul Kelly: Special Effects Supervisor

## Lighting

- Stuart Drummond: Gaffer
- Steve Gartside: Electrician

## Crew

- Alistair Hopkins: Post Production Supervisor
- Ben Ashmore: Special Effects Coordinator
- Ian Pead: Stunts
- Charles Ramsay: Stunts
- Roy Taylor: Stunts
- Peter Pedrero: Stunt Coordinator
- Darren Hayward: Carpenter
- Graeme McHugh: Scenic Artist
- Carol Carmichael: Set Medic
- Penny Dyer: Dialect Coach

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