Discover the Star-Studded Cast of Life on Mars

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.

Main Cast of Life on Mars

John Simm

as Sam Tyler (16 episodes)

John Simm was born on 10th July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire and grew up in Nelson, Lancashire. He attended Edge End...

Marshall Lancaster was born on October 5, 1974 and is currently 50 years old.

Noreen Kershaw

as Phyllis Dobbs (16 episodes)

Tony Marshall

as Nelson (12 episodes)

Secondary Cast of Life on Mars

Joanne Froggatt

as Ruth Tyler (2 episodes)

Joanne Froggatt (born 23 August 1980) is a British actress.

Lee Ingleby

as Vic Tyler (1 episode)

Ian Barritt

as Stanley Cooper (1 episode)

Ian Barritt was born on January 1, 1944 and is currently 81 years old.

Reece Dinsdale

as Simon Lamb (1 episode)

Marc Warren

as Tony Crane (1 episode)

Marc Warren is an English actor, known for his roles in British television series such as Band of Brothers, Hustle, T...

Tim Plester

as Rocket (1 episode)

Tim Plester was born on September 10, 1970 and is currently 54 years old.

Eva Pope

as Carol Twilling (1 episode)

Jacqueline Boatswain

as Officer (1 episode)

Sagar Arya

as Saeed Taufeeq (1 episode)

Ralph Brown

as Frank Morgan (2 episodes)

Kevin McNally

as Harry Woolf (2 episodes)

Kevin McNally was born on April 27, 1956, in Bristol, England. He grew up in Birmingham where he attended Redhill and...

Paul Copley

as Reg Cole (1 episode)

Anthony Flanagan

as Pete Bond (1 episode)

Anthony Flanagan is a film and television actor.

Alex Reid

as Layla Dylan (1 episode)

Katherine Kelly

as Auntie Heather (1 episode)

Stephen Bent

as Arnold Malone (1 episode)

Archie Panjabi

as Maya Roy (2 episodes)

Carl Cieka

as Hugo Barton (1 episode)

Georgia Taylor

as Denise Williams (1 episode)

Andrew Tiernan

as Kim Trent (1 episode)

Andrew James Tiernan is an English film and television actor.

Steve Evets

as Dickie Fingers (1 episode)

John Henshaw

as Ted Bannister (1 episode)

Phaldut Sharma

as Ravi Gandhi (1 episode)

Sean Gilder

as Leslie Johns (1 episode)

Andrew Knott

as Derek Bannister (1 episode)

Andrew Knott is an English film and television actor. He was trained in the Oldham Theatre Workshop. His first major...

Sam Hazeldine

as Colin Raimes (1 episode)

Sam Hazeldine was born on March 29, 1972 and is currently 52 years old.

Caroline Harding

as Raimes' Lawyer (1 episode)

Parvez Qadir

as Raimes' Psychiatrist (1 episode)

Christopher Harper

as Neil (1 episode)

Rae Kelly Hill

as June (2 episodes)

Nicky Bell

as Brian (1 episode)

Rebecca Atkinson

as Tina (1 episode)

David Corden

as Edwards (1 episode)

Tom Mannion

as Stephen Warren (1 episode)

Kelly Wenham

as Joni (1 episode)

Stephen Aintree

as Carroway (1 episode)

Kris Mochrie

as Craig (1 episode)

Lee Ross

as DCI Litton (2 episodes)

Lee Ross (born 1971) is an English actor known for his roles as nice guy Kenny Phillips in the classic CITV dramedy P...

Ken Drury

as George Bates (1 episode)

Andrew Vincent

as Albert Collins (1 episode)

Lisa Millett

as Andrea Kemble (1 episode)

William Hoyland

as Superintendent Rathbone (1 episode)

Nicholas Blane

as Oswald Spear (1 episode)

Matt Cross

as Jimmy Lips (1 episode)

Craig Cheetham

as Russell Askey (1 episode)

Steve Garti

as Andy Eddows (1 episode)

Yasmin Bannerman

as Eve Olawi (1 episode)

Gemma Wardle

as Nurse (1 episode)

Brendan Mackey

as Patrick O'Brien (1 episode)

Peter Wight

as Frank Miller (1 episode)

Beatrice Kelley

as Landlady (1 episode)

Andy Hockley

as Pathologist (1 episode)

Andrew Readman

as Twilling's Lawyer (1 episode)

Olwen May

as Mavis Witham (1 episode)

Ian Puleston-Davies

as Toolbox Terry (1 episode)

Lorraine Cheshire

as Big Bird (1 episode)

Seamus O'Neill

as Terry Haslam (1 episode)

Kieran O'Brien

as Davie Mackay (1 episode)

O'Brien grew up in nearby Royton and was educated at the Bishop Henshaw Roman Catholic Memorial High School in Rochda...

Jason Watkins

as Colin Merrick (1 episode)

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost ...

Ian Hanmore

as Peter Wilkes (1 episode)

Ian Hanmore was born on March 24, 1945 and is currently 79 years old.

Jack Deam

as Donald Sykes (1 episode)

Rafaella Hutchinson

as Test Card Girl (2 episodes)

Jonathan Duttine

as Malcolm Cox (1 episode)

Ruth Millar

as Jackie Queen (1 episode)

Michael Lawrence

as Ryan (1 episode)

John Axon

as Arthur Coynes (1 episode)

John Wilson

as Man in Pub (1 episode)

Henry Cox

as Young Lad (1 episode)

Orla Cottingham

as Raimes' Social Worker (1 episode)

Tom Charnock

as Police Officer (1 episode)

Richard Sinnott

as TV Presenter (1 episode)

Jane Riley

as Dora Keens (1 episode)

Andy Abrahams

as Sid (1 episode)

Mags Gannon

as Mrs. Raimes (1 episode)

Timothy Platt

as Leonard (1 episode)

Sherry Ormerod

as Mrs. Trent (1 episode)

Frank Walmsley

as Ambulance Driver (1 episode)

Jane Relph

as Witness (1 episode)

Warren Donnelly

as Dodds (1 episode)

Paul Leeming

as Pathologist (1 episode)

Denice Hope

as Mrs. Bannister (1 episode)

Holly Mai Leighton

as Young Girl (1 episode)

William Matheson

as Marc Bolan (1 episode)

Chris Wilcox

as Royston (1 episode)

Steven Blower

as Paul (1 episode)

Debbie Howard

as Nervous Lady (1 episode)

Margaret Henshaw

as Doris (1 episode)

Kevin Knapman

as Billy Kemble (1 episode)

Tom Lloyd-Roberts

as Doctor (1 episode)

Paul Kemp

as Manager (1 episode)

Michael Atkinson

as McKee (1 episode)

Jonathan Wright

as Reporter (1 episode)

Julian Kay

as Doctor (1 episode)

Ray Emmet Brown

as DC Glen Fletcher (1 episode)

Bill Rodgers

as Filbert (1 episode)

Chris Bieske

as Twin (1 episode)

Craig Bieske

as Twin (1 episode)

Vortre Williams

as Armed Robber (1 episode)

Alexander O'Loughlin

as Young Sam (2 episodes)

Carissa Wistow

as Gracie (1 episode)

Nicholas Palliser

as Roger Twilling (1 episode)

Clare McGlinn

as Mrs. Luckhurst (1 episode)

Meryl Hampton

as Mrs. Edith Williams (1 episode)

Lesley Clare O'Neill

as Mrs. Bathurst (1 episode)

Jonty Stephens

as Don Witham (1 episode)

Adam Beresford

as Graham Bathurst (1 episode)

James Wells

as Mitch Bathurst (1 episode)

Hayley McGroarty

as Stella Lamb (1 episode)

Alicia Hall

as School Girl (1 episode)

Jodie Hamblet