| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jarvis Cocker | ... | Himself - Narrator (voice) | |
| David Bowie | ... | Himself / Ziggy Stardust (archive footage) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Marc Almond | ... | Himself - Musician |
| Rodney Bingenheimer | ... | Himself - Radio DJ and Promoter | |
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Trevor Bolder | ... | Himself - Bass Player, The Spiders from Mars |
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John Cambridge | ... | Himself - Drummer, The Hype |
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Leee Black Childers | ... | Himself - Warhol Scenester |
| Cherie Currie | ... | Herself - The Runaways | |
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Peter Doggett | ... | Himself - Biographer |
| Mike Garson | ... | Himself - Keyboard Player | |
| Dana Gillespie | ... | Herself - Musician & Friend | |
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Steve Harley | ... | Himself - Cockney Rebel |
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Peter Hook | ... | Himself - Musician |
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John 'Hutch' Hutchinson | ... | Himself - Rhythm Guitarist |
| Elton John | ... | Himself - Musician | |
Both a visual flashback and a telling of the life and birth of the alter ego that was David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust.