A feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott, telling the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest Rock Star. As lead singer of Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott was a songwriter, a poet, a dreamer, a wild man. Told extensively through the words of Lynott himself and focusing on some of his iconic songs, the film gets to the heart of Philip, the father, the husband, the friend, the son, the rock icon, the poet and the dreamer.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Carl ShaabanPhil Lynott | Phil Lynott |
 Huey LewisSelf | Self |
 James HetfieldSelf | Self |
 Adam ClaytonSelf | Self |
 Eric BellSelf | Self |
 Phil LynottSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Suzi QuatroSelf | Self |
 Midge UreSelf | Self |
| CCaroline CrowtherSelf (as Caroline Taraskevics) | Self (as Caroline Taraskevics) |
| SSarah LynottSelf | Self |
| CCathleen LynottSelf | Self |
| MMonica LynottSelf | Self |
| PPeter LynottSelf | Self |
| NNiall StokesSelf | Self |
| DDiane WaggSelf | Self |
| DDarren WhartonSelf | Self |
| KKit WoolvenSelf | Self |
| HHugh FeigherySelf | Self |
| AAlan ByrneSelf | Self |
| GGus CurtisSelf | Self |
| JJim FitzpatrickSelf | Self |
 Scott GorhamSelf | Self |
| JJerome RimsonSelf | Self |
| BBrush ShielsSelf | Self |