On screen
Cast
296 credited performers
Ian Holm
Duff
Elizabeth McGovern
Margaret Hyman
Jane Horrocks
Beatie Bryant
Ronald Pickup
Siegfried Shrager
David Lyon
Albany
John Rogan
Bernard
Paola Dionisotti
Duchess of Gloucester
Hugh Grant
Richard Neville
Susan Brown
Maria
Adie Allen
Diaphanta
Bill Nighy
Hugh Marriner
Leslie Phillips
Judge Michael Argyle
Timothy Spall
Jimmy Beales
Geraldine Somerville
Ann Welch
Colin Firth
Charles Holroyd
William Osborne
Cyril Clatworthy
Paul Birchard
Kevin Sullivan
Stephen Rea
Ejlert Lovborg
Fiona Shaw
Hedda Gabler
Maurice Denham
Man
Ian Bannen
Provost
Corin Redgrave
Angelo
Peter Darling
Alonso
Geoffrey Beevers
Arthur Power
Michael Simkins
Paul
Penelope Wilton
Hester Collyer
Nicholas Gecks
Thomas, Duke of Surrey
Paul Rhys
Edgar
Richard E. Grant
Nurse/Bed Head
Henry Goodman
Phillip Gellburg
John Sterland
G.J. Copplestone
Margot Leicester
Mariana
Sophie Thompson
Gillian Player
Ben Walden
Black and Tan
Robin Bailey
Charles
Mike McShane
Hal
Stephen Moore
Art Nicely
Georgina Hale
Moya Lexington
Bob Hoskins
De Flores
Sean Pertwee
Tomazo
Maynard Eziashi
Jasperino
Myrtle Moss
Nanny
John Quinn
Sailor
David Warner
Vanya
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Yelena
Rebecca Pidgeon
Sonya
Rachel Kempson
Mariya Vasilyevna
Sandra Voe
Nanny
Roger Hammond
Waffles
Jimmy Flynn
Workman
James Warrior
Workman
Judi Dench
Christine Foskett
Susan Porrett
Doris
Sylvia Barter
Julia Shillitoe
Francesca Annis
Elizabeth Collier
Eileen Page
Mrs. Marriner
Gregory Floy
Michael Crowley
Charles Gray
Maurice Hussey
Nathaniel Parker
Sam Mitchum
Moyra Fraser
Lettice Willis
Betty Marsden
R. B. Monody
Les Dawson
Nona
Liz Smith
Anyula
Jim Broadbent
Carmello
John Malkovich
Deeley
Kate Nelligan
Kate
Miranda Richardson
Anna
Deborah Findlay
Isabella Bird
Beth Goddard
Waitress
Cecily Hobbs
Pope Joan
Sarah Lam
Lady Nijo
Lesley Manville
Marlene
Anna Patrick
Griselda
Lesley Sharp
Angie
Eileen Atkins
Mrs Maitland
Jennifer Ehle
Phyllis Maitland
Emma Fielding
Joan Clareville
Edward Fox
Major Luddington
Harriet Walter
Dorothy Maitland
Samuel West
Jack Maitland
Henry Power
Arnold
Amanda Drew
Daisy
Pam Ferris
Mrs Bryant
Imelda Staunton
Jenny Beales
Ewan Hooper
Mr Bryant
Bryan Pringle
Stan Mann
Christopher Eccleston
Frankie Bryant
Keith Osborn
Mr Healey
Zoë Wanamaker
Mrs Holroyd
Stephen Dillane
Mr Blackmore
Melanie Hill
Laura
Wayne Foskett
Rigley
Shane Fox
Jack
Steven Mackintosh
The Brother
Peter O'Brien
James Anderson
Kevin Allen
Felix Dennis
Nigel Hawthorne
Brian Leary
Simon Callow
John Mortimer
Jeremy Irons
Odon Von Horvath
Alec Guinness
Heinrich Mann
Charles Durning
Charles F. Money
Carsten Nørgaard
Young Man
Juliet Stevenson
Nora Helmer
Trevor Eve
Torvald Helmer
Geraldine James
Kristine Linde
Patrick Malahide
Dr. Rank
Celia Bannerman
Miss Potter
Ben Chaplin
Cyril Carter
Anton Rodgers
David Scott-Fowler
John Bird
John Reid
John Hurt
The Father
Brian Cox
The Director
Tara Fitzgerald
Emily
Susan Fleetwood
The Mother
Keith Baxter
Actor
Brid Brennan
Thea Elvsted
Michael Gambon
Archie Rice
Bill Owen
Billy Rice
Patrick Godfrey
1st Conservative MP
Annette Crosbie
1st Labour MP
John Neville
Sir David Browning
Tom Wilkinson
Duke Vincentio
David Bradley
Barnadine
Sue Johnston
Mistress Overdone
Ben Miles
Claudio
Stephen Tompkinson
Philip Welch
Paul Bhattacharjee
Dr. Bahru
Emily Watson
Rosalie
Saskia Reeves
Irina Shestova
Anne Bancroft
Mrs. Fanning
Joan Cusack
Annie
Stephen Lang
Boss
Kenneth Branagh
Donal Davoren
June Brown
Spinster
Dora Bryan
Bosom Lady
Jonathan Firth
Prince Hal
Kathy Burke
Christine
Phil Daniels
John
Adrian Lester
Bobby
Rebecca Front
Sarah
Sam Mendes
Self
David Bamber
Guy
Roger Frost
Bernie
John Sessions
Daniel
Graham Crowden
John of Gaunt
Richard Bremmer
Henry Bolingbroke
Mandy Patinkin
Dr. Harry Hyman
James Frain
Macbeth
David Harewood
Macduff
Ray Winstone
Duncan
Susan Vidler
Lady Macbeth
Barbara Flynn
Goneril
Amanda Redman
Regan
Clive Kneller
Shadow
Timothy West
Gloucester
Michael Bryant
Fool
David Burke
Kent
Finbar Lynch
Edmund
Victoria Hamilton
Cordelia
Harry Jones
Old man
Adrian Irvine
France
Nicholas Bailey
Burgundy
Martin Chamberlain
Lear's knight
Paul Benzing
Captain
James Kerr
Messenger
Andrew Tiernan
Banquo
Jo Dow
Rosse
Patsi Fox
Lady Macduff
Graham Bryan
Malcolm
Martin O'Brien
Seyton
Julia Swift
Harriet
Nitzan Sharron
David
Sharon D. Clarke
Flora
Ed Bishop
Stanton Case
Gabrielle Lloyd
Myra
Frank Lazarus
Allen Kershowitz
Bob Sherman
Auctioneer
Jason Shepard
Bill van Der Hart
Mark Lambert
J O'Leary
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Edward, Duke of Aumerle
Kevin McKidd
Harry Percy
Donald Sinden
Edmund of Langley
Sian Thomas
Queen Isabel
Struan Rodger
Henry, Earl of Northumberland
Anthony Calf
John
Joe Duttine
Eric
Kenneth MacDonald
Benny
Sheila Gish
Joanne
Clive Rowe
Harry
Clare Burt
Susan
Gareth Snook
Peter
Liza Sadovy
Jenny
Teddy Kempner
David
Paul Bentley
Larry
Anna Francolini
Marta
Kiran Hocking
Kathy
Hannah James
April
Stephen Fulton
Waiter
Rufus Sewell
Hotspur
Elizabeth Spriggs
Mistress Quickly
Paul Eddington
Robert Shallow
Josette Simon
Kate
Joseph O'Conor
Earl of Northumberland
John Woodvine
Earl of Warwick
Peter Jeffrey
Lord Chief Justice
Geoffrey Hutchings
Bardolph
Simon McBurney
Pistol
James Grout
Silence
Phyllis Calvert
Woman
Lionel Jeffries
Captain
Renée Asherson
Marjorie
Brenda Bruce
Grandmother
Mossie Smith
Clara
Peter Needham
Mine manager
Gavin Abbott
Miner
Christopher Brand
Miner
Bronagh Gallagher
Minnie Powell
Ruth McCabe
Mrs Grigson
Owen O'Neill
Mr Maguire
James Ellis
The Landlord
Paul Ronan
Tommy Owens
Britta Smith
Mrs Henderson
David Carey
Mr Gallogher
John Kavanagh
Adolphus Grigson
John Gielgud
Stephen Dawlish
Terence Rigby
Fred Voles
Rosemary Harris
Margaret Dawlish
Vincent Wong
Dr Chen
Adrian Pasdar
Son-in-law
Katherine Borowitz
Sister
Anne Meara
Mrs Geegan
Anne Pitoniak
Mrs Kline
Anna Thompson
Bookkeeper
Mary Alice
Black lady
Bellina Logan
Puerto Rican girl
Wojciech Pszoniak
Mr Miller
Carmel McSharry
Mrs Elton
Edward Tudor-Pole
Jackie Jackson
Juliet Aubrey
Isabella
Rob Edwards
Lucio
David Waller
Escalus
Darlene Johnson
Pa
Sally George
Juliet
Kristin Hewson
Kate
Romy Baskerville
Francisca
Robert Demeger
Abhorson
Eric Porter
James Player
Abigail Cruttenden
Clara Browning
Nicholas Selby
Second Conservative MP
Tony Haygarth
Second Labour MP
Edward Petherbridge
Liberal MP
Bruce Alexander
Thompson
Billie Whitelaw
Phoebe Rice
Helen McCrory
Jean Rice
George Beach
Frank Rice
Nicholas Hewetson
Graham Dodd
David Ryall
Bill
Donal McCann
Judge Brack
Nicholas Woodeson
Jorgen Tesman
Pat Leavy
Miss Tesman
Susan Colverd
Berte
Maggie Smith
Mrs Venable
Natasha Richardson
Catharine Holly
Rob Lowe
Dr Cukrowicz
Moira Redmond
Mrs Holly
Gillian Raine
Miss Foxhill
Rosaleen Linehan
Sister Felicity
Sinéad Cusack
Nelly Mann
Alison Fiske
Salka Viertel
Jan Chappell
Marta Feuchtwanger
Jack Shepherd
Bertolt Brecht
Lynn Farleigh
Helene Weigel
Barbara New
Katja Mann
Ian Thompson
Lion Feuchtwanger
Jane Lowe
Toni Spuhler
David Calder
Nils Krogstad
Helen Blatch
Anne-Marie
Sonia Ritter
Helene
Dennis Clinton
Porter
Joe Anderson
Ivar
Max Anderson
Bob
Alexandra Gill
Emmy
Gemma Jones
Joan Scott-Fowler
Imogen Stubbs
Helen Banner
Richard Lintern
Peter Scott-Fowler
Simon Beresford
Dr George Banner
Roberta Taylor
Julia Browne
Patricia Hayes
Madame Pace
Nicholas Gatt
Boy
Tamura King
Girl
Rachel Robertson
Second actress
Alex Hanson
Young actor
Robert Oates
Third actor
Peter Wingfield
Fourth actor
Brian Glover
Floor Manager
Trevor Ray
Lighting man/cameraman