Kenneth Branagh

Prince Hamlet

Derek Jacobi

King Claudius

Kate Winslet

Ophelia

Julie Christie

Gertrude

Richard Briers

Polonius

Nicholas Farrell

Horatio

Rufus Sewell

Fortinbras

Reece Dinsdale

Guildenstern

Timothy Spall

Rosencrantz

Michael Maloney

Laertes

Robin Williams

Osric

Gérard Depardieu

Reynaldo

Jack Lemmon

Marcellus

Ian McElhinney

Barnardo

Ray Fearon

Francisco

Brian Blessed

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Billy Crystal

First Gravedigger

Simon Russell Beale

Second Gravedigger

Don Warrington

Voltimand

Ravil Isyanov

Cornelius

Charlton Heston

Player King

Rosemary Harris

Player Queen

Richard Attenborough

English Ambassador

John Gielgud

Priam

Judi Dench

Hecuba

John Mills

Old King Norway

Ken Dodd

Yorick

Andrew Schofield

Young Lord

Perdita Weeks

Second Player

Tom Szekeres

Young Hamlet

Angela Douglas

Attendant to Gertrude

Rowena King

Attendant to Gertrude

Jimi Mistry

Sailor Two

Ben Thom

First Player

David Yip

Sailor One

Sarah Lam

Attendant to Gertrude

Rizz Abbasi

attendant

David Blair

attendant

Michael Bryant

Priest

Peter Bygott

Attendant

Charles Daish

stage manager

Rob Edwards

Lucianus

Yvonne Gidden

Doctor

Jeffery Kissoon

Fortinbra's Captain

john Spencer-churchill

Fortinbra's Captain

Sian Radinger

Prologue

Melanie Ramsay

Prostitute

Mark Chapman

Courtier (uncredited)