Hamlet (1996) | Full Cast

Kenneth Branagh

DIRECTOR

Kenneth Branagh

Hamlet

Julie Christie

Gertrude

Derek Jacobi

Claudius

Kate Winslet

Ophelia

Rizz Abbasi

Attendant to Claudius

Richard Attenborough

English Ambassador

David Blair

Attendant to Claudius

Brian Blessed

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Richard Briers

Polonius

Michael Bryant

Priest

Peter Bygott

Attendant to Claudius

Billy Crystal

First Gravedigger

Charles Daish

Stage Manager

Judi Dench

Hecuba

Gérard Depardieu

Reynaldo

Reece Dinsdale

Guildenstern

Ken Dodd

Yorick

Angela Douglas

Attendant to Gertrude

Rob Edwards

Lucianus

Nicholas Farrell

Horatio

Ray Fearon

Francisco

Yvonne Gidden

Doctor

John Gielgud

Priam

Rosemary Harris

Player Queen

Charlton Heston

Player King

Ravil Isyanov

Cornelius

Rowena King

Attendant to Gertrude

Jeffery Kissoon

Fortinbras's Captain

Sarah Lam

Attendant to Gertrude

Jack Lemmon

Marcellus

Ian McElhinney

Barnardo

Michael Maloney

Laertes

John Spencer-Churchill

Fortinbras's Captain

John Mills

Old Norway

Jimi Mistry

Sailor Two

Sian Radinger

Prologue

Melanie Ramsay

Prostitute

Simon Russell Beale

Second Gravedigger

Andrew Schofield

Young Lord

Rufus Sewell

Fortinbras

Timothy Spall

Rosencrantz

Thomas Szekeres

Young Hamlet

Ben Thom

First Player

Don Warrington

Voltimand

Perdita Weeks

Second Player

Robin Williams

Osric

David Yip

Sailor One

Kenneth W Caravan

Laertes Mob (uncredited)

Mark Chapman

Courtier (uncredited)

John Lanasis

Ophelias Jailer (uncredited)

Anthony Maddalena

Elsinore Courtier (uncredited)

Arnold Montey

Boatman (uncredited)

Frank Morgan

Pyrrhus (uncredited)

Orlando Seale

Boatman (uncredited)

Jimmy Yuill

Alexander (uncredited)