Hamlet (1996) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Cast

• Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet
• Derek Jacobi as King Claudius
• Kate Winslet as Ophelia
• Julie Christie as Gertrude
• Richard Briers as Polonius
• Nicholas Farrell as Horatio
• Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras
• Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern
• Timothy Spall as Rosencrantz
• Michael Maloney as Laertes
• Robin Williams as Osric
• Gérard Depardieu as Reynaldo
• Jack Lemmon as Marcellus
• Ian McElhinney as Barnardo
• Ray Fearon as Francisco
• Brian Blessed as Ghost of Hamlet's Father
• Billy Crystal as First Gravedigger
• Simon Russell Beale as Second Gravedigger
• Don Warrington as Voltimand
• Ravil Isyanov as Cornelius
• Charlton Heston as Player King
• Rosemary Harris as Player Queen
• Richard Attenborough as English Ambassador
• John Gielgud as Priam
• Judi Dench as Hecuba
• John Mills as Old King Norway
• Ken Dodd as Yorick
• Andrew Schofield as Young Lord
• Perdita Weeks as Second Player
• Tom Szekeres as Young Hamlet
• Angela Douglas as Attendant to Gertrude
• Rowena King as Attendant to Gertrude
• Jimi Mistry as Sailor Two
• Ben Thom as First Player
• David Yip as Sailor One
• Sarah Lam as Attendant to Gertrude
• Rizz Abbasi as attendant
• David Blair as attendant
• Michael Bryant as Priest
• Peter Bygott as Attendant

Crew

• David Barron — Producer
• Alex Thomson — Director of Photography
• Kenneth Branagh — Director
• Patrick Doyle — Original Music Composer

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