King Lear (2018) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Richard Eyre.

Cast

• Anthony Hopkins as Lear
• Emma Thompson as Goneril
• Emily Watson as Regan
• Jim Broadbent as Earl of Gloucester
• Florence Pugh as Cordelia
• Jim Carter as Earl of Kent
• Andrew Scott as Edgar
• John Macmillan as Edmund
• Tobias Menzies as Duke of Cornwall
• Anthony Calf as Duke of Albany
• Karl Johnson as Fool
• Christopher Eccleston as Oswald
• John Standing as Butler
• Simon Manyonda as Duke of Burgundy
• Chukwudi Iwuji as King of France
• Samuel Valentine as Lear's Gentleman
• Arinzé Kene as Lieutenant
• Sharon Wattis as 1st Maid
• Kaye Brown as 2nd Maid
• Raphael Desprez as French Officer
• Peter Forbes as Doctor
• Sam Redford as Young Captain
• Liam McKenna as Sergeant Major
• Paul Tinto as Soldier
• Eric Kofi Abrefa as Officer (Dover Castle)
• Nick Khan as Refugee
• Yassine Mkhichen as Refugee
• Matt Rentell as Soldier
• Daria Riz as Refugee
• Belal Sabir as Refugee
• Karma Sood as Refugee Boy
• Shawn Dixon as Knight #1 (uncredited)

Crew

• Richard Eyre — Writer
• Richard Eyre — Director
• Noëlette Buckley — Producer
• Ben Smithard — Director of Photography
• Stephen Warbeck — Original Music Composer

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