"An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one."
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
Matt Rentell
Daria Riz
Belal Sabir
Karma Sood
as Refugee Boy
Shawn Dixon
as Knight #1 (uncredited)
Kevin Day
Standby Property Master
Richard Eyre
Writer
Director
Colin Callender
Executive Producer
Sonia Friedman
Scott Huff
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play
Alex Gavigan
Second Assistant Director
Luc Gavigan
Third Assistant Director
Karen Savage
Script Supervisor
Ben Gladstone
Location Manager
Charlotte Dirickx
Set Decoration
Astrid Sieben
Art Direction
Chris Reynolds
Special Effects Supervisor
Tessa Phillips
Costume Supervisor
Sara Kramer
Key Makeup Artist
Lolly Goodship
Makeup & Hair
Doone Forsyth
Gisela Evert
Post Production Supervisor
Helena Evans
Assistant Editor
Brendan Nicholson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Andrew Caller
Emilie O'Connor
Dialogue Editor
ADR Editor
Matt Curtis
Title Designer
Nina Gold
Casting Director
Nick Shuttleworth
First Assistant Director
Simon Clark
Production Sound Mixer
Key Hairdresser
Naomi Donne
Makeup Designer
Hair Designer
Fotini Dimou
Costume Design
Peter Francis
Production Design
Ben Smithard
Director of Photography
Dan Farrell
Editor
Stephen Warbeck
Original Music Composer
Elyse Dolbec
Associate Producer
Sharon Moran
Production Manager
Michelle Mullen
Line Producer
Fergus Haycock
Laura Macara
Lucy Richer
Annabelle Hood
Floor Runner
Mark Heslop
Sound Effects Editor
Andreas Petrides
Stunt Coordinator
Sam Dormer
Armorer
Rachel McLean
Set Medic
Laura Panayiotou
Tailor
Lauren Evans
Casting Associate
Martin Ware
Paul Carter
Property Master
Sam Farr
Set Dresser
Zoe Freed
Foley Artist
Peter Burgis
Glen Gathard
Foley Editor
Adam Oakley
Jason Swanscott
Sam Walsh
Foley Mixer
Mark Wellband
Visual Effects Producer
Chiara Finello
Visual Effects Coordinator
Tristan Haley
First Assistant "A" Camera
Simon Baker
Steadicam Operator
Richard Harrowing
Electrician
Michael McDermott
Gaffer
Arron Monkman
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Moe Owoborode
Camera Trainee
Lorena Pagés
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Pawel Polak
Lighting Technician
James Smith-Pryor
Rigging Gaffer
John L. Wilson
Still Photographer
Lewis Morison
Music Editor
Martin Walker
Unit Manager
Sumrah Mohammed
Production Assistant