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title: "Hamlet: cast and crew"
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cast: 48
crew: 23
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# Hamlet (1996): cast and crew

48 cast and 23 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md) as Prince Hamlet
- [Derek Jacobi](https://film.one/person/derek-jacobi.md) as King Claudius
- [Kate Winslet](https://film.one/person/kate-winslet.md) as Ophelia
- [Julie Christie](https://film.one/person/julie-christie.md) as Gertrude
- [Richard Briers](https://film.one/person/richard-briers.md) as Polonius
- [Nicholas Farrell](https://film.one/person/nicholas-farrell.md) as Horatio
- [Rufus Sewell](https://film.one/person/rufus-sewell.md) as Fortinbras
- [Reece Dinsdale](https://film.one/person/reece-dinsdale.md) as Guildenstern
- [Timothy Spall](https://film.one/person/timothy-spall.md) as Rosencrantz
- [Michael Maloney](https://film.one/person/michael-maloney.md) as Laertes
- [Robin Williams](https://film.one/person/robin-williams.md) as Osric
- [Gérard Depardieu](https://film.one/person/gerard-depardieu.md) as Reynaldo
- [Jack Lemmon](https://film.one/person/jack-lemmon.md) as Marcellus
- Ian McElhinney as Barnardo
- Ray Fearon as Francisco
- [Brian Blessed](https://film.one/person/brian-blessed.md) as Ghost of Hamlet's Father
- [Billy Crystal](https://film.one/person/billy-crystal.md) as First Gravedigger
- [Simon Russell Beale](https://film.one/person/simon-russell-beale.md) as Second Gravedigger
- [Don Warrington](https://film.one/person/don-warrington.md) as Voltimand
- [Ravil Isyanov](https://film.one/person/ravil-isyanov.md) as Cornelius
- [Charlton Heston](https://film.one/person/charlton-heston.md) as Player King
- [Rosemary Harris](https://film.one/person/rosemary-harris.md) as Player Queen
- [Richard Attenborough](https://film.one/person/richard-attenborough.md) as English Ambassador
- [John Gielgud](https://film.one/person/john-gielgud.md) as Priam
- [Judi Dench](https://film.one/person/judi-dench.md) as Hecuba
- [John Mills](https://film.one/person/john-mills.md) 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](https://film.one/person/jimi-mistry.md) 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
- Charles Daish as stage manager
- Rob Edwards as Lucianus
- Yvonne Gidden as Doctor
- Jeffery Kissoon as Fortinbra's Captain
- john Spencer-churchill as Fortinbra's Captain
- Sian Radinger as Prologue
- Melanie Ramsay as Prostitute
- Mark Chapman as Courtier (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md): Director
- Sara Desmond: Third Assistant Director
- Sallie Hard: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- William Shakespeare: Theatre Play
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md): Adaptation

## Production

- [David Barron](https://film.one/person/david-barron.md): Producer
- Simone Pereira Hind: Casting
- Vanessa Pereira: Casting
- Iona Price: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Alex Thomson](https://film.one/person/alex-thomson.md): Director of Photography
- Nic Milner: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Neil Farrell](https://film.one/person/neil-farrell.md): Editor
- Leonard Green: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Patrick Doyle](https://film.one/person/patrick-doyle.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Tim Harvey](https://film.one/person/tim-harvey.md): Production Design
- Desmond Crowe: Art Direction
- Chris Allies: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- Richard Glass: Makeup & Hair
- Siân Grigg: Makeup Artist
- Peter Montagna: Makeup Artist
- Kerrie R. Plant: Makeup Artist
- [Alexandra Byrne](https://film.one/person/alexandra-byrne.md): Costume Design
- Dan Grace: Dresser

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