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# King Lear (2008): cast and crew

13 cast and 5 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ian McKellen](https://film.one/person/ian-mckellen.md) as King Lear
- [Romola Garai](https://film.one/person/romola-garai.md) as Cordelia
- [Monica Dolan](https://film.one/person/monica-dolan.md) as Regan
- [Sylvester McCoy](https://film.one/person/sylvester-mccoy.md) as The Fool
- [Philip Winchester](https://film.one/person/philip-winchester.md) as Edmund
- [Peter Hinton](https://film.one/person/peter-hinton.md) as Duke of Burgundy
- [Jonathan Hyde](https://film.one/person/jonathan-hyde.md) as Earl of Kent
- [Frances Barber](https://film.one/person/frances-barber.md) as Goneril
- [William Gaunt](https://film.one/person/william-gaunt.md) as Earl of Gloucester
- [Julian Harries](https://film.one/person/julian-harries.md) as Duke of Albany
- [Ben Meyjes](https://film.one/person/ben-meyjes.md) as Edgar
- [Guy Williams](https://film.one/person/guy-williams-5607587.md) as Duke of Cornwall
- [John Heffernan](https://film.one/person/john-heffernan-940459.md) as Oswald

## Directing

- [Trevor Nunn](https://film.one/person/trevor-nunn.md): Director

## Writing

- William Shakespeare: Author

## Production

- Richard Price: Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Paul Wheeler](https://film.one/person/paul-wheeler.md): Director of Photography

## Sound and music

- [Steve Edis](https://film.one/person/steve-edis.md): Original Music Composer

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