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title: "The History Boys: cast and crew"
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cast: 16
crew: 21
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# The History Boys (2006): cast and crew

16 cast and 21 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Richard Griffiths](https://film.one/person/richard-griffiths.md) as Hector
- [Stephen Campbell Moore](https://film.one/person/stephen-campbell-moore.md) as Irwin
- [Dominic Cooper](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooper.md) as Dakin
- [Samuel Barnett](https://film.one/person/samuel-barnett.md) as Posner
- [James Corden](https://film.one/person/james-corden.md) as Timms
- [Russell Tovey](https://film.one/person/russell-tovey.md) as Rudge
- [Samuel Anderson](https://film.one/person/samuel-anderson.md) as Crowther
- [Jamie Parker](https://film.one/person/jamie-parker.md) as Scripps
- [Andrew Knott](https://film.one/person/andrew-knott.md) as Lockwood
- [Sacha Dhawan](https://film.one/person/sacha-dhawan.md) as Akhtar
- [Clive Merrison](https://film.one/person/clive-merrison.md) as Headmaster
- [Frances de la Tour](https://film.one/person/frances-de-la-tour.md) as Mrs. Lintott
- [Penelope Wilton](https://film.one/person/penelope-wilton.md) as Mrs. Bibby
- [Adrian Scarborough](https://film.one/person/adrian-scarborough.md) as Wilkes
- Georgia Taylor as Fiona
- [Patrick Godfrey](https://film.one/person/patrick-godfrey.md) as Sleeping Clergyman

## Directing

- [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md): Director

## Writing

- [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md): Author, Screenplay

## Production

- [Kevin Loader](https://film.one/person/kevin-loader.md): Producer
- [Pádraig Cusack](https://film.one/person/padraig-cusack.md): Producer
- Miles Ketley: Executive Producer
- [Allon Reich](https://film.one/person/allon-reich.md): Executive Producer
- [David M. Thompson](https://film.one/person/david-m-thompson.md): Executive Producer
- [Damian Jones](https://film.one/person/damian-jones.md): Producer
- [Andrew Macdonald](https://film.one/person/andrew-macdonald.md): Executive Producer
- Charles Moore: Executive Producer
- [Julia Stannard](https://film.one/person/julia-stannard.md): Line Producer
- [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md): Producer
- Toby Whale: Casting

## Camera

- [Andrew Dunn](https://film.one/person/andrew-dunn.md): Director of Photography
- Mark Milsome: First Assistant "A" Camera

## Editing

- [John Wilson](https://film.one/person/john-wilson-476.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [George Fenton](https://film.one/person/george-fenton.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [John Beard](https://film.one/person/john-beard.md): Production Design
- Joanne Woollard: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Justine Luxton](https://film.one/person/justine-luxton.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- Rocky Taylor: Stunt Double

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