King Lear

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

Drama TV Movie

Anthony Hopkins

(Lear)

Emma Thompson

(Goneril)

Emily Watson

(Regan)

Jim Broadbent

(Earl of Gloucester)

Florence Pugh

(Cordelia)

Jim Carter

(Earl of Kent)

Andrew Scott

(Edgar)

John Macmillan

(Edmund)

Tobias Menzies

(Duke of Cornwall)

Anthony Calf

(Duke of Albany)

Karl Johnson

(Fool)

Christopher Eccleston

(Oswald)

John Standing

(Butler)

Simon Manyonda

(Duke of Burgundy)

Chukwudi Iwuji

(King of France)

Samuel Valentine

(Lear's Gentleman)

Arinzé Kene

(Lieutenant)

Sharon Wattis

(1st Maid)

Kaye Brown

(2nd Maid)

Raphael Desprez

(French Officer)

Peter Forbes

(Doctor)

Sam Redford

(Young Captain)

Liam McKenna

(Sergeant Major)

Paul Tinto

(Soldier)

Eric Kofi Abrefa

(Officer (Dover Castle))

Nick Khan

(Refugee)

Yassine Mkhichen

(Refugee)

Matt Rentell

(Soldier)

Daria Riz

(Refugee)

Belal Sabir

(Refugee)

Karma Sood

(Refugee Boy)

Shawn Dixon

(Knight #1 (uncredited))