Kenneth Branagh as Prince Hamlet

Derek Jacobi as King Claudius

Kate Winslet as Ophelia

Julie Christie as Gertrude

Richard Briers as Polonius

Nicholas Farrell as Horatio

Rufus Sewell as Fortinbras

Reece Dinsdale as Guildenstern

Timothy Spall as Rosencrantz

Michael Maloney as Laertes

Robin Williams as Osric

Gérard Depardieu as Reynaldo

Jack Lemmon as Marcellus

Ian McElhinney as Barnardo

Ray Fearon as Francisco

Brian Blessed as Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Billy Crystal as First Gravedigger

Simon Russell Beale as Second Gravedigger

Don Warrington as Voltimand

Ravil Isyanov as Cornelius

Charlton Heston as Player King

Rosemary Harris as Player Queen

Richard Attenborough as English Ambassador

John Gielgud as Priam

Judi Dench as Hecuba

John Mills 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 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)