An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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
Matt Rentell
Daria Riz
Belal Sabir
Karma Sood
Refugee Boy
Shawn Dixon
Knight #1 (uncredited)
Richard Eyre
Director, Writer
Noëlette Buckley
Producer
Dec 18, 1997
Feb 1, 1991
Dec 9, 1983
Dec 5, 2004
Jul 1, 1998
Jun 10, 2016
Nov 14, 1996
Jan 29, 2014
Dec 26, 2009
Dec 10, 1948
Mar 7, 2018
Dec 20, 1972
Dec 1, 1984
Jun 23, 2012
Apr 26, 2014
Oct 24, 2004
Playground Entertainment
US
Sonia Friedman Productions
GB
BBC
Amazon Studios
Lemaise Pictures
United Kingdom
English