Lear

Anthony Hopkins

Goneril

Emma Thompson

Regan

Emily Watson

Earl of Gloucester

Jim Broadbent

Cordelia

Florence Pugh

Earl of Kent

Jim Carter

Edgar

Andrew Scott

Edmund

John MacMillan

Edmund

John Macmillan

Duke of Cornwall

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Albany

Anthony Calf

Fool

Karl Johnson

Oswald

Christopher Eccleston

Butler

John Standing

Duke of Burgundy

Simon Manyonda

King of France

Chukwudi Iwuji

Lear's Gentleman

Samuel Valentine

Lieutenant

Arinzé Kene

1st Maid

Sharon Wattis

2nd Maid

Kaye Brown

French Officer

Raphael Desprez

Doctor

Peter Forbes

Young Captain

Sam Redford

Sergeant Major

Liam McKenna

Soldier

Paul Tinto

Officer (Dover Castle)

Eric Kofi Abrefa

Refugee

Nick Khan

Refugee

Yassine Mkhichen

Soldier

Matt Rentell

Refugee

Daria Riz

Refugee

Belal Sabir

Refugee Boy

Karma Sood

Knight #1 (uncredited)

Shawn Dixon

King Lear's Soldier (uncredited)

Bernardo Santos