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

Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

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)

Shawn Dixon

Knight #1 (uncredited)