Emma Thompson

Goneril

Anthony Hopkins

Lear

Emily Watson

Regan

Jim Broadbent

Earl of Gloucester

Laura Macara

Executive Producer

Florence Pugh

Cordelia

Jim Carter

Earl of Kent

Colin Callender

Executive Producer

John Macmillan

Edmund

John Standing

Butler

Sam Redford

Young Captain

Christopher Eccleston

Oswald

Richard Eyre

Writer

Tobias Menzies

Duke of Cornwall

Karl Johnson

Fool

Chukwudi Iwuji

King of France

Andrew Scott

Edgar

Anthony Calf

Duke of Albany

Raphael Desprez

French Officer

Paul Tinto

Soldier

Lucy Richer

Executive Producer

Arinzé Kene

Lieutenant

Kaye Brown

2nd Maid

Simon Manyonda

Duke of Burgundy

Sonia Friedman

Executive Producer

Fergus Haycock

Executive Producer

Samuel Valentine

Lear's Gentleman

Sharon Wattis

1st Maid

Peter Forbes

Doctor

Liam McKenna

Sergeant Major

Scott Huff

Executive Producer