Who Played Claudius in Hamlet

Claudius is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1938.

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells the story of the young prince of Denmark, who discovers that his father has been murdered by his uncle. His uncle has married Hamlet’s mother, and claimed the throne...

40 actors have played Claudius in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
S. K. Chester	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Arthur R. Lawrence	Broadway Hamlet	1900
Stephen Wright	Broadway Hamlet	1902
Stephen Wright	Broadway Hamlet	1903
William Hazeltine	Broadway Hamlet	1903
Ian Robertson	Broadway Hamlet	1904
Ian Robertson	Broadway Hamlet	1905
John Malone	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Gordon Burby	Broadway Hamlet	1913
J. Sayre Crawley	Broadway Hamlet	1913
John Burke	Broadway Hamlet	1915
John Burke	Broadway Hamlet	1917
Charles A. Stevenson	Broadway Hamlet	1918
Henry Herbert	Broadway Hamlet	1918
E. L. Granville	Broadway Hamlet	1919
Tyrone Power, Sr.	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Kenneth Hunter	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Charles Waldron	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Kenneth Hunter	Broadway Hamlet	1925
William Courtleigh	Broadway Hamlet	1930
David Horne	Broadway Hamlet	1931
Ernest Rowan	Broadway Hamlet	1934
Malcolm Keen	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Wilfrid Walter	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Henry Edwards	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Henry Edwards	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Thomas Gomez	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Thomas Gomez	Broadway Hamlet	1946
Alexander Gauge	Broadway Hamlet	1947
Jacques Dacqmine	Broadway Hamlet	1952
Oliver Neville	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Alfred Drake	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Barnard Hughes	Broadway Hamlet	1964
John Trenaman	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Patrick Wymark	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Richard Easton	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Charles Cioffi	Broadway Hamlet	1975
James Hurdle	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Michael Cristofer	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Gilly Gilchrist	Broadway Hamlet	1995
James Laurenson	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Ian Drysdale	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Kevin R. McNally	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Tom O'Keefe	Off-Broadway Bedlam's Hamlet	2013
John Douglas Thompson	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2023
Alistair Petrie	West End Hamlet	2025
Alistair Petrie	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2026

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
Ambassador	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Cornelius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ensemble	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gentleman	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Lady in Waiting	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Page	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Priest	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Reynaldo	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Sailor	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Second Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Voltemand	Broadway Hamlet	1938

“Claudius” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Broadway	1967
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	1967
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	0

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