Who Played Gravedigger in Hamlet

Gravedigger is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1995.

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...

27 actors have played Gravedigger in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
E.A. Eberle	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Mr. Fitzgerald	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Benoit Constant Coquelin	Broadway Hamlet	1900
Cecil Clovelly	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Whitford Kane	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Robert Strauss	Broadway Hamlet	1930
Barry Kelly	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Edmond O'Brien	Broadway Hamlet	1936
George Nash	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Whitford Kane	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Dudley Jones	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Thomas Johnston	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Geoff Garland	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Jake Dengel	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Philip Minor	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Roger Livesey	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Jack R. Marks	Broadway Hamlet	1975
James Gallery	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Larry Gates	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Michael Cutt	Broadway Hamlet	1975
James Colby	Broadway Hamlet	1992
John Newton	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Terence Rigby	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Terry McGinity	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Colin Haigh	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Henry Pettigrew	Broadway Hamlet	2009
James Le Feuvre	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Greg Hildreth	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2023

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Gentleman	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Lucianus	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Member of the Court	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Priest	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Prologue	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Reynaldo	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1995

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