Who Played Guildenstern in Hamlet

Guildenstern 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...

32 actors have played Guildenstern in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
W.F. Burroughs	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Boyd Clarke	Broadway Hamlet	1919
Lawrence Cecil	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Lawrence Cecil	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Gordon Hart	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Lawrence Tulloch	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Grant Gordon	Broadway Hamlet	1930
Frank Rothe	Broadway Hamlet	1931
S. Thomas Gomez	Broadway Hamlet	1934
Whitner Bissell	Broadway Hamlet	1936
William Roehrick	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Winston O'Keefe	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Everett Ripley	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Emmett Rogers	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Booth Colman	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Booth Colman	Broadway Hamlet	1946
David Dodimead	Broadway Hamlet	1947
Gabriel Cattand	Broadway Hamlet	1952
Gerald Harper	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Claude Harz	Broadway Hamlet	1964
William Redfield	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Clive Graham	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Drew Snyder	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Michael Elphick	Broadway Hamlet	1969
John Heard	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Richard Brestoff	Broadway Hamlet	1975
James Colby	Broadway Hamlet	1992
MichaelJohn McGann	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Nicholas Palliser	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Nicholas Rowe	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Harry Attwell	Broadway Hamlet	2009
James Le Feuvre	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Brandon Gill	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2023
Joe Bolland	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

“Guildenstern” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Broadway	1967
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	1964
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	0

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