Who Played Hamlet in Hamlet

Hamlet is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1936.

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...

39 actors have played Hamlet in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Edwin Booth	Broadway Hamlet	1864
Edwin Booth	Broadway Hamlet	1870
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1900
Sarah Bernhardt	Broadway Hamlet	1900
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1902
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1903
Edmund Russell	Broadway Hamlet	1903
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1904
Johnston Forbes-Robertson	Broadway Hamlet	1904
Aldora Shem	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Johnston Forbes-Robertson	Broadway Hamlet	1905
Robert B. Mantell	Broadway Hamlet	1905
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1907
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1908
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1909
Robert B. Mantell	Broadway Hamlet	1909
Ian Maclaren	Broadway Hamlet	1912
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1913
John E. Kellerd	Broadway Hamlet	1913
Robert B. Mantell	Broadway Hamlet	1915
Robert B. Mantell	Broadway Hamlet	1917
Walter Hampden	Broadway Hamlet	1918
E. H. Sothern	Broadway Hamlet	1919
John Barrymore	Broadway Hamlet	1922
John Barrymore	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Basil Sydney	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Walter Hampden	Broadway Hamlet	1925
Fritz Leiber	Broadway Hamlet	1930
Raymond Massey	Broadway Hamlet	1931
Walter Hampden	Broadway Hamlet	1934
John Gielgud	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Leslie Howard	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Maurice Evans	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Maurice Evans	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Maurice Evans	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Maurice Evans	Broadway Hamlet	1946
Donald Wolfit	Broadway Hamlet	1947
Jean-Louis Barrault	Broadway Hamlet	1952
John Neville	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Richard Burton	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Robert Burr	Broadway Hamlet	1964
Clive Graham	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Ellis Rabb	Broadway Hamlet	1969
Nicol Williamson	Broadway Hamlet	1969
John Heard	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Sam Waterston	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Michael Galardi	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Stephen Lang	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Ralph Fiennes	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Rupert Penry-Jones	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Jude Law	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Matt Ryan	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Eric Tucker	Off-Broadway Bedlam's Hamlet	2013
Cush Jumbo	West End Hamlet	2020
Ruth Negga	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2020
Ato Blankson-Wood	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2023
Eddie Izzard	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2024
Hiran Abeysekera	West End Hamlet	2025
Hiran Abeysekera	Off-Broadway Hamlet	2026

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
A Chaplain	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Court Lady	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Courtier	Broadway Hamlet	1936
First Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Gentleman	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Page	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Player	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Player Prologue	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Second Gravedigger	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Soldier	Broadway Hamlet	1936

“Hamlet” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Hamlet	West End	2015
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Broadway	1967
Hamlet	Off-Broadway	1967

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