Who Played Player King in Hamlet

Player King is a role in Hamlet, a play that opened Broadway in 1945.

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...

24 actors have played Player King in Hamlet.

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Performer	Production	Opened
Burnel Lundee	Broadway Hamlet	1922
Burnel Lundee	Broadway Hamlet	1923
Reynolds Evans	Broadway Hamlet	1925
John Holmes	Broadway Hamlet	1931
Hannam Clark	Broadway Hamlet	1934
Alexander Scourby	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Harry Mestayer	Broadway Hamlet	1936
Rhys Williams	Broadway Hamlet	1938
Rhys Williams	Broadway Hamlet	1939
Nelson Leigh	Broadway Hamlet	1945
William LeMassena	Broadway Hamlet	1946
Geoffrey Wilkinson	Broadway Hamlet	1947
	Broadway Hamlet	1952
Richard Wordsworth	Broadway Hamlet	1958
Frederick Young	Broadway Hamlet	1964
George Voskovec	Broadway Hamlet	1964
John J. Carney	Broadway Hamlet	1969
David Howard	Broadway Hamlet	1975
James Hurdle	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Mandy Patinkin	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Richard Brestoff	Broadway Hamlet	1975
Robert Hogan	Broadway Hamlet	1992
Terence Rigby	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Terry McGinity	Broadway Hamlet	1995
Alan Turkington	Broadway Hamlet	2009
Peter Eyre	Broadway Hamlet	2009

Other Roles in Hamlet

Role	Production	Opened
Bernardo	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Claudius	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Ensemble	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Fortinbras	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Francisco	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Gertrude	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Ghost	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Guildenstern	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Hamlet	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Horatio	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Laertes	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Marcellus	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Norwegian Captain	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Ophelia	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Osric	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Player King	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Player Prologue	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Player Queen	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Player Villian	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Polonius	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Reynaldo	Broadway Hamlet	1945
Rosencrantz	Broadway Hamlet	1945

“Player King” Also Appears In

Production	Type	Year
Hamlet	West End	2015

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