Kenneth Branagh Hamlet Director, Actor, Writer Julie Christie Gertrude Actor Billy Crystal First Gravedigger Actor Gérard Depardieu Reynaldo Actor Charlton Heston Player King Actor Derek Jacobi Claudius Actor Jack Lemmon Marcellus Actor Rufus Sewell Fortinbras Actor Robin Williams Osric Actor Kate Winslet Ophelia Actor Richard Attenborough English Ambassador Actor Brian Blessed Ghost Actor Richard Briers Polonius Actor Judi Dench Hecuba Actor Reece Dinsdale Guildenstern Actor Ken Dodd Yorick Actor Nicholas Farrell Horatio Actor Ray Fearon Francisco Actor John Gielgud Priam Actor Rosemary Harris Player Queen Actor Ian McElhinney Barnardo Actor Michael Maloney Laertes Actor John Mills Old Norway Actor Simon Russell Beale Second Gravedigger Actor Timothy Spall Rosencrantz Actor William Shakespeare Writer David Barron Producer Patrick Doyle Original Music Alex Thomson Cinematographer Neil Farrell Film Editing Simone Pereira Hind Casting Vanessa Pereira Casting Tim Harvey Production Design Desmond Crowe Art Director Alexandra Byrne Costume Design Iona Price Production Manager Simon Moseley First Assistant Director Sara Desmond Third Assistant Director Richard Styles Second Assistant Director Danny Hunter Property Master Gerard McCann Music Editor Joss Williams Special Effects Supervisor Jens Baylis Assistant Editor