- Country: N/A
- Genres: Drama, History
- Release: 2018-09-28
- Director: Richard Eyre
- Writers: William Shakespeare
- Language: English | French
- Stars: Jim Broadbent , Jim Carter , Tobias Menzies , Emily Watson (I)
- Runtime: 115 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 17 nominations total
- AKA: Kral Lear (Turkey) , Βασιλιάς Ληρ (Greece) , Lear király (Hungary) , King Lear (Germany) , King Lear (United States of America) , King Lear (United Kingdom) , アンソニー・ホプキンスのリア王 (Japan) , Król Lear (Poland) , Король Лир (Russian Federation) , Kung Lear (Sweden) , King Lear , Kung Lear (Finland) , Rey Lear (Spain) , Kuningas Lear (Finland)李尔王 (China)
- Plot:
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
- IMDB:tt7473890
King Lear Cast · · · ALL
Richard Eyre
Director
Anthony Hopkins
Lear
Emma Thompson
Goneril
Emily Watson
(I)
Regan
Jim Broadbent
Earl of Gloucester
Florence Pugh
Cordelia
Jim Carter
Earl of Kent
Andrew Scott
(I)
Edgar
John Macmillan
Edmund
Tobias Menzies
Duke of Cornwall
Anthony Calf
Duke of Albany
Karl Johnson
Fool
Christopher Eccleston
Oswald
John Standing
Butler
Simon Manyonda
Duke of Burgundy
Chukwudi Iwuji
King of France
Samuel Valentine
Lear's Gentleman
Arinzé Kene
Lieutenant
Kaye Brown
2nd Maid
Raphael Desprez
French Officer
Peter Forbes
Doctor
Sam Redford
Young Captain
Liam McKenna
Sergeant Major
Paul Tinto
Soldier
Eric Kofi-Abrefa
Officer (Dover Castle)
Shawn Dixon
Knight #1 (uncredited)