 | Anthony Hopkins als Lear |
 | Emma Thompson als Goneril |
 | Emily Watson als Regan |
 | Jim Broadbent als Earl of Gloucester |
 | Florence Pugh als Cordelia |
 | Jim Carter als Earl of Kent |
 | Andrew Scott als Edgar |
 | John Macmillan als Edmund |
 | Tobias Menzies als Duke of Cornwall |
 | Anthony Calf als Duke of Albany |
 | Karl Johnson als Fool |
 | Christopher Eccleston als Oswald |
 | John Standing als Butler |
 | Simon Manyonda als Duke of Burgundy |
 | Chukwudi Iwuji als King of France |
 | Samuel Valentine als Lear's Gentleman |
 | Arinzé Kene als Lieutenant |
 | Sharon Wattis als 1st Maid |
| Kaye Brown als 2nd Maid |
 | Raphael Desprez als French Officer |
 | Peter Forbes als Doctor |
 | Sam Redford als Young Captain |
| Liam McKenna als Sergeant Major |
 | Paul Tinto als Soldier |
 | Eric Kofi Abrefa als Officer (Dover Castle) |
| Nick Khan als Refugee |
| Yassine Mkhichen als Refugee |
| Matt Rentell als Soldier |
| Daria Riz als Refugee |
| Belal Sabir als Refugee |
 | Karma Sood als Refugee Boy |
| Shawn Dixon als Knight #1 (uncredited) |
| Richard Eyre | Director |
| Colin Callender | Executive Producer |
| Sonia Friedman | Executive Producer |
| Scott Huff | Executive Producer |
| Noëlette Buckley | Producer |
| William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Alex Gavigan | Second Assistant Director |
| Luc Gavigan | Third Assistant Director |
| Karen Savage | Script Supervisor |
| Ben Gladstone | Location Manager |
| Charlotte Dirickx | Set Decoration |
| Astrid Sieben | Art Direction |
| Chris Reynolds | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Tessa Phillips | Costume Supervisor |
| Sara Kramer | Key Makeup Artist |
| Lolly Goodship | Makeup & Hair |
| Doone Forsyth | Makeup & Hair |
| Gisela Evert | Post Production Supervisor |
| Helena Evans | Assistant Editor |
| Brendan Nicholson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Andrew Caller | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Emilie O'Connor | Dialogue Editor |
| Emilie O'Connor | ADR Editor |
| Matt Curtis | Title Designer |
| Nina Gold | Casting Director |
| Nick Shuttleworth | First Assistant Director |
| Simon Clark | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sara Kramer | Key Hairdresser |
| Naomi Donne | Makeup Designer |
| Naomi Donne | Hair Designer |
| Fotini Dimou | Costume Design |
| Peter Francis | Production Design |
| Ben Smithard | Director of Photography |
| Dan Farrell | Editor |
| Stephen Warbeck | Original Music Composer |
| Elyse Dolbec | Associate Producer |
| Sharon Moran | Production Manager |
| Michelle Mullen | Line Producer |
| Fergus Haycock | Executive Producer |
| Laura Macara | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Richer | Executive Producer |
| Mark Heslop | Sound Effects Editor |
| Andreas Petrides | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sam Dormer | Armorer |
| Rachel McLean | Set Medic |
| Laura Panayiotou | Tailor |
| Lauren Evans | Casting Associate |
| Martin Ware | Casting Associate |
| Paul Carter | Property Master |
| Sam Farr | Set Dresser |
| Zoe Freed | Foley Artist |
| Peter Burgis | Foley Artist |
| Glen Gathard | Foley Editor |
| Adam Oakley | Foley Editor |
| Jason Swanscott | Foley Artist |
| Sam Walsh | Foley Mixer |
| Mark Wellband | Visual Effects Producer |
| Chiara Finello | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Tristan Haley | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Simon Baker | Steadicam Operator |
| Richard Harrowing | Electrician |
| Michael McDermott | Gaffer |
| Arron Monkman | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Moe Owoborode | Camera Trainee |
| Lorena Pagés | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Pawel Polak | Lighting Technician |
| James Smith-Pryor | Rigging Gaffer |
| John L. Wilson | Still Photographer |
| Lewis Morison | Music Editor |
| Martin Walker | Unit Manager |
| Kevin Day | Standby Property Master |
| Richard Eyre | Writer |
