Henry V (1989 Film) - Cast

Cast

The cast includes many well-known actors: Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Christian Bale, Paul Scofield, Judi Dench, Richard Briers, Robert Stephens, and Emma Thompson. The actor Michael Williams (Dench's real-life husband until his death in 2001) plays the character "Michael Williams". Robbie Coltrane appears in a cameo performance as Falstaff.

  • Chorus - Derek Jacobi
  • Henry V of England - Kenneth Branagh
  • Duke of Gloucester Brother to the King - Simon Shepherd
  • Duke of Bedford Brother to the King - James Larkin
  • Duke of Exeter, Uncle to the King - Brian Blessed
  • Westmoreland - Paul Gregory
  • Archbishop of Canterbury - Charles Kay
  • Bishop of Ely - Alec McCowen
  • Earl of Cambridge, Traitor - Fabian Cartwright
  • Lord Scroop, Traitor - Stephen Simms
  • Sir Thomas de Grey, Traitor - Jay Villiers
  • Sir Thomas Erpingham, Officer in King Henry's Army - Edward Jewesbury
  • Fluellen, Officer in King Henry's Army - Ian Holm
  • Gower, Officer in King Henry's Army - Daniel Webb
  • Jamy, Officer in King Henry's Army - Jimmy Yuill
  • Macmorris, Officer in King Henry's Army - John Sessions
  • Bates, Soldier in King Henry's Army - Shaun Prendergast
  • Court, Soldier in King Henry's Army - Pat Doyle
  • Williams, Soldier in King Henry's Army - Michael Williams
  • Bardolph - Richard Briers
  • Nym - Geoffrey Hutchings
  • Pistol - Robert Stephens
  • Sir John Falstaff - Robbie Coltrane
  • Boy - Christian Bale
  • Mistress Quickly - Judi Dench
  • Charles VI of France - Paul Scofield
  • Louis, the Dauphin - Michael Maloney
  • Duke of Burgundy - Harold Innocent
  • Duke of Orleans - Richard Clifford
  • Grandpre, French Lord - Colin Hurley
  • Constable - Richard Easton
  • Mountjoy, a French Herald - Christopher Ravenscroft
  • Katharine, Daughter to Charles and Isabel - Emma Thompson
  • Alice, a Lady attending on Katharine - Geraldine McEwan
  • Governor of Harfleur - David Lloyd Meredith
  • Messenger - David Parfitt
  • Warwick - Nicholas Ferguson
  • John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury - Tom Whitehouse
  • Duke of Berry - Nigel Greaves
  • Bretagne - Julian Gartside
  • 1st Soldier - Mark Inman
  • 2nd Soldier - Chris Armstrong
  • Child - Calum Yuill

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