William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1948, 2000 - Two Cities, Universal-International and Warner Bros. Pictures)
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1. William Walton
Soundtrack | Last Action Hero
William Walton came from a musical family. He entered Christ Church, Oxford at the early age of sixteen but left without a degree in 1920. A fine musician, he was essentially self-taught as a composer, except some instruction from Hugh Allen, the cathedral organist. Through literary friends and ...
Music Composer
2. James Newton Howard
Music_department | King Kong
James Newton Howard attended the University of Southern California's music school, but dropped out to tour with Elton John, and eventually compose music for film and television. He started with Head Office (1985) in 1985. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. He currently is a songwriter, ...
Music Producer & Adaptor and Orchestration Reconstruction
3. Susan Jacobs
Music_department | Promising Young Woman
Susan Jacobs is known for Promising Young Woman (2020), American Hustle (2013) and Cruella (2021).
Music Supervisor
4. Mary Hidalgo
Casting_director | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Mary Hidalgo was born in Pasadena, California, USA. She is known for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), The Lego Movie (2014) and Finding Nemo (2003).
Casting
5. Kevin Costner
Actor | The Postman
Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...
as Francisco (voice)
6. Al Pacino
Actor | Serpico
Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.
He was born April 25, 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, to Italian-American parents, Rose (nee Gerardi)...
as Bernardo (voice)
7. Peter Mensah
Actor | Jason X
Peter Mensah has been doing martial arts since he was 6 years old, growing up in St. Albans, England, just north of London. A former engineer, Mensah came to Canada 11 years ago. He'd worked for British Gas developing gas fields at Morecambe Bay and had done theatre in school. He comes from an ...
as Marcellus (voice)
8. Jonathan Winters
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his ...
as Sea Captain (voice)
9. Tobey Maguire
Actor | Brothers
Tobias Vincent Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18 and 20, and not yet married, when he was born. His mother, Wendy (Brown), did advertising, publicity, and acting in Hollywood for years as she coached and managed Tobey. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a cook and ...
as First Player (voice)
10. Christopher Lee
Actor | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films and cult saga. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it ...
as Player King (voice)
11. Reese Witherspoon
Producer | Wild
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Betty Witherspoon, a registered nurse & John Draper Witherspoon, a military surgeon. Reese spent the first 4 years of her life in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, where her father served as a lieutenant colonel in the ...
as Player Queen (voice)
12. Michael Keaton
Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...
as Osric (voice)
13. Dave Fennoy
Actor | The Walking Dead: The Game - Season 1
Dave Fennoy was born on January 20, 1952 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series (2012), StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010) and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008). He is married to Ilene Fennoy. They have one ...
as Gravedigger (voice)
14. Jim Cummings
Actor | Winnie the Pooh
Born James Jonah Cummings on November 3, 1952, he grew up in Youngstown, Ohio.
Sooner or later, he moved to New Orleans. There, he designed Mardi Gras floats, was a singer, door-to-door salesman, and a Louisiana riverboat deckhand.
Then Cummings moved to Anaheim, California, where he started his ...
as Priest, Spear Carrier, Additional Voices (voice) (as Jim Jonah Cummings)
15. Robert De Niro
Actor | Cape Fear
One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. He was trained ...
as Claudius (The King) (voice)
16. Minnie Driver
Actress | Circle of Friends
Minnie Driver was born January 31, 1970 in London and raised in Barbados until she was seven. Her mother, Gaynor Churchward, was a designer and former couture model. Her father, Charles Ronald "Ronnie" Driver, was a businessman. Minnie's mother was her father's mistress while he was still married ...
as Gertrude (The Queen) (voice)
17. Kiefer Sutherland
Actor | 24
Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK, to Canadian actors Shirley Douglas and Donald Sutherland, who moved to California shortly after his birth. His maternal grandfather, Tommy Douglas, was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who was a Premier of Saskatchewan for over 17 years and led ...
as Hamlet - Prince of Denmark (voice)
18. Brendan Fraser
Actor | The Mummy
Brendan James Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Canadian parents Carol Mary (Genereux), a sales counselor, and Peter Fraser, a journalist and travel executive. He is of Irish, Scottish, German, Czech, and French-Canadian ancestry. As his parents frequently moved, Brendan can claim ...
as Horatio - his Friend (voice)
19. John Cleese
Actor | A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he ...
as Polonius - Lord of Chamberlain (voice)
20. Kenneth Branagh
Actor | Henry V
Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...
as Laertes - his Son (voice)
21. Janeane Garofalo
Actress | Mystery Men
Janeane, the petite woman with the acerbic wit, was born in Newton, New Jersey, in 1964, to Joan, a secretary, and Carmine Garofalo, an Exxon executive. She is of Italian and Irish descent. Janeane had many jobs before breaking into show biz. She worked as a bike messenger, a shoe saleswoman, ...
as Ophelia - and Daughter (voice)
22. Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor | The Green Mile
Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...
as Narrator (voice)
23. Jeff Bennett
Actor | Enchanted
Jeff Bennett is an American voice actor who is well-known for voicing Johnny Bravo (based on Elvis Presley's voice), Dr. Hamsterviel from Lilo & Stitch, Kowalski from The Penguins of Madagascar, Petrie in The Land Before Time, Ted Shackleford (The Man in the Yellow Hat) from Curious George, ...
as Additional Voices (voice) (as Jeff Glen Bennett)
24. Mary Kay Bergman
Actress | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Mary Kay Bergman did not have a face known to many - her voice was recognized more than anything else in the world. Although she was a big voiceover star in the 1990s, her true claim to fame was Trey Parker and Matt Stone's critically acclaimed adult animated television series, South Park (1997), ...
as Additional Voices (voice)
25. Corey Burton
Actor | Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Corey Burton is an American voice actor with Asperger's. He is known for voicing Mole in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return, Captain Hook in Return to Neverland and Kingdom Hearts, Count Dooku in various Star Wars media whenever Christopher Lee is unavailable, Hugo Strange in ...
as Additional Voices (voice)
26. Cathy Cavadini
Actress | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Catherine Cavadini, aka Cathy Cavadini, is an actress, singer, and voice artist perhaps best known as the voice of Blossom in Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls. Fans also know her as the voice of Glitter in Kidd Video, Clash in Jem, and Tanya Mousekewitz in the movie An American Tail: Fievel ...
as Lady of the Court, Additional Voices (voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)
27. Greg Eagles
Actor | Metal Gear Solid
Greg Eagles is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has forged a career as an actor both in front of the cameras as well as in Voice Overs. He has acted in a number of television roles in such series as "The Shield" "The Riches" "NYPD Blue" and "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" And has recurred on ...
as Additional Voices (voice)
28. Jess Harnell
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jess Harnell is an American actor and singer from New Jersey. He provided the voices of Wakko Warner from Animaniacs, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon from Spyro: A Hero's Tail, Scary Terry from Rick & Morty, Ki-Adi Mundi and Darth Maul from Star Wars video games, Captain Hero from Drawn Together,...
as Additional Voices (voice)
29. Tony Jay
Actor | The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tony Jay was a British actor and narrator. He is known for his deep and distinctive British voice. He was well-known for voicing Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Megabyte from ReBoot, Monsieur D'Arque from Beauty and the Beast, Shere Khan from The Jungle Book 2, Magneto in X-Men ...
as Ghost of Hamlet's Father, Additional Voices (voice)
30. Vanessa Marshall
Actress | Star Wars: The Bad Batch
A graduate of Princeton University with a Masters in acting from NYU, Vanessa Marshall plays Hera in "Star Wars: Rebels," Wonder Woman in DC's "Harley Quinn," Gamora in "Guardians of the Galaxy," and Black Canary in "Young Justice: Phantoms." In the world of video games, she is Sheeva in "Mortal ...
as Additional Voices (voice)
31. Kevin Michael Richardson
Actor | Mortal Kombat
Well-known, king-sized actor and voice artist Kevin Michael Richardson was born in Bronx, New York. He is, perhaps, mostly recognizable for his deep voice, which he uses in many of his works.
Richardson is a classically trained actor. He first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school...
as Additional Voices (voice)
32. Kath Soucie
Actress | Rugrats
Katherine Elaine Soucie is an American voice actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. One of the most well known voice-over actors working today, Kath Soucie began her career in New York as a theatrical actress. While Kath has been the voice of many campaigns and award-winning commercials, it...
as Additional Voices (voice)
33. Frank Welker
Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on ...
as Additional Voices (voice)
34. Thomas S. Drescher
Music_department | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Thomas S. Drescher was born on May 10, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an editor, known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), The Sixth Sense (1999) and The Untouchables (1987).
Music Editor (as Thomas Drescher)
35. Jeff Atmajian
Music_department | Snow White and the Huntsman
Jeff Atmajian is known for Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), I Am Legend (2007) and Star Trek: First Contact (1996).
Orchestration Reconstruction
36. Brad Dechter
Music_department | V for Vendetta
A note to readers of this bio: IMDB has been negligent for many years despite repeated efforts to correct or delete credits that do not belong to Brad Dechter. He does indeed have in excess of 300 orchestration/arranging credits but there are many that have incorrectly been attributed to him. ...
Orchestration Reconstruction
37. John Hollingsworth
Music_department | Dracula
Hollingsworth studied at the Guildhall School of Music, and, by 1939, was conducting concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra. The following year, he joined the orchestra of the Royal Air Force as an associate conductor, at the same time orchestrating wartime documentaries made by the Crown Film...
Based on Original Orchestrations
38. David Tamkin
Music_department | Slave Girl
David Tamkin was born on August 28, 1906 in Chernigov, Russian Empire [now Chernihiv, Ukraine]. David was a composer, known for Slave Girl (1947), The Fighting O'Flynn (1949) and Rogues' Regiment (1948). David died on June 21, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Based on Original Orchestrations
39. Pete Anthony
Music_department | The Village
Pete Anthony is one of the busiest conductors and orchestrators in the Los Angeles music industry. In his 25-plus years in the business, Pete has worked on hundreds of feature films with Hollywood's top composers, including James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman, John Powell, Marco Beltrami, Marc ...
Orchestra Conductor
40. Nick Ingman
Music_department | The Saint
Nick Ingman was born on April 29, 1948 in London, England. He is a composer, known for The Saint (1997), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003).
Choir Conductor
41. Shawn Murphy
Music_department | Jurassic Park
Shawn Murphy, attended San Francisco State College (B.A., 1968, History) and Stanford University (M.F.A., 1972, Technical Theater Production and Lighting Design). Beginning in Theatrical Lighting and Sound and has worked extensively as a Technical Director and Theatrical Sound Designer (American ...
Score Recording and Mixing Engineer (Recorded at Air Lyndhurst Studios, London, England and Mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, England)
42. James T. Hill
Music_department | Boss Level
James T. Hill is known for Boss Level (2020), Unbreakable (2000) and King Kong (2005).
Electronic Score Producer
43. Richard Grant
Music_department | The Hunger Games
Richard Grant is known for The Hunger Games (2012), I Am Legend (2007) and Unbreakable (2000). He died on November 16, 2017 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
Auricle Operator
Assistant to James Newton Howard
45. Jenny O'Grady
Music_department | V for Vendetta
Jenny O'Grady is known for V for Vendetta (2005), Unbreakable (2000) and Stealth (2005).
Choir Master
46. Richard Donner
Director | Superman
Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...
Special Thanks
47. Lauren Shuler Donner
Producer | Logan
Lauren Shuler Donner has, in the past four decades, established herself as one of the most successful and versatile producers in Hollywood. To date, her films have grossed close to $5 billion worldwide. She crossed over to Executive the very successful "Legion" for FX and "The Gifted" for FBC.
...
Special Thanks
48. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
Special Thanks
49. Hans Zimmer
Composer | Gladiator
German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...
Special Thanks
50. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
Special Thanks
51. Charlton Heston
Actor | Ben-Hur
With features chiseled in stone, and renowned for playing a long list of historical figures, particularly in Biblical epics, the tall, well-built and ruggedly handsome Charlton Heston was one of Hollywood's top leading men of his prime and remained active in front of movie cameras for over sixty ...
Special Thanks
52. Peter Cushing
Actor | Star Wars
Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...
In Loving Memory of
53. Laurence Olivier
Actor | Sleuth
Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High ...
In Loving Memory of
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