UK,
1979, 145 min
Plots(1)
Ian McKellen and Judi Dench lead the RSC cast in Trevor Nunn's stunning production of Shakespeare's tale of a Scottish general whose hunger for kingship leads to a reign of terror. (Network)
Cast
![Ian McKellen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/987/163987820_49d6b3.jpg)
Ian McKellen
UK
Best movies:
Pet Shop Boys: Videography (1991) (video compilation)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
![Judi Dench](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205154_c0b055.jpg)
Judi Dench
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Greg Hicks
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
![Griffith Jones](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/406/158406986_b9aed3.jpg)
Griffith Jones
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
![Roger Rees](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416807_0bddc6.jpg)
Roger Rees
UK
Best movies:
Le Prestige (2006)
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Frida (2002)
![Ian McDiarmid](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273692_c78ce8.jpg)
Ian McDiarmid
UK
Best movies:
'Star Wars': A Musical Journey (2005) (TV movie)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Marie Kean
Ireland
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
John Bown
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
Fear in the Night (1972)
![John Woodvine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439130_671cee.jpg)
John Woodvine
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2009) (TV movie)
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999) (TV movie)
Duncan Preston
UK
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
After Thomas (2006) (TV movie)
David Howey
Best movies:
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Moth (1997) (TV movie)