I Portrayed King Lear

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Tony Jay

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72.22% (13 of 18 votes)

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Derek Jacobi

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58.89% (53 of 90 votes)

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Antony Sher

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52.81% (47 of 89 votes)

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Ian McKellen

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33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

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Orson Welles

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32.31% (21 of 65 votes)

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Laurence Olivier

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31.18% (29 of 93 votes)

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James Earl Jones

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29.17% (77 of 264 votes)

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Brian Cox

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Brian Blessed

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Anthony Hopkins

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Michael Hordern

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Alan Bates

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William Macready

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John Gielgud

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Jeff Corey

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David Garrick

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Warren Mitchell

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Douglas Seale

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Anthony Quayle

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Edwin Forrest

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Maurice Schwartz

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