Macbeth on screen

William Shakespeare's Macbeth has been screened numerous times featuring many of the biggest names from stage, film and television.

Performances

Macbeth, 1908 film directed by J. Stuart Blackton.
- William V. Ranous as Macbeth
- Louise Carver as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA, 1916 B&W, Silent, imdb)
- John Emerson
- Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth
- Constance Collier as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA, 1948)
- Orson Welles director and as Macbeth
- Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth (USA, TV, 1954, imdb)
- Maurice Evans as Macbeth
- Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame Macbeth (1960 imdb) emmy award winning remake, featuring an all-British supporting cast, and filmed on location in England and Scotland.
- Maurice Evans as Macbeth
- Judith Anderson as Lady Macbeth
BBC Play of the Month: Macbeth (UK, TV, 1970; USA, TV, 1975)
- John Gorrie director
- Eric Porter as Macbeth
- Janet Suzman as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (USA and UK, 1971)
- Roman Polanski director
- Jon Finch as Macbeth
- Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 1978) film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Other Place production.
- Trevor Nunn director
- Ian McKellen as Macbeth
- Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 1981)
- Arthur Allan Seidelman director
- Jeremy Brett as Macbeth
- Piper Laurie as Lady Macbeth
BBC Television Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, UK, 1983) - Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Jack Gold director
- Nicol Williamson as Macbeth
- Jane Lapotaire as Lady Macbeth
The Animated Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, Russia and UK, 1992)
- Nicolai Serebryakov director
- Brian Cox as the voice of Macbeth
- Zoë Wanamaker as the voice of Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 1997)
- Jeremy Freeston and Brian Blessed directors
- Jason Connery as Macbeth
- Helen Baxendale as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (TV, UK, 1998)
- Michael Bogdanov director
- Sean Pertwee as Macbeth
- Greta Scacchi as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Video, UK, 2001). Film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan production.
- Greg Doran director
- Antony Sher as Macbeth
- Harriet Walter as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Australia, 2006) film set against the backdrop of a violent gang war in Melbourne, Australia.
- Geoffrey Wright director
- Sam Worthington as Macbeth
- Victoria Hill as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (UK, 2010) film adaptation of stage production
- Rupert Gould director
- Patrick Stewart as Macbeth
- Kate Fleetwood as Lady Macbeth

Adaptations

Joe MacBeth (UK, 1955) is a film noir resetting of the story as a gang war in Chicago
- Ken Hughes director
- Paul Douglas as Joe MacBeth
- Ruth Roman as Lily Macbeth
Throne of Blood (a.k.a. Cobweb Castle or Kumonosu-jo) (Japan, 1957) is an adaptation of the Macbeth story to a Japanese setting.
- Akira Kurosawa director
- Toshirō Mifune
- Isuzu Yamada
The first series of The Black Adder (TV, UK, 1983), written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, is a parody of Shakespeare's plays, particularly Macbeth, Richard III and Henry V.
Men of Respect (USA, 1991) is a retelling of the Macbeth story as a Mafia power struggle in New York, in modern English, but closely tracking the original plot.
- William Reilly director
- John Turturro as Mike Battaglia
- Katherine Borowitz as Ruthie Battaglia
Scotland, Pa. (USA, 2001) is set in and around a fast food restaurant in the 1970s.
- Billy Morrissette writer/director
- Maura Tierney as Pat McBeth
- James LeGros as Joe "Mac" McBeth
- Christopher Walken as Lieutenant McDuff
- Kevin Corrigan as Anthony "Banko" Banconi
- Andy Dick, Timothy "Speed" Levitch, and Amy Smart as the three bohemians
Maqbool (India, 2004) is a Macbeth adaptation set in the Mumbai underworld.
- Vishal Bharadwaj director
- Irfan Khan as Mian Maqbool (the Macbeth character)
- Tabu as Nimmi (the Lady Macbeth character)
ShakespeaRe-Told Macbeth (UK, TV, 2005) is a modern adaptation by Peter Moffat, set in a Glasgow restaurant.
- James McAvoy as Joe Macbeth
- Keeley Hawes as Ella (the Lady Macbeth character)