American male Shakespearean actors

Walker Whiteside (1869 – 1942) was an American actor who had played Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Shylock while still in his teens.

Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was a famous 19th-century American actor who toured throughout America and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays.

Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles), known professionally as Walter Hampden, was an American actor and theatre manager.

Ron Cephas Jones, sometimes credited as Ron C.

Kevin Conroy (born November 30, 1955) is an American stage, screen and voice actor; best known for his voice role as the DC Comics character Batman on the 1990s Warner Bros.

Edwin Forrest (March 9, 1806 – December 12, 1872), was a prominent nineteenth-century American Shakespearean actor.

Jay Olcutt Sanders (born April 16, 1953) is an American character actor who has worked in theatre, film, and TV.

John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.

Douglas Wood (October 31, 1880 – January 13, 1966) was an American actor of stage and screen during the first six decades of the 20th century.

Anthony Dwain Lee (July 17, 1961 – October 28, 2000) was an American stage, television and film actor.

Daniel E. Bandmann (November 1, 1837 – November 23, 1905), was an internationally known German-American Shakespearean actor who after retiring from the stage became a noted Montana rancher.

Stephen Moorer (born September 29, 1961) is a stage actor, director and producer based on the Central California Coast.

Gregory Sierra (born January 25, 1937) is an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G.

Robert L. Downing (1857-1944) was an American stage actor who specialized in Shakespeare characterizations.

Gil Turner (born Gilbert Strunk; May 6, 1933 – September 23, 1974) was an American folk singer-songwriter, magazine editor, Shakespearean actor, political activist, and for a time, a lay Baptist preacher.

John P. Connell (October 28, 1923 – September 10, 2015) was an American stage, television, film and voice actor.

William Bennett Kilpack (February 6, 1883, Long Melford – August 17, 1962, Santa Monica) known simply as Bennett Kilpack, was an actor, director and playwright.

Thomas (Tom) Ligon (born September 10, 1940) is an actor of Cajun ancestry.

David Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor who has performed in film, television, and the theatre.

Benton Jennings is an American film, television, and stage actor, based in Los Angeles, CA.

Raymond St. Jacques (March 1, 1930 – August 27, 1990) was an American actor, director and producer.

Edward Hugh Sothern (December 6, 1859 – October 28, 1933) was an American actor who specialized in dashing, romantic leading roles and particularly in Shakespeare roles.

George Hernandez I (June 6, 1863 in Placerville, California – December 31, 1922 in Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film actor.

Earle Hyman (born October 11, 1926) is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Charles Wood (April 23, 1916 - May 29, 1978) was an American singer and actor.

Dave Randolph-Mayhem Davis (born 1989) is an American actor based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.