Hamnet
Film

Hamnet (2025)

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The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Cast Age Comparison

Actor Character Actor Age Char Age Conf Diff Source/Hints
Jessie Buckley Jessie Buckley Agnes 35 40 C4 -5 Wikipedia: Anne Hathaway (Agnes) born 1556. Film depicts events around Hamnet's death in 1596. • Britannica confirms Anne Hathaway was 8 years older than William Shakespeare (born 1564).
Paul Mescal Paul Mescal Will 29 32 C4 -3 Wikipedia: William Shakespeare born April 1564, baptized April 26, 1564. • Folger Shakespeare Library confirms Shakespeare's birth and death dates (1564-1616).
Emily Watson Emily Watson Mary 58 56-59 C2 0 Wikipedia: Mary Shakespeare (née Arden) born c. 1537, possibly as late as 1540. Died September 1608. • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Mary Arden's birth year estimated 1537-1540.
Joe Alwyn Joe Alwyn Bartholomew 34 40-44 C2 -8 WikiTree: Bartholomew Hathaway born c. 1554, died October 1624. • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust mentions Bartholomew as Anne Hathaway's brother, no precise birth year.
Jacobi Jupe Jacobi Jupe Hamnet 12 11 C4 +1 Wikipedia: Hamnet Shakespeare baptized February 2, 1585, buried August 11, 1596. • Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Hamnet died at age 11 in August 1596.
Actor Age Actor’s real age when the production was filmed or released
Char Age The character’s age as stated or implied in the story
Diff Difference between actor age and character age (green = close, red = far apart)
Source/Hints Where the character age was found or how it was inferred
Confidence Scale
C5 Canonical — age explicitly stated in the production
C4 Canonical — derived from dates or events in the story
C3 Strong secondary source (script, novelization, creator interview)
C2 Inferred range — estimated from context clues
C1 Unknown — no reliable age information found