Beauty and the Beast: cast and crew

• Bill Condon 61 at release Also in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

Actors

20

Crew

7

Youngest at release

26 yearsEmma Watson

Eldest at release

77 yearsIan McKellen

• Emma Watson Belle 26 at release Also in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
• Dan Stevens Beast 34 at release Also in Night at the Museum 2 (2009)
• Luke Evans Gaston 37 at release Also in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
• Ewan McGregor Lumière 45 at release Also in The Impossible (2012)
• Kevin Kline Maurice 69 at release Also in No Strings Attached (2011)
• Stanley Tucci Maestro Cadenza 56 at release Also in The Hunger Games (2012)
• Hattie Morahan Agathe Also in The Golden Compass (2007)
• Emma Thompson Sra. Potts 57 at release Also in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011)
• Haydn Gwynne † 2023 Clothilde 59 at release Also in Mickey 17 (2025)

The whole cast 20

1. Emma Watson Belle
2. Dan Stevens Beast
3. Luke Evans Gaston
4. Ewan McGregor Lumière
5. Kevin Kline Maurice
6. Stanley Tucci Maestro Cadenza
7. Hattie Morahan Agathe
8. Emma Thompson Sra. Potts
9. Haydn Gwynne Clothilde
10. Josh Gad LeFou
11. Ray Fearon Père Robert
12. Audra McDonald Madame Garderobe
13. Ian McKellen Cogsworth
14. Gugu Mbatha-Raw Plumette
15. Adrian Schiller Monsieur D'arque
16. Lynne Wilmot Barmaid
17. Sophia Brown Debutante
18. Samira Mighty Debutante
19. Sonoya Mizuno Debutante
20. Karl Farrer Villager

Production companies

Walt Disney Pictures

Distributor in the UK

Walt Disney Pictures

Who plays Belle in Beauty and the Beast?

Emma Watson plays Belle.

Who plays Beast in Beauty and the Beast?

Dan Stevens plays Beast.

Who plays Gaston in Beauty and the Beast?

Luke Evans plays Gaston.

Who plays Lumière in Beauty and the Beast?

Ewan McGregor plays Lumière.

Who plays Maurice in Beauty and the Beast?

Kevin Kline plays Maurice.

Who plays Maestro Cadenza in Beauty and the Beast?

Stanley Tucci plays Maestro Cadenza.

Who directed Beauty and the Beast?

Bill Condon.

Who wrote Beauty and the Beast?

Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos and Linda Woolverton.

Who composed the music for Beauty and the Beast?

Alan Menken.

How many actors are in Beauty and the Beast?

20 actors are credited, and 7 people in the crew.

• Bill Condon has also directed Ian McKellen in 3 films: The Good Liar (2019), Mr. Holmes (2015) and Gods and Monsters (1998).

• Bill Condon had already directed Dan Stevens in The Fifth Estate (2013).

• Emma Thompson and Emma Watson had already worked together on 3 films: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (2011), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).

• Luke Evans and Ian McKellen have worked together on 3 other films: McKellen: Playing the Part (2017), The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013).

• Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor had already worked together on 2 films: Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) and Robots (2005).

• Stanley Tucci and Kevin Kline had already worked together on 2 films: The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999).

• With the most films on MovieNCo: Stanley Tucci (63), Ewan McGregor (55) and Emma Thompson (54).

• The cast’s average age at release is 49 (of the 12 actors whose birth date we know).