Hamlet (1990 film) featured an American actor and filmmaker born in 1956 in a lead role.
Hamlet is a 1990 drama film based on the Shakespearean tragedy of the same name , directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starring Mel Gibson as the eponymous character . The film also features Glenn Close , Alan Bates , Paul Scofield , Ian Holm , Helena Bonham Carter , Stephen Dillane , and Nathaniel Parker . Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson ( born January 3 , 1956 ) is an American actor and filmmaker .