Henry V of England has been depicted in popular culture a number of times.
Henry V is the subject of the eponymous play by William Shakespeare, which largely concentrates on his campaigns in France.He is also a central character in Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, where Shakespeare dramatises him as "Prince Hal", a wanton youth.He appears in Falstaff's Wedding (1760) by William Kenrick, a sequel to Henry IV, Part 2.Henry has been portrayed on screen by:
Laurence Olivier in Shakespeare's Henry V (1944), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best ActorDan O'Herlihy in The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), with Tony CurtisKeith Baxter in Chimes at Midnight (1965), a merger of several Shakespeare playsKenneth Branagh in Shakespeare's Henry V (1989), reprising his stage role with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleHenry has been portrayed a number of times on television, mainly in versions of Shakespeare's plays. He has been played by:
Robert Hardy in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard IIILars Lind in Henrik IV (1964), a Swedish version of Henry IVDavid Gwillim in the BBC Shakespeare versions of both parts of Henry IV and Henry V (1979)Michael Pennington in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare CompanyJonathan Firth in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Shakespeare's playsMartin Clunes in the BBC humorous film The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999)Tom Hiddleston in the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of television films including: Henry IV - Part 1, Henry IV - Part 2, and Henry V (2012).King Henry V is a non-playable character in the video game Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War, in which he is a primary backing ally to the renowned Black Prince of England.
