Ishmael (Moby-Dick) - Actors Who Have Played Ishmael

Actors Who Have Played Ishmael

• Richard Basehart, in the 1956 film adaptation in which Gregory Peck plays Ahab.
• Henry Thomas, in the 1998 television adaptation in which Patrick Stewart plays Ahab.
• Tim Guinee (voice), in the 2000 animated movie in which Rod Steiger provides the voice of Ahab.
• Terry O'Neill, in the 2003 movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
• Jack Aranson (and 8 other characters) in a 2003 stage adaptation of the book.
• Renee O'Connor plays Michelle Herman, a female counterpart of Ishmael in the 2010 modern-day film adaptation in which Barry Bostwick plays Ahab.
• Charlie Cox, in the 2010 television adaptation in which William Hurt plays Ahab.
• Stephen Costello plays Greenhorn, the renamed Ishmael character, in the 2010 opera version by Jake Heggie.

Note

• Ishmael does not appear in the 1930 film adaptation, loosely based on Melville's novel, in which John Barrymore plays Ahab.