Romeo and Juliet Cast

LEONARDO DiCAPRIO (Romeo) earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of an ebullient mentally impaired youngster in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Only 19, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" was the actor's second film and his performance garnered many honors, including a Golden Globe Nomination and awards from the National Board of Review, Chicago Film Critics and the Los Angeles Film Critics.

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CLAIRE DANES (Juliet) won widespread acclaim for her role on the critically-hailed ensemble series, "My So-Called Life." Her portrayal of the trials and times of a teenager named Angela was recognized by an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe Award for best actress in a television drama.
Danes quickly segued into films, making her feature debut in Gillian Armstrong's version of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, "Little Women." Her portrayal of the frail third daughter, Beth, earned her rave reviews.

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Brian Dennehy (Ted Montague) has appeared in over 40 feature films since his 1977 debut in Michael Ritchie's "Semi Tough." Some of those credits are Blake Edwards' "10," Ron Howard's "Cocoon," Lawrence Kasdan's "Silverado," Alan Pakula's "Presumed Innocent," Michael Apted's "Gorky Park" and Peter Greenaway's "The Belly of the Architect," for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Chicago Film Festival.

Diane Venora (Gloria Capulet) recently starred opposite Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann's hit thriller "Heat," earning kudos from critics and audiences for her portrayal of the promiscuous, pill-popping Justine, caught in the vortex of a troubled marriage. She can currently be seen co-starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in the Merchant/Ivory production "Surviving Picasso," playing the famed artist's last wife. Her critically-lauded performance in Clint Eastwood's biographical feature of jazz great Charlie Parker, "Bird," opposite Forest Whitaker, earned her a Golden Globe nomination and the New York Film Critics Award. Other film credits include "The Cotton Club," "Ironweed," "F/X" "Three Wishes" and the recent "The Substitute."

Also Starring

John Leguizamo, as Tybalt, Juliet's cousin and Romeo's sworn enemy; Academy Award-nominee Pete Postlethwaite as Father Laurence; and Paul Sorvino as the sovereign of the Capulet empire. The actors playing the Montague kinsmen, friends and attendants are Jesse Bradford, as Balthasar, Jamie Kennedy as Sampson, Dash Mihok as Benvolio, Harold Perrineau as Mercutio and Zak Orth as Gregory. The Capulet counterparts are played by Vincent Laresca as Abra and Carlos Martin Manzo as Petruchio. The Montague matriarch is played by Christina Pickles, and Miriam Margoyles is the Capulet's Nurse. M. Emmet Walsh is featured as the Apothecary, and Vondie Curtis-Hall portrays Captain Prince.

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