The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

How Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” and created a tradition.

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

Cast (68)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Dan Stevens

Charles Dickens

Christopher Plummer

Scrooge

Jonathan Pryce

Mr. John Dickens

Justin Edwards

John Forster / Ghost of Christmas Present

Morfydd Clark

Kate Dickens

Donald Sumpter

Haddock / Ghost of Marley

Miles Jupp

Thackeray

Simon Callow

Leech

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Fisk

Ian McNeice

Chapman

Bill Paterson

Mr. Grimsby

John Henshaw

Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig

Annette Badland

Butcher's Wife / Mrs. Fezziwig

Katie McGuinness

Fanny Dickens / Mrs. Cratchit

Pearse Kearney

Henry Jr. / Tiny Tim

Ger Ryan

Mrs. Dickens

Marcus Lamb

Rev. Henry Burnett / Mr. Cratchit

Cosimo Fusco

Signor Mazzini

A

Anna Murphy

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past

Ely Solan

Young Charles

M

Mark Schrier

Presenter

Patrick Joseph Byrnes

Stage Manager

J

Jasper Hughes Cotter

Walter Dickens

J

James Heffernan

Charley Dickens

A

Aleah Lennon

Mamie Dickens

E

Ella Mai Delaney

Katey Dickens

D

Donna Marie Sludds

Maid

David McSavage

Hall

Pat Mooney

Garrick Club Waiter

Anna Murphy

Tara / Ghost of Christmas Past

S

Sam McGillicuddy

Young Charles' Brother

R

Rory O'Neill

Young Charles' Brother

N

Nancy Quinney

Young Charles' Sister

A

Allanah

Young Charles' Sister

G

Glynis Casson

Society Lady

A

Amelia Crowley

Mrs. Grimsby

D

Derek Hannay

Toothless Man

D

Derek O'Sullivan

Grave Digger

John Delaney

Grave Digger

Gerard Lee

Cleric

Stephen Ball

Clerk

K

Kevin McCormack

Bailiff

A

Aideen Wylde

Charlotte Wigmore

Marcus Lamb

Rev. Henry Burnett / Bob Cratchit

Paul Kealyn

Warren's Foreman

Richard Coombs

Punch / Judy

Michael Judd

Pie Man

Anthony Morris

Newsagent

Eddie Jackson

Scam Artist

L

Linda Gough

Charwoman

J

Jack Gunning

Cratchit Child

C

Christina Martina

Cratchit Child

A

Ava May Taylor

Cratchit Child

Adam Dolan

Warren's Factory Boy

C

Cameron Simpson

Poll

Degnan Geraghty

Christmas Tree Vendor

John Colleary

Constable Copperfield

Sean Duggan

Mr. Grub

J

Jake

Grip the Raven

James Daniel Wilson

Grip

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