Movie

The History Boys

Released: October 2, 2006 (2006)

Runtime: 109 minutes

Genres: Drama

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Richard Griffiths as Hector
Age at release: 59
Dominic Cooper as Dakin
Age at release: 28
James Corden as Timms
Age at release: 28
Jamie Parker as Scripps
Age at release: 27
Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin
Age at release: 26
Samuel Barnett as Posner
Age at release: 26
Andrew Knott as Lockwood
Age at release: 26
Russell Tovey as Rudge
Age at release: 24
Samuel Anderson as Crowther
Age at release: 24
Sacha Dhawan as Akhtar
Age at release: 22

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Patrick Godfrey as Sleeping Clergyman
Age at release: 73
Frances de la Tour as Mrs. Lintott
Age at release: 62
Clive Merrison as Headmaster
Age at release: 61
Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Bibby
Age at release: 60
Adrian Scarborough as Wilkes
Age at release: 38
Georgia Taylor as Fiona
Age at release: 26