Below is a list of actors who portrayed Jean Valjean, both in the musical and movies.
List of professional Cast portrayals[]
Musical[]
- Maurice Barrier – Original French Concept Album, Original Paris stage Cast
- Colm Wilkinson – Original London Cast, Original Broadway Cast, 1995: 10th Anniversary Concert
- Gary Morris - 1987-1988 Broadway Cast, 1989: Complete Symphonic Recording
- Michael Burgess – Original Canadian Cast, 10th Anniversary concert (as one of the 17 Valjeans)
- Dave Willets- London Cast replacement, various international tours including the 25th Anniversary Australian/Asian tour
- Dudu Fisher – 1987 Israeli Cast
- Riles Phan – 1987 Glasgow Cast
- Takeshi Kaga - Original Japanese Cast, 10th Anniversary concert (as one of the 17 Valjeans), 1994 Japanese Red Cast and 1987-2001 Japanese Tour
- Sakae Takita - Original Japanese Cast and 1994 Japanese Blue Cast and 1987-2001 Japanese Tour
- Øystein Wiik - 1988-1989 Original Norwegian Cast, Berlin and West End, 10th Anniversary concert ( as one of the 17 Valjeans)
- Normie Rowe – 1987-1988 Original Australian Cast
- Rob Guest - 1988-1991 Australian and NZ Cast replacement, 10th Anniversary concert (as one of the 17 Valjeans), 1998-99 Australian 25th Anniversary touring Cast
- Zenon Bester, Krzysztof Stasierowski, Jerzy Jeszke - 1989-2000, Musical Theatre in Gdynia
- Stig Rossen - since 1989 appeared in various international Casts
- Matthew Farrer – 1990 Fredicton Cast
- Tommy Körberg – 1990 Stockholm Cast, 10th Anniversary concert (as one of the 17 Valjeans)
- Robert Marien – 1991 Paris revival, 1991-1992 Broadway Cast, 1996-1997 West End Cast, 10th Anniversary concert (as one of the 17 Valjeans)
- Brian Lynch - 1991 Broadway Cast
- Henk Poort - 1991-1992 Dutch Cast
- Ronald Beerepoot, Robert Valter - 1991-1992 Dutch Cast alternates
- Pedro Ruy-Blas - 1992-1994 Madrid Cast
- Sinan Osman – 1997 Florida Cast
- Jeff Leyton - 1997: The Chelmsford Concert
- Yuichiro Yamaguchi - 1997-2011 Japanese tour, 2003 Japanese Orange Cast
- Eugène Évariste Favager – 1998 Québec Cast
- Hans Peter Janssens - 1998-1999 Flemish (Belgian) Cast, 2000-2003 West End Cast, London
- John Owen Jones - 1997-1998 West End Cast (understudy), 1998-2001, 2005-2008 West End Casts, 2007-2008, 2010: Les Misérables Live! Cast album, 2015-2016 Broadway Casts, 2010 25th Anniversary UK Tour, 2016 Dubai Cast, 2019 Gielgud Theatre All Star Concert and 2020-2021 Sondheim Theatre All Star Concert
- John Pascall – 1998 Dover tour
- Ray Mangion - 1998 Malta Cast
- Ivan Rutherford – 2000 US tour
- Carlos Vittori - 2000 Argentina, Bueno Aires, Spanish Tour and 2002 Commissioning Mexican scene
- Marcos Tumura - 2001 Brazil Cast
- J. Mark McVey - 2002 Broadway Cast and 2008 Hollywood Bowl
- Randall Keith - 2002-2003 Final Broadway Cast
- Kiyotaka Imai - 2003 Japanese Violet Cast and 2003-2009 and 2011 Japanese tour
- Kazutaka Ishii - 2003 Japanese Light Blue Cast and 2003-2006 Japanese tour
- Tetsuya Bessho - 2003 Japanese Green Cast and 2003-2011 Japanese tour
- Michael Ball - 2004 Windsor Castle Concert
- Alexander Gemignani – 2006 Broadway revival
- Satoshi Hashimoto - 2007-2009 Japanese Tour
- Peter Avsenick, Jason Widdrington – 2008 Vancouver youth Cast
- David Shannon - 2008-2009 and 2012 West End Casts and 2008 Isle of Wright concert
- René van Kooten - 2008-2009 Dutch Cast and 2023-2024 Dutch Cast Alternate
- Tony Neef - 2008-2009 Dutch Cast Alternate
- Theo Nanos – 2009 St. John's Cast
- Petr Gazdík, Jan Ježek - 2009 Czech Brno Cast
- Killian Donnelly - 2009-2011 West End Cast (Alternate, understudy), 2017-2018 and 2023-2024 West End Casts, 2018-2019 UK and Ireland Tour and 2024-2025 All Star Concert Arena World Tour in Belfast in Ireland, Glasgow and Aberdeen in Scotland, Sheffield, Manchester and Newcastle in England, Luxembourg, Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland, Trieste and Milan in Italy, Copenhagen in Denmark and Oslo in Norway
- Gerónimo Rauch – 2010-2011 (Madrid). 2011-2012 (Barcelona) and 2012-2013: West End Cast.
- Ramin Karimloo – 2011-2012 West End Cast, 2013 Toronto Cast, 2013/14 Toronto tour, 2014 Broadway revival and 2018 Guernsey Concert
- Alfie Boe – 2010: 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2, 2010-2011 West End Cast, 2015 Broadway Cast, 2019 Gielgud Theatre All Star Concert, 2019: Les Misérables: The Staged Concert, 2020-2021 Sondheim Theatre All Star Concert and 2024-2025 All Star Concert Arena World Tour in Belfast in Ireland, Glasgow and Aberdeen in Scotland and Sheffield, Manchester and Newcastle in England
- Mitsuo Yoshihara - 2011-2021 Japanese tour, 2013 Japanese 25th Anniversary tour and 2017 Japanese 30th Anniversary Tour
- Shoichi Fukui - 2013 Japanese 25th Anniversary tour, 2013-2021 Japanese Tour and 2017 Japanese 30th Anniversary Tour
- Kim Hyun-Joon (a.k.a. Toshihide Kaneda) - 2013 Japanese 25th Anniversary tour
- Chung Sung Hwa - 2013 25th Anniversary South Korean tour and 2015-2016 South Korean Revival
- Kim Sung-Min - 2013 25th Anniversary South Korean tour
- Daniel Koek - 2013-2014 West End Cast
- Janusz Kruciński - 2010-2012 Roma Theatre in Warsaw
- Damian Aleksander - 2010-2012 Roma Theatre in Warsaw
- Peter Lockyer - 2012-2013 Toronto/25th Anniversary USA tour, 2014-2016 West End Cast
- Nicolás Martinelli – 2013-2014 Spain Tour
- Felipe Forastiere – 2014-2014 Spain Tour (alternate)
- Jonathan Williams - 2014-2015 West End Cast
- Daniel Diges – 2014-2015 Spanish Tour
- Yang Joon-Mo - 2015-2017 Japanese Tour, 2017 Japanese 30th Anniversary Tour and 2015-2016 South Korean Revival
- Simon Gleeson - 2014-2016 Australian Revival, 2016 Asia Tour, 2016-2017 West End Cast
- Aaron Ferguson - 2015 Rainbow Stage
- Kyle Jean-Baptiste† - 2015 Broadway revival (understudy)
- Amir Dadon, Zohar Badash – 2016-2017 Israeli Cast
- Patrick Dunn - 2017 US 30th Anniversary Tour.
- Nick Cartell - 2017-2024 US Tour
- Daniel Diges - 2017 Brazil Cast and 2018 México City Cast
- Dean Chisnall - 2018-2019 and 2023 West End Casts, 2019-2023 UK and Ireland Tour and 2021 Sondheim Theatre All Star Concert
- Takanori Sato - 2019-2021 Japanese Tour
- James MacKay - 2019 Auckland Music Theatre & Amici Trust
- Jon Robyns - 2019-2023 West End Cast and 2021 Sondheim Theatre All Star Concert
- Scott McClure and Sam Malone - 2021 Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Production
- Josh Piterman - 2023 West End Cast
- Milan van Waardenburg - 2023-2024 Dutch and Flemish (Belgian) Revival Casts and 2024-2025 West End Cast
- Min Woo Hyuk and Choi Jae-Rim - 2023-2024 South Korean Revival
- Peter Jöback - 2024 West End Cast and 2025 All Star Concert Arena World Tour in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö in Sweden
Movies[]
- Maurice Costello – 1909 film
- Henry Krauss – 1913 films
- William Farnum – 1917 film
- Gabriel Gabrio – 1925 film
- Harry Baur – 1934 films
- Fredric March – 1935 film
- Gino Cervi – 1948 film
- Michael Rennie – 1952 film
- Jean Gabin – 1958 film
- Gastone Moschin – 1964 mini-series
- Frank Finlay – 1967 mini-series
- Georges Géret – 1972 mini-series
- Sergio Bustamante – 1973 series
- Richard Jordan – 1978 film
- Lino Ventura – 1982 film/1985 mini-series
- Liam Neeson – 1998 film
- Gérard Depardieu – 2000 mini-series
- Masashi Sugawara - Shōjo Cosette anime 2007
- Hugh Jackman – 2012 film
- Dominic West - 2018 mini-series