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300: Rise of an Empire

2014 War film Action film Drama film Sword-and-sandal film

300: Rise of an Empire is a 2014 film directed by Noam Murro. It stars Sullivan Stapleton, Hans Matheson, Lena Headey and others.

Crew & production

Director
Noam Murro
Screenwriters
Frank Miller, Kurt Johnstad, Zack Snyder
Producers
Bernie Goldmann, Deborah Snyder, Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton, Thomas Tull, Zack Snyder
Director of photography
Simon Duggan
Composer
Junkie XL
Editors
David Brenner, Wyatt Smith
Production companies
Legendary Pictures, The Stone Quarry, Virtual Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures
Original language
English
Filming locations
Bulgaria
Budget
$110 million
Box office
$338 million

Trailer

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Top cast

29 people

Sullivan Stapleton

Themistocles, Themistokles

Hans Matheson

Aeschylus
Lena Headey

Lena Headey

Gorgo, Queen Gorgo

Rodrigo Santoro

Xerxes I, King Xerxes

Andrew Pleavin

Daxos

Andrew Tiernan

Ephialtes of Trachis, Ephialtes

Ashraf Barhom

General Bandari

Ben Turner

Artaphernes, General Artaphernes

Callan Mulvey

Scyllias

David Wenham

Dilios

Jack O'Connell

Calisto

Peter Mensah

Artemisia's trainer / Persian messenger

More cast

  • Luke Roberts
  • Mark Killeen
  • Caitlin Carmichael Artemisia I of Caria, 8-year-old Artemisia
  • Christopher Maleki
  • Julian Stone
  • David Sterne
  • Peter Ferdinando
  • Yigal Naor Darius I, King Darius I
  • Stefan Ivanov
  • Wayne Dalglish
  • Atanas Srebrev
  • Eva Green Artemisia I of Caria, Artemisia
  • George Georgiou
  • Gerard Butler Leonidas I, King Leonidas
  • Jade Chynoweth Artemisia I of Caria, 13-year-old Artemisia
  • Christopher Sciueref General Kashani
  • Michael Fassbender Dienekes, Stelios

Sources

  • Wikidata (Q400332), accessed October 2026
  • Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile

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