Old Major — Animal Farm Character Profile

About Old Major

A visionary Middle White boar who inspires the animals with his anti-human philosophy and revolutionary song. His accidental death by Mr. Jones sparks the uprising.

Character Facts

Played by

Peter Ustinov

Appears in

Animal Farm (1999)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Animal Farm

• Snowball (Kelsey Grammer)
• Squealer (Ian Holm)
• Mollie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
• Jessie (Julia Ormond)
• Mrs. Pilkington (Gail Fitzpatrick)
• Benjamin/ Farmer Jones (Pete Postlethwaite)
• Boxer (Paul Scofield)
• Dennis (Jimmy Keogh)
• Moses/Pincher (voice) (Charles Dale)
• Napoleon (Patrick Stewart)
• Farmer Pilkington (Alan Stanford)
• Mrs. Jones (Caroline Gray)