In Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, which actor plays park founder John Hammond?

In Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, Richard Attenborough plays park founder John Hammond.

Hammond is the billionaire entrepreneur who creates Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar by using genetic technology to recreate dinosaurs. He invites specialists to inspect the attraction before its planned opening, but the visit becomes a disaster when the park’s systems fail.

Attenborough’s performance presents Hammond as enthusiastic and charismatic while also showing his dangerous overconfidence. The character believes that advanced science and careful planning can control living creatures, a belief the story steadily undermines.

Jurassic Park was released in 1993 and was adapted from Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel. The principal cast also included Sam Neill as Alan Grant, Laura Dern as Ellie Sattler, and Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm. John Hammond is distinct from the later character Henry Wu, the geneticist involved in dinosaur creation.