Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayAug 11, 1944
BiographyIan McDiarmid ( mək-DUR-mid; born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of William Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for Insignificance (1982) and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith Healer (2006).

He gained prominence for portraying Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise starting from Return of the Jedi (1983). He also acted in Gorky Park (1983), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), Restoration (1995), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and The Lost City of Z (2016).

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37 Days
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as Sir Edward Grey
Britannia
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as King Pellanor
Charles II: The Power and the Passion
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as Sir Edward Hyde
City of Vice
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as Henry Fielding
Crime and Punishment
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as Porfiry
Elizabeth I
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as Lord Burghley
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures
Ended

Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures

as The Emperor

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