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Ian McDiarmid
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Carnoustie, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Ian McDiarmid (born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars film series. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances. Wikipedia
Known for
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Emperor Palpatine2022
- Obi-Wan Kenobi — Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious2022
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Darth Sidious (voice)2022
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine (voice)2021
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Emperor Palpatine (voice)2021
- The Skywalker Legacy — Self2020
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Emperor Palpatine2019
- Britannia — King Pellenor2018
- The Lost City of Z — Sir George Goldie2017
- Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal — Emperor Palpatine (voice)2015
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-08-11 ) 11 August 1944 (age 81) , Carnoustie , Angus, Scotland
- Alma mater
- University of St Andrews ( MA ) Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Occupations
- Actor director
- Years active
- 1972–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Carnoustie
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Educated at
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- Ian McDiarmid Brussels Comic Con 2020.jpg
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- Ian McDiarmid
- date of birth
- 1944-08-11
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ian McDiarmid (/məkˈdɜːrmɪd/ 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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