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Ian McDiarmid

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Ian McDiarmid

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Scottish actor and stage director

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • The Looking Glass War
  • Be near me

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Film & TV

Acting · 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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Scotland
Active from
1944

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
94
Total plays
702

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Quotes

  • To have been chosen when you're in your thirties to play someone who's 120, and then to find when you were in your early fifties you were going to play the same character at your then-age, that is, in your early fifties, in fact I don't think I've come out of the trauma. But the interesting think about that it's an absolutely unique challenge for an actor; I can't think of anyone who's been asked to do that, or indeed been given the opportunity, and I'll always be grateful for that.

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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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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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ian McDiarmid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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