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Ian McDiarmid

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Scottish actor and stage director

Film & TV

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
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).

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

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