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Ian McDiarmid Biography (1947-)

Born April 17, 1947, in Dundee, Scotland. Addresses: Office: Almeida Theatre, Almeida St., Islington, London N.1, England.

Nationality

Scottish

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, director

Birth Details

April 17, 1947

Dundee, Scotland

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Pronos, And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, Open Space Theatre,London, 1973
• J. Finnay (the Worm), In the Jungle of the Cities, Place Theatre,London, 1973
• Second servant, Macbeth, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1973, then Bankside Globe Theatre, London, 1973
• Elbow, Measure for Measure, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1974
• Sergeant, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1975
• Ross, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1976
• Turner, Destiny, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1976
• Comic, Dingo, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1976
• Goebbels and Bruttschneider, Schweyk in the Second World War, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, 1976, then Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977
• Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, RoyalShakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1976, then Aldwych Theatre, 1977
• McPhee, That Good between Us, Royal Shakespeare Company, WarehouseTheatre, 1977
• Ross and porter, Macbeth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, 1977
• Rigault, The Days of the Commune, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1977
• Comic, Dingo, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, 1978
• Ivanov, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1978
• Hendrick Hofgen, Mephisto, Oxford Playhouse Company, Round House Theatre, London, 1981
• Trench and Terry, The Worlds, New Half Moon Theatre, London, 1981
• Ezra Pound, Ezra, New Half Moon Theatre, 1981
• Professor, Insignificance, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1982
• John Tagg, The Party, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, London,1985
• Chorus, Henry V, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, London, 1985
• Monster, "Red, Black, and Ignorant," first man, "Tin Can People," and officer and middle-aged man, "Great Peace," The War Plays, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
• Hacker, Crimes in Hot Countries, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
• Stucley, The Castle, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
• Tom Downchild, Downchild, Royal Shakespeare Company, The Pit, 1985
• King Edward II, Edward II, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1986
• Cambyses, old farmer, and Llyr, The Saxon Shore, Almeida Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, 1986
• Gustav, Creditors, Almeida Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, 1986
• Maximilien Robespierre, The Danton Affair, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Theatre, 1986
• King Philip II of Spain, Don Carlos, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1987
• Bradley, The Black Prince, Aldwych Theatre, 1989
• Vulpine Volpone, Volpone, Almeida Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, 1990
• Barabas, The Jew of Malta, Almeida Theatre, 1999
• Prospero, The Tempest, Almeida Theatre, 2000-01
• Stage Director
• Don Juan, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1988
• The Possibilities, Almeida Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, 1988
• Scenes from an Execution, Almeida Theatre, 1990
• Film Appearances
• Vicar, The Likely Lads, EMI, 1976
• Dr. Richter, The Awakening, Warner Bros., 1980
• Reg Smeeton, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, Charisma, 1980
• Brother Jacobus, Dragonslayer, Paramount, 1981
• Burglar, Richard's Things, New World, 1981
• Professor Andreev, Gorky Park, Rank, 1983
• Emperor Palpatine, Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars:Episode VI--Return of the Jedi), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Arthur, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988
• Ambrose, Restoration, 1995
• Senator Palpatine/Darth Sidious, Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace (also known as The Phantom Menace and Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
• Dr. Thomas Lancaster, Sleepy Hollow, Paramount, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Dr. Vatisenko, Chernobyl: The Final Warning (also known as Final Warning), TNT, 1991
• Doctor, Heart of Darkness, TNT, 1994
• Eli Eon, Annie: A Royal Adventure, ABC, 1995
• Rasputin, HBO, 1996
• Miniseries
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, 1988
• Oliver Morse, Karaoke, 1996
• Professor Ronald Hinks, Touching Evil, PBS, 1997
• Specials
• George Devine, Selected Exits, PBS, 1993
• Oliver Morse, Cold Lazarus, Bravo, 1996
• Ronald Callender, "The Sacrifice," An Unsuitable Job for a Woman,PBS, 1998
• Jaggers, Great Expectations, PBS, 1999
• Reverend Pierrepoint Edwards, All the King's Men, PBS, 1999
• Episodic
• Mickey Hamilton, "The Madness of Mickey Hamilton," The Professionals, 1979
• Hugo De Vries, "Masonic Mysteries," Inspector Morse, 1990
• Professor Levi, "Paris, October 1916," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
• Other Television Appearances
• The porter, Macbeth, 1979
• Dr. Popper, Hillsborough (also known as Inquest), Bravo, 1996
• Coroner, Rebecca, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• New Statesman, December 18, 2000, p. 41.