Ian McDiarmid (/məkˈdɜːrmɪd/; 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 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 Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious in the Star Wars franchise starting from Return of the Jedi (1983).[1] 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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IanMcDiarmid (/məkˈdɜːrmɪd/; born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid...
three film trilogies in the Skywalker Saga, in which he is portrayed by IanMcDiarmid. The character is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which...
McDiarmid, also MacDiarmid, is an Irish surname originating from a high king of Ireland circa 657 AD, popular in Scotland. Notable people with this surname...
starred as John Fielding in the 2008 British TV mini-series City of Vice. IanMcDiarmid plays Henry Fielding (author of the novel Tom Jones) who along with...
Palpatine (voiced by Sam Witwer in the 'original' airing of Season two) / (IanMcDiarmid in Season four and then Season two as of 2019) is the Emperor of the...
Congressman Lewis. A radio play adaptation in two-hour-long episodes starring IanMcDiarmid was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8 and 15 August 2003. A musical...
Barker's Scenes from an Execution (IanMcDiarmid, Almeida, 1990) the Count in Anouilh's The Rehearsal (McDiarmid, Almeida, 1990) Charles in Hanif Kureishi's...
Echo & the Bunnymen IanMcCulloch (snooker player) (born 1971), snooker player IanMcDiarmid (born 1944), Scottish actor IanMcDonald (musician) (1946–2022)...
Skarsgård. In the 2014 BBC Radio dramatisation, Merrin is voiced by IanMcDiarmid. Exorcism of Roland Doe Raymond J. Bishop William S. Bowdern "A website...
premiere of Star Wars Rebels; however, in 2019, the role was re-dubbed by IanMcDiarmid who portrayed Palpatine in the films and in Rebels season 4. For Star...
Theatre running from 27 October to 12 November 2016. The cast included IanMcDiarmid as Enoch Powell and directed by Roxana Silbert. The play was revived...
Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. J. J. Abrams praised the acting of IanMcDiarmid as Darth Sidious, stating that the scene where he recounts the tragedy...
thing". In 2006, Fiennes returned to the stage in Faith Healer alongside IanMcDiarmid. The revival premiered at the Gate Theatre in Dublin before transferring...
Birmingham from 27 October to 12 November 2016, with Powell portrayed by IanMcDiarmid and Jones by George Costigan. The Speech, a novel by author Andrew Smith...
With Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (IanMcDiarmid) held prisoner aboard the ship, Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden...
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