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Ian McDiarmid

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Biography

Ian McDiarmid was born in Tayside, Scotland, in 1944. He studied at The University of St Andrews for an M.A. in Clinical Psychology. After…more

Born

8/11/1944, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK

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Gender

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Star (2)

Role
- Charles II: The Power and the Passion
  Sir Edward Hyde
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Making Of Charles II – The Power & The Passion
    12/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Boy Who Would Be King
    12/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    12/7/03
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    11/30/03
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    11/23/03
  - + 1 More Credits
- Karaoke
  Oliver Morse
Guest Star (12)

Role
- Elizabeth I
  Burghley
  - S 1: Ep 2 Elizabeth I, Part 2
    10/6/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 Elizabeth I, Part 1
    9/29/05
- Spooks
  Prof. Fred Roberts
  - S 3: Ep 2 Episode 2
    10/18/04
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Rev. Pierrepoint Edwards
  - S 29: Ep 14 All the King's Men
    2/20/00
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Jaggers
  - S 28: Ep 17 Great Expectation (2)
    5/10/99
  - S 28: Ep 16 Great Expectation (1)
    5/5/99
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
  Ronald Callender
  - S 1: Ep 3 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Part 3
    11/7/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Part 2
    10/31/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Part 1
    10/24/97
- Touching Evil (UK)
  Ronald Hinks
  - S 1: Ep 2 Through the Clouds, Part 2
    5/6/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 Through the Clouds, Part 1
    4/29/97
- Cold Lazarus
  Oliver Morse
  - S 1: Ep 3 Three
    6/9/96
- Karaoke
  Oliver Morse
  - S 1: Ep 3 Thursday
    5/12/96
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wednesday
    5/5/96
  - S 1: Ep 1 Tuesday
    4/28/96
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  Professor Levi
  - S 2: Ep 19 Demons Of Deception , Paris, October 1916 (2)
    7/10/93
- Inspector Morse
  Hugo De Vries
  - S 4: Ep 4 Masonic Mysteries
    1/24/90
- The Professionals
  Mickey Hamilton
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
    11/24/79
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Coroner
  - S 26: Ep 16 Rebecca (1)

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- Ian has appeared in five out of the six Star Wars movies.
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- Ian reprised his role in The Faith Healer in his debut on Broadway. Directed by his friend Jonathan Kent, he performed alongside Ralph Fiennes and Cherry Jones, and won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play.
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- Ian was only 37 when he first played the role of Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars, a character aged over 70 years old.
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- Ian McDiarmid: Yes I was, and again, I didn't know how evil he was going to be - I knew he was going to be pretty evil - until I got the script.
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- Ian McDiarmid: When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.
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- Ian McDiarmid: To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same character who is your own age then, its very complicated, but very interesting.
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