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Ian McDiarmid

1944 - Today

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Ian McDiarmid ( 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian McDiarmid is the 766th most popular actor (down from 632nd in 2019), the 1,016th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 772nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular British Actor.

Ian McDiarmid is most famous for playing Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars films.

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Among actors, Ian McDiarmid ranks 766 out of 13,578. Before him are Norman Lloyd, Linda Harrison, Xuxa, Jeroen Krabbé, Edward G. Robinson, and David Duchovny. After him are Rodolfo Gucci, Elliot Page, Alan Ladd, Rebecca Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, and Mark Ruffalo.

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Among people born in 1944, Ian McDiarmid ranks 104. Before him are Kary Mullis, W. G. Sebald, Killing of Peter Fechter, Karin Schubert, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, and Jeroen Krabbé. After him are Donna Haraway, Hugo Gatti, Andris Bērziņš, Kim Yong-il, John Atta Mills, and Roger Scruton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McDiarmid ranks 1,016 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Buzan (1942), Reginald Lee (1870), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), David I of Scotland (1084), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), and Oliver Sacks (1933). After him are Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), James Gregory (1638), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), John of Salisbury (1110), Freeman Dyson (1923), and Lewis Fry Richardson (1881).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian McDiarmid ranks 120. Before him are Rachel Weisz (1970), Boris Karloff (1887), Alfred Molina (1953), Michael Palin (1943), Julie Walters (1950), and Richard Wilson (1936). After him are Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Tim Roth (1961), Anthony Head (1954), Tom Holland (1996), Colin Baker (1943), and Tom Hardy (1977).

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