Acting
John Gielgud
- Titles
- 153movies38TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19242024
- Leading roles
- 64top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Brideshead Revisited81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 81 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Politics5.6average 2.6
- Warfare3.1average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.0average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.1average 3.7
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.6, average 5.2
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.5
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 20
- Historical Drama 13
- Character Study 13
- Social Commentary 6
- Historical Epic 5
- Literary Adaptation 4
- Mystery 4
- Period Drama 4
- Character-Driven 4
- Shakespearean Adaptation 4
- Espionage 3
- Tragic Romance 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Malcolm McDowellActorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Aces High, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +4 more
Peter O'TooleActorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Gulliver's Travels, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Becket, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +4 more
Teresa Ann SavoyActorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +3 more
Helen MirrenActorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +3 more
Trevor HowardActorGandhi, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Inside the Third Reich, Aces High, Inside the Third Reich, +2 more
Guido MannariActorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +2 more
Ralph RichardsonActorWagner, Wagner, Richard III, Home, Eagle in a Cage, +2 more
Gore VidalWriterCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +2 more
Tinto BrassDirectorCaligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula - The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut, +2 more
Edward FoxActorGandhi, The Strauss Dynasty, Galileo, The Shooting Party, The Strauss Dynasty, +1 more
Laurence OlivierActorBrideshead Revisited, Wagner, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Wagner, Richard III
Derek JacobiActorInside the Third Reich, The Human Factor, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Inside the Third Reich, Richard II
Movies and TV shows
165Upcoming
1 titles
76
as Nerva
2020s
8 titles · average score 58
2010s
4 titles · average score 73
Writer
73
as Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
as King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2000s
1 titles · average score 61
61
as The Protagonist
1990s
30 titles · average score 66
72
as The Pope
71
as Cockburn
as Narrator
TV show · as Professor of Light
61
as Dr Henry Doyle
53
as Sunflower
as Svetlovidov
68
as Prospero
as Sydney Cockerell
as Drechsler
TV show · as Drechsler
49
as Herbert Dreuther
1980s
47 titles · average score 66
50
as Hobson
80
TV show · as Aaron Jastrow
60
as Sir Adrian Chappie
58
as Sir Leonard Darwin
72
as Pope Pius XII
48
as Hogarth
77
as Lord Irwin
67
as Hobson
66
as Marquis of Caterhan
81
TV show · as Edward 'Ned' Ryder
67
as Reverend Jones
81
as Carr Gomm
1970s
35 titles · average score 65
65
as Prime Minister
60
as Brigadier Tomlinson
77
as John of Gaunt
as Spooner
72
as Gillenormand
71
as Clive Langham
76
as Lord Henry Wotton
62
as Headmaster
57
as Farrell
54
as Lord Sissal
as Harry
59
as Julius Caesar
1960s
22 titles · average score 67
63
as Lord Raglan
60
as Curt Valayan
68
as The Elder Pope
60
as Head of Intelligence
as Chorus
73
as Henry IV
60
TV show · as Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Charles II
74
as King Louis VII of France
70
as Ghost (voice)
TV show · as Gabriel Quantara
77
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
as Gaev
1950s
9 titles · average score 68
63
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
64
as Earl of Warwick
72
as George, Duke of Clarence
as John Worthing, JP
55
as Chorus
71
as Cassius
as Narrator
83
TV show · as Duke / Lord Durrisdeer
1940s
3 titles · average score 63
as Hamlet
63as Narrator
as Disraeli
1930s
3 titles · average score 62
62
as Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
63
as Inigo Jollifant
as Henri Dubois
1920s
2 titles
as Rex Trasmere
as Daniel