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Acting

Ian McDiarmid

Career: Active from 1976 to 2009, busiest in 2002 and 2005 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian McDiarmid Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
1.2, average 2.2
Showbiz
0.2, average 1.2
Absurdist Humor
1.1, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 3
Historical Drama 3
Intense Character Study 2
British History 2
Epic Space Opera 2
Nostalgic Prequel Era 2
High-Stakes Action 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 78

Obi-Wan Kenobi

71

TV show · as Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

85

TV show · as Darth Sidious (voice)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

78

TV show · as Emperor Palpatine (voice) / Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine (voice)

2010s

7 titles · average score 77

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

55

as Emperor Palpatine

Britannia

74

TV show · as King Pellenor

The Lost City of Z

73

as Sir George Goldie

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

83

as Emperor Palpatine (voice)

Star Wars Rebels

83

TV show · as Emperor Palpatine / Emperor Palpatine (voice)

37 Days

78

TV show · as Sir Edward Grey

Utopia

92

TV show · as Anton

2000s

12 titles · average score 66

Margaret

57

as Denis Thatcher

City of Vice

33

TV show · as Henry Fielding

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

83

TV show · as Darth Sidious (voice) (archive sound)

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

74

as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious

Elizabeth I

65

TV show · as Lord Burghley

Our Hidden Lives

as B. Charles

The Story of Star Wars

as Palpatine/The Emperor (archive footage)

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

69

TV show · as Sir Edward Hyde

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

60

as Chancellor Palpatine

Crime and Punishment

73

TV show · as Porfiry

Crime and Punishment

69

as Porfiry

Spooks

80

TV show · as Prof. Fred Roberts

1990s

14 titles · average score 63

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

57

as Senator Palpatine

Sleepy Hollow

71

as Dr. Lancaster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

62

as Prof. Levi

Great Expectations

61

TV show · as Jaggers

All the King's Men

66

as Rev. Pierrepoint Edwards

Touching Evil

77

TV show · as Ronald Hinks

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

48

TV show · as Ronald Callender

Karaoke

73

TV show · as Oliver Morse

Annie: A Royal Adventure

55

as Dr. Eli Eon

Restoration

66

as Ambrose

Heart of Darkness

50

as Doctor

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

57

as Dr. Vatisenko

1980s

13 titles · average score 62

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

77

as Arthur

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

TV show · as Dostoevsky

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Hugo De Vries

Pity in History

as Murgatroyd

TV show · as Murgatroyd

The Nation's Health

TV show · as Dr Vernon Davis

Return of the Jedi

77

as The Emperor

Gorky Park

64

as Professor Andreev

Dragonslayer

70

as Brother Jacopus

The Awakening

21

as Dr. Richter

Richard's Things

34

as Burglar

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

74

as Reg Smeeton

1970s

5 titles · average score 74

Macbeth

75

as The Porter / Ross

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Mickey Hamilton

The Likely Lads

69

as Vicar

Red Letter Day

TV show · as Blade Fern

Amazing Stories

as Blade

1960s

1 title

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Fedka