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Acting

Sebastian Shaw

Career: Active from 1930 to 2004, with a break from 1988 to 2003, busiest in 1935 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Great War
86/100

Characters

1

The characters Sebastian Shaw played, best-known titles first.

Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sebastian Shaw Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.0, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Cringe Humor
1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Dilemma 2
Classic British Cinema 2
Fantasy Adventure 2
Classic British Mystery 2
Dialogue-Driven 2
Suspenseful 2
Character-Driven 2
Social Commentary 2
1930s London 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Story of Star Wars

as Anakin Skywalker (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 59

Monkey Boy

as Dr. Liawski

Chimera

62

TV show · as Dr. Liawski

Chernobyl: The Final Warning

57

as Grandpa

1980s

11 titles · average score 65

Chelworth

TV show · as Lord Toller

The Master Builder

as Knut Brovik

High Season

53

as Sharp

Casualty

62

TV show · as Charles Howlett

Assembled Memories: Jack B. Yeats, 1871-1957

as Yeats (voice)

Return of the Jedi

70

as Anakin Skywalker

Reilly: Ace of Spies

76

TV show · as Reverend Thomas

The Weather in the Streets

as Mr. Curtis

A Bit of Singing and Dancing

as Uncle Cecil

Timon of Athens

as Old Athenian

Fothergill

as Crusty Old Party

1970s

9 titles · average score 77

The Old Curiosity Shop

TV show · as Grandfather

Liza

as Carl Fiodorich

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Carl Fiodorich

A Choice of Evils

as Abbot General

TV show · as Robert

Rumpole of the Bailey

77

TV show · as Mr. Justice Skelton

Playhouse

TV show · as Crusty Old Party

Village Hall

TV show · as Ralph Escott

Dead of Night

76

TV show · as Powys Jubb

1960s

8 titles · average score 73

A Midsummer Night's Dream

65

as Quince

All's Well That Ends Well

as King of France

It Happened Here

69

as Dr. Richard Fletcher

Walk's End

as Major Gregory

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as The Judge

Out of the Unknown

73

TV show · as Major Gregory

The Great War

86

TV show · as Various (voice)

Theatre 625

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 66

66

as Hugh Marvell, M.P.

1940s

7 titles · average score 67

Landfall

71

as Wing Commander Dickens

The Glass Mountain

66

as Bruce McLeod

Journey Together

65

as Squadron Leader Marshall

East of Piccadilly

as Tamsie Green

The Flying Squad

as Inspector Bradley

Three Silent Men

as Sir James Quentin

Now You're Talking

as Charles Hampton

1930s

17 titles · average score 67

The Spy in Black

83

as Ashington

The Squeaker

62

as Frank Sutton

Farewell Again

as Capt. Gilbert Reed

Men Are Not Gods

58

as Edmund Davey

Tomorrow We Live

as Eric Morton

Three Witnesses

as Roger Truscott

The Way of Youth

as Lieut. Alan Marmon

The Lad

as Jimmy

The Ace of Spades

as Trent

as Bruce Blandford

Department Store

as John Goodman Johnson

Caste

as Hon. George d'Alroy