Acting
Michael Jayston
- Titles
- 42movies47TV shows
- Career
Active from 1965 to 2009, busiest in 1973 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 24top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.7average 3.6
- Wit & Wordplay5.2average 3.7
- Politics3.9average 2.6
- Family Dynamics5.8average 4.7
- Mystery4.8average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.5, average 5.2
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Pop Culture1.3, average 2.2
- Violence3.6, average 4.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Classic Literature 4
- Witty Dialogue 3
- Political Intrigue 3
- Victorian Era 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Romantic Comedy 2
- Social Satire 2
- Historical Setting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Lynda BellinghamActorDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe, Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet, Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Colin BakerActorDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe, Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet, Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Barbara Leigh-HuntActorBequest to the Nation, Macbeth, Love's Labour's Lost
Brian ClemensWriterQuiller, Ring Once for Death, A Coffin for the Bride- HHugh ParsonEditorDoctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe, Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Ian HolmActorA Midsummer Night's Dream, The Homecoming
Ronald HinesActorGossip from the Forest, The Last Romantic
Harry AndrewsActorNicholas and Alexandra, The Internecine Project
Sarah BadelActorShe Fell Among Thieves, King Lear
Helen MirrenActorA Midsummer Night's Dream, A Coffin for the Bride
David WarnerActorA Midsummer Night's Dream, Albert's Memorial
Malcolm TierneyActorA Bit of a Do, Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Movies and TV shows
191980s
19 titles · average score 67
67
A Bit of a Do (1989)
TV show
77
Press Gang (1989)
TV show · as Colonel X
Stay Lucky (1989)
TV show · as Valentine
Somewhere to Run (1989)
as Roger Fitzpatrick
71Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987)
as Randall Perry
44
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV show · as Quentin Nightingale
62
Casualty (1986)
TV show · as Ian / David Northwick
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)
as The Valeyard
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)
as The Valeyard
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)
as The Valeyard
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
as The Valeyard
Worlds Beyond (1986)
TV show · as Drayton Thomas
62
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
TV show
Time for Murder (1985)
TV show · as Austin Tupp
88
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV show · as The Earl of Rufton
76
Big Deal (1984)
TV show · as Grover
47
From a Far Country (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
Lady Killers (1980)
TV show · as Frederick Henry Seddon
74
Dominique (1980)
as Arnold Craven