Ian McDiarmid - Biography, Filmography, and Career Highlights

Ian McDiarmid Filmography and Credits

• 2015-04-18 · Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal as Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• 1988-12-14 · Dirty Rotten Scoundrels as Arthur
• 1981-06-26 · Dragonslayer as Brother Jacopus
• 1983-05-25 · Return of the Jedi as The Emperor
• 1999-05-19 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Senator Palpatine
• 2002-05-15 · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones as Chancellor Palpatine
• 2005-05-17 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
• 1999-11-19 · Sleepy Hollow as Dr. Lancaster
• 1979-02-02 · Macbeth as The Porter / Ross
• 1980-07-09 · The Awakening as Dr. Richter
• 2005-05-03 · Star Wars: A Musical Journey as Host
• 2002-02-12 · Crime and Punishment as Porfiry
• 2022-09-07 · Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return as Self - Emperor Palpatine
• 1995-11-18 · Annie: A Royal Adventure as Dr. Eli Eon
• 2009-10-20 · The Odds as
• 1999-11-14 · All the King's Men as Rev. Pierrepoint Edwards
• 2009-03-26 · Margaret as Denis Thatcher
• 1981-07-01 · Last Night Another Dissident... as Fedka
• 1980-12-26 · Richard's Things as Burglar
• 2005-10-03 · Our Hidden Lives as B. Charles
• 1976-02-01 · The Likely Lads as Vicar
• 2015-12-15 · Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel as Self
• 2015-12-26 · Star Wars: Greatest Moments as Self
• 2001-10-16 · The Beginning: Making Episode I as Self
• 1996-09-11 · Hillsborough as Doctor Popper, Coroner
• 1995-12-29 · Restoration as Ambrose
• 1999-04-12 · Great Expectations as Jaggers
• 1980-11-07 · Sir Henry at Rawlinson End as Reg Smeeton
• 2004-08-18 · The Story of Star Wars as Palpatine/The Emperor (archive footage)
• 2017-03-15 · The Lost City of Z as Sir George Goldie
• 1991-04-22 · Chernobyl: The Final Warning as Dr. Vatisenko
• 1999-10-31 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception as Prof. Levi
• 1976-02-01 · Amazing Stories as Blade
• 2019-12-18 · Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Emperor Palpatine
• 1983-12-15 · Gorky Park as Professor Andreev
• 2000-05-23 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
• 2020-03-18 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self
• 1993-10-01 · Heart of Darkness as Doctor
• 1985-07-04 · Pity in History as Murgatroyd
• · Inspector Morse as Hugo De Vries
• · Spooks as Prof. Fred Roberts
• · Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• · City of Vice as Henry Fielding
• · 37 Days as Sir Edward Grey
• · Elizabeth I as Lord Burghley
• · Britannia as King Pellenor
• · The Nation's Health as Dr Vernon Davis
• · Star Wars Rebels as Emperor Palpatine
• · Utopia as Anton
• · Obi-Wan Kenobi as Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
• · Star Wars Rebels as Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Darth Sidious (voice) (archive sound)
• · Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• · Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi as Darth Sidious (voice)
• · Crime and Punishment as Porfiry
• · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Dostoevsky
• · The Professionals as Mickey Hamilton
• · Great Expectations as Jaggers
• · Charles II: The Power and The Passion as Sir Edward Hyde
• · Karaoke as Oliver Morse
• · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Ronald Callender
• · Touching Evil as Ronald Hinks
• · ITV Playhouse as Fedka
• · Red Letter Day as Blade Fern