
Ian McDiarmid
Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor and director best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars film series. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performances. Wikipedia
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.169 |
Birthday | 1944-08-11 |
Place of Birth | Carnoustie, Tayside, Scotland, UK |
Also Known As | Иен Макдермид, |

2015

Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
7.9/82
The Ghost crew and their allies face Darth Vader for the first time and Ahsoka Tano discovers the true identity of Darth Vader.
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Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal

1988

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7.1/886
Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, unt...
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

1981

Dragonslayer
6.489/279
A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the K...
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Dragonslayer

1983

Return of the Jedi
7.896/15869
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion onc...
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Return of the Jedi

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.556/14797
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.571/13401
Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could...
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2005

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
7.436/13902
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

1999

Sleepy Hollow
7.2/6854
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...
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Sleepy Hollow

1979

Macbeth
7.4/9
Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Tele...
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Macbeth

1980

The Awakening
5.5/74
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
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The Awakening

2005

Star Wars: A Musical Journey
7/18
Star Wars: In Concert, originally called Star Wars: A Musical Journey, was a worldwide series of concerts featuring specially edited footage from all...
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Star Wars: A Musical Journey

2002

Crime and Punishment
6.9/19
John Simm stars in this adaptation of Dostoyevsky's tragic masterpiece - a profound drama of redemption and a thrilling detective story of the soul.
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Crime and Punishment

2022

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
6.8/987
This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classi...
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Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

1995

Annie: A Royal Adventure
5.8/50
Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Warbucks...
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Annie: A Royal Adventure

2009

The Odds
8/1
You know the odds. But not the truth.
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The Odds

1999

All the King's Men
6.2/17
Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, thei...
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All the King's Men

2009

Margaret
5.8/5
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power. The year is 1990...
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Margaret

1981

Last Night Another Dissident...
0/0
Based on the story of Nina Voronel's husband, a physics professor and Jewish "dissident" in the Soviet Union.
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Last Night Another Dissident...

1980

Richard's Things
5/10
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in a...
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Richard's Things

2005

Our Hidden Lives
4.5/2
Based on the best-selling book by award-winning writer Simon Garfield, four stories from Britain's 'lost decade' (1945 - 1955) are presented from the...
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Our Hidden Lives

1976

The Likely Lads
6.088/17
With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s B...
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The Likely Lads

2015

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
6.3/13
Though lightsabers have been a force in the Star Wars galaxy since George Lucas’ original film, the weapon’s on-screen presence evolved throughout bot...
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Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel

2015

Star Wars: Greatest Moments
7/32
Alex Zane counts down the top 20 Star Wars moments as voted by the public. Includes contributions from famous fans as well as the stars and crew of th...
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments

2001

The Beginning: Making Episode I
7.3/25
The entire process of making Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) is shown here in this documentary. From pre-production through post-prod...
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The Beginning: Making Episode I

1996

Hillsborough
7/19
Drama based on the real life events of April 1989, when ninety-six Liverpool supporters were crushed to death during an F.A. Cup Semi-Final match agai...
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Hillsborough

1995

Restoration
6/118
An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel j...
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Restoration

1999

Great Expectations
6.4/16
A young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few years later, Pip finds that he has a benefactor. Imag...
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Great Expectations

1980

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
6.6/9
Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

2004

The Story of Star Wars
7/20
The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed i...
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The Story of Star Wars

2017

The Lost City of Z
6.4/2870
A true-life drama in the 1920s, centering on British explorer Col. Percy Fawcett, who discovered evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilizati...
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The Lost City of Z

1991

Chernobyl: The Final Warning
5.5/13
True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl.
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Chernobyl: The Final Warning

2002

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
5.3/16
Indy's work with the Belgian Army takes him to the front lines of Verdun in 1916, where officers' callous stupidity sends thousands of men to their de...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception

1976

Amazing Stories
0/0
Weird tale of a sci fi convention and a family who are apparently being taken over by vegetables.
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Amazing Stories

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
6.303/10043
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of gener...
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

1983

Gorky Park
6.306/296
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his s...
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Gorky Park

2000

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
7/34
A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2020

The Skywalker Legacy
7.7/43
The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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The Skywalker Legacy

1993

Heart of Darkness
5.7/35
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
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