Ian McDiarmid

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actor film actor human stage actor television actor theatre director voice actor

Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in the Star Wars film series.

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → film actor → human → stage actor → television actor → theatre director → voice actor →
appearedIn	Star Wars film series →
awardReceived	Olivier Award for Best Actor → Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play →
characterPortrayed	Chancellor Palpatine → Darth Sidious → Emperor Palpatine → Senator Palpatine →
coArtisticDirectorWith	Jonathan Kent →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1944-08-11 →
educatedAt	Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama → University of St Andrews →
ethnicGroup	Scottish →
familyName	McDiarmid →
genre	drama → science fiction →
givenName	Ian →
knownFor	portraying Darth Sidious → portraying Emperor Palpatine →
languageSpoken	English →
name	Ian McDiarmid →
notableWork	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → Our Friends in the North → Restoration → Sleepy Hollow → Star Wars Rebels → Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace → Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones → Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith → Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker → Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → Tales of the Jedi → The Empire Strikes Back (special edition appearance as Emperor hologram, later versions) → The Lost City of Z → The Nation's Health → The Promise → The Street → The Terror → Utopia →
occupation	actor → theatre director →
placeOfBirth	Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland →
positionHeld	artistic director of the Almeida Theatre →
residence	London, England (historical/working base) →
theatreCompany	Almeida Theatre →
yearsActive	1970s–present →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Elizabeth I (miniseries) → Sleepy Hollow (1999 film) → Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones →	starring
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker → The Lost City of Z →	castMember
The Empire Strikes Back (special edition appearance as Emperor hologram, later versions) → The Promise →	featuresActor
Darth Sidious → Emperor Palpatine →	portrayedBy
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace → Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith →	stars
Utopia →	associatedWith
McDiarmid →	hasNotableBearer
The Promise →	hasPerformer
Ian McDiarmid →	name
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi →	starred