John Gielgud

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John Gielgud

Acting April 14, 1904

London, England

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his yo…

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The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

8.1 1980 Movie
Gandhi

Gandhi

7.6 1982 Movie
DragonHeart

DragonHeart

6.6 1996 Movie
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

7.1 1974 Movie
Elizabeth

Elizabeth

7.2 1998 Movie
First Knight

First Knight

6.1 1995 Movie
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

6.8 1981 Movie
Caligula

Caligula

6.0 1979 Movie
Quest for Camelot

Quest for Camelot

6.8 1998 Movie
Shine

Shine

7.4 1996 Movie
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

6.7 1956 Movie
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show

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Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH, was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to a silver trumpet muffled in silk. Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2018
    Nothing Like a Dame

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2016
    Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied

    Movie Writer

  3. 2016
    Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

    Movie Self

  4. 2016
    Trouser Bar

    Movie Writer

  5. 2014
    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Movie Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)

  6. 2011
    Discovering Hamlet

    Movie King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)

  7. 2009
    Behind The Scenes of Caligula

    Movie

  8. 2005
    Revisiting Brideshead

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2003
    Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

    Movie Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")

  10. 2001
    Catastrophe

    Movie The Protagonist

  11. 2000
    Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

    Movie Self

  12. 1999
    The Tichborne Claimant

    Movie Cockburn

  13. 1998
    Elizabeth

    Movie The Pope

  14. 1998
    Quest for Camelot

    Movie Merlin (voice)

  15. 1998
    Merlin

    TV show King Constant

  16. 1998
    Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

    Movie

More credits
  1. 1997
    A Dance to the Music of Time

    TV show St. John Clarke

  2. 1997
    David

    Movie Stimme Gottes

  3. 1996
    Hamlet

    Movie Priam

  4. 1996
    The Portrait of a Lady

    Movie Mr. Touchett

  5. 1996
    Looking for Richard

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  6. 1996
    The Leopard Son

    Movie Narrator

  7. 1996
    Shine

    Movie Cecil Parkes

  8. 1996
    DragonHeart

    Movie King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)

  9. 1996
    Gulliver's Travels

    TV show Professor of Light

  10. 1995
    Haunted

    Movie Dr Henry Doyle

  11. 1995
    Stick with Me, Kid

    TV show Grandpa

  12. 1995
    First Knight

    Movie Oswald

  13. 1995
    The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

    Movie Self (Voice)

  14. 1994
    A Summer Day's Dream

    Movie

  15. 1994
    Scarlett

    TV show Pierre Robillard

  16. 1993
    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    TV show Self

  17. 1992
    The Power of One

    Movie St. John

  18. 1992
    Shining Through

    Movie Sunflower

  19. 1992
    Swan Song

    Movie Svetlovidov

  20. 1992
    A Walk Through Prospero's Library

    Movie Prospero

  21. 1991
    The Strauss Dynasty

    TV show Drechsler

  22. 1991
    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  23. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Stephen Dawlish

  24. 1991
    Prospero's Books

    Movie Prospero