Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid

Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1944

Country: UK

Total Credits at Criticker: 29 (Actor)

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    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    Darth Vader and the Empire are building a new, indestructible Death Star. Meanwhile, Han Solo has been imprisoned, and Luke Skywalker has sent R2D2 and C3PO to try and free him. Princess Leia - disguised as a bounty hunter - and Chewbacca go along as well. The final battle takes place on the moon of Endor, with its natural inhabitants, the Ewoks, lending a hand to the rebels. Will Darth Vader and the dark side overcome the rebels and take over the universe ? (imdb)
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    Sleepy Hollow
    The classic story of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow" is brought to life by the gothic film maker Tim Burton. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane, and to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci) he will have to brave the nearby woods, even though several decapitated bodies have been found. And then the legend of the axe wielding headless horsemen come together to make this movie. (imdb)
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    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    When the evil Trade Federation plots to take over the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi warrior Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi embark on an amazing adventure to save the planet.
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    Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala while his teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi, makes an investigation of a separatist assassination attempt on Padmé which leads to the discovery of a secret Republican clone army.
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    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
    After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker concludes his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk.
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    Restoration
    An aspiring young doctor, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King... (imdb)
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    Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    Lawrence and Freddie are con-men; big-time and small time respectively. They unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this town (on the French Mediterranean coast) aint big enough for the two of them (imdb)
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    Dragonslayer
    A King has made a pact with a dragon where he sacrfices virgins to it, and the dragon leaves his kingdom alone... (imdb)
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    Gorky Park
    An investigator on the Moscow police force relentlessly pursues the solution to a triple homicide which occurred in Moscow's Gorky Park... (imdb)
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    Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I (2005) - TV Mini-Series
    Miniseries about the the public and private lives of the later years of Queen Elizabeth I. (imdb)
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    The Awakening
    An American archaeologist (Charlton Heston) is in Egypt with his pregnant wife, searching for the tomb of a long-lost Egyptian queen. At the same moment he discovers the tomb and opens it's accursed seal, his wife gives birth to his daughter... (imdb)
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    Crime and Punishment
    Dostoyevsky's classic tale of murder, guilt and philosophy comes to life on the bigscreen.
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    Heart of Darkness
    Marlow is an ambitious and adventurous sailor who is employed by an English trading company and sent to an African colony. There he travels up the river, visiting the trading stations who barters for ivory with the natives. On his journey he is told about a man named Kurtz whose station is the one furthest up the river, deep in the African jungle... (imdb)
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
    As Corporal Henri Defense, young Indiana Jones has become a motorcycle courier stationed near the trenches at Verdun. His friend Remy is still in the trenches, and both grow more disillusioned about the war each day. A month later Indy and Remy are granted leave to Paris, where Indiana meets the exotic dancer Mata Hari at a dinner party.
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    Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
    The very eccentric English peer Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts, with the help of his mad family & servants, to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert. (imdb)
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    Chernobyl: The Final Warning
    True story about the tragic nuclear power plant accident in Chernobyl (imdb)
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    Our Hidden Lives
    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 diaries of four very distinct people. In his book, Garfield selected some of the most expressive diarists, and focused on the post-war years giving a vivid portrait of how Britain coped in the post-war years and how little, or how much, attitudes have changed over the past 60 years. (imdb)
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    Annie: A Royal Adventure!
    nnie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Oliver Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her! (imdb)
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    Star Wars: A Musical Journey
    Actor Ian McDiarmid introduces several music videos featuring the famous Star Wars scores composed by John Williams. There are sixteen chapters in all, and are all perfectly created to show us the great music from the six films.
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    37 Days
    37 Days (2014) - TV Mini-Series
    Political thriller charting the behind-the-scenes events in the corridors of power in the days leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.
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    Great Expectations
    Young Pip is expected to become a blacksmith, but, hating the soot and smoke, he secretly dreams of becoming a gentleman. When he meets the mysterious Miss Havisham and her haughty niece Estella, Pip is confident that his dream is to come true. (imdb)
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    The Last King
    The Last King (2003) - TV Mini-Series
    This lavish British mini-series chronicles the life and times of England's King Charles II (Rufus Sewell), the first king to reign after the nation's 11-year tenure as Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. The drama follows young Charles from his father's execution to his subsequent exile in France and his eventual return to the throne, focusing primarily on the decadence of the Restoration court and the king's many mistresses.
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    All the King\
    Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen again. (imdb)
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    Ten Great Writers of the Modern World
    This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf. (imdb)
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    The Lost City of Z
    In 1905, a British major from an undistinguished family is invited by the Royal Geographical Society to lead a surveying expedition to Bolivia. Somewhat reluctantly, he accepts, and the course of his life is transformed.
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    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga. (imdb)
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    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi\
    A new documentary that showcases the making of the epic limited series. Features never-before-seen, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews and visits to the creature shop and props department (imdb.com).
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    Tales of the Jedi
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    City of Vice
    City of Vice (2008) - TV Mini-Series
    In 18th-century London, novelists Henry and John Fielding fight crime on the perilous streets of Covent Garden, determined to clean up the city rife with prostitution, gambling, and villainy before modern policing. (imdb)
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