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John Gielgud
Actor · Crew· London, England
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, a scion of the Terry acting dynasty, rose to international acclaim with a youthful, emotionally charged performance as Hamlet in 1937, setting box office records on Broadway. Renowned for his exquisite delivery of verse and a warm, expressive voice that Sir Alec Guinness likened to a silver trumpet muffled in silk, Gielgud’s career spanned seven decades, earning him an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award, a quartet of accolades matched by few in entertainment history.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Caligula: The Ultimate Cut | Nerva | Film |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2001 | Catastrophe | The Protagonist | Film |
| 2000 | Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance | Self | Film |
| 1999 | The Tichborne Claimant | Cockburn | Film |
| 1998 | Quest for Camelot | Merlin (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | The Pope | Film |
| 1998 | Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow | Film | |
| 1998 | Merlin | King Constant | TV |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | St. John Clarke | TV |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Self - Interviewee | Film |
| 1996 | DragonHeart | King Arthur (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Mr. Touchett | Film |
| 1996 | Shine | Cecil Parkes | Film |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels | Professor of Light | Film |
| 1996 | The Leopard Son | Narrator | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Priam | Film |
| 1995 | Haunted | Dr Henry Doyle | Film |
| 1995 | First Knight | Oswald | Film |
| 1992 | Shining Through | Sunflower | Film |
| 1992 | The Power of One | St. John | Film |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Prospero's Books | Prospero | Film |
| 1990 | Strike It Rich | Herbert Dreuther | Film |
| 1990 | A TV Dante | Virgil | Film |
| 1990 | Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | Self | Film |
| 1989 | Getting It Right | Sir Gordon Munday | Film |
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | Cardinal Wolsey | Film |
| 1988 | Appointment with Death | Colonel Carbury | Film |
| 1988 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Hobson | Film |
| 1986 | The Whistle Blower | Sir Adrian Chappie | Film |
| 1986 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville | Film |
| 1985 | Leave All Fair | John Middleton Murry | Film |
| 1985 | The Shooting Party | Cornelius Cardew | Film |
| 1985 | Plenty | Sir Leonard Darwin | Film |
| 1984 | Frankenstein | De Lacey | Film |
| 1984 | Camille | Duke de Charles | Film |
| 1984 | The Master of Ballantrae | Lord Durrisdeer | Film |
| 1984 | Scandalous | Uncle Willie | Film |
| 1983 | The Scarlet and the Black | Pope Pius XII | Film |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Hogarth | Film |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Charmolue | Film |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Lord Irwin | Film |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | Film |
| 1981 | Sphinx | Abdu-Hamdi | Film |
| 1981 | Lion of the Desert | Sharif El Gariani | Film |
| 1981 | Arthur | Hobson | Film |
| 1981 | Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery | Marquis of Caterhan | Film |
| 1981 | Priest of Love | Herbert G. Muskett | Film |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Master of Trinity | Film |
| 1980 | The Conductor | John Lasocki | Film |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Reverend Jones | Film |
| 1980 | The Formula | Dr. Abraham Esau | Film |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | Carr Gomm | Film |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Prime Minister | Film |
| 1979 | Caligula | Nerva | Film |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Brigadier Tomlinson | Film |
| 1978 | Romeo and Juliet | Chorus | Film |
| 1978 | Richard II | John of Gaunt | Film |
| 1978 | Les Misérables | Gillenormand | Film |
| 1978 | No Man's Land | Spooner | Film |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | The Doctor | Film |
| 1977 | Heartbreak House | Captain Shotover | Film |
| 1977 | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | The Preacher | Film |
| 1977 | Providence | Clive Langham | Film |
| 1976 | Aces High | Headmaster | Film |
| 1975 | Galileo | The Old Cardinal | Film |
| 1974 | 11 Harrowhouse | Meecham | Film |
| 1974 | Gold | Farrell | Film |
| 1974 | Frankenstein: The True Story | Chief Constable | Film |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mr. Beddoes | Film |
| 1973 | Lost Horizon | Chang | Film |
| 1972 | Probe | Harold L. Streeter | Film |
| 1972 | Eagle in a Cage | Lord Sissal | Film |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar | Film |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Count Leopold Von Berchtold | Film |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lord Raglan | Film |
| 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | The Elder Pope | Film |
| 1968 | Assignment to Kill | Curt Valayan | Film |
| 1968 | Sebastian | Head of Intelligence | Film |
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