Ian McDiarmid (born 11 August 1944) 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

Filmography

• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — Darth Sidious (voice)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Darth Sidious / Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Emperor Palpatine
• Britannia — King Pellenor
• 2017The Lost City of Z — Sir George Goldie
• 2015Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal — Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• 37 Days — Sir Edward Grey
• Star Wars Rebels — Emperor Palpatine, Emperor Palpatine (voice)
• Utopia — Anton
• 2009Margaret — Denis Thatcher
• 2009The Odds
• City of Vice — Henry Fielding
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Darth Sidious (voice) (archive sound)
• Elizabeth I — Lord Burghley
• 2005Our Hidden Lives — B. Charles
• 2005Star Wars: A Musical Journey — Host
• 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith — Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
• 2004The Story of Star Wars — Palpatine/The Emperor (archive footage)
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion — Sir Edward Hyde
• 2002Crime and Punishment — Porfiry
• Crime and Punishment — Porfiry
• Spooks — Prof. Fred Roberts
• 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones — Chancellor Palpatine
• 1999All the King's Men — Rev. Pierrepoint Edwards
• 1999Great Expectations — Jaggers
• Great Expectations — Jaggers
• 1999Sleepy Hollow — Dr. Lancaster
• 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace — Senator Palpatine
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception — Prof. Levi
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — Ronald Callender
• Touching Evil — Ronald Hinks
• 1996Hillsborough — Doctor Popper, Coroner
• Karaoke — Oliver Morse
• 1995Annie: A Royal Adventure — Dr. Eli Eon
• 1995Restoration — Ambrose
• 1994Heart of Darkness — Doctor
• 1991Chernobyl: The Final Warning — Dr. Vatisenko
• 1988Dirty Rotten Scoundrels — Arthur
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Dostoevsky
• Inspector Morse — Hugo De Vries
• 1985Pity in History — Murgatroyd
• 1983Gorky Park — Professor Andreev
• 1983Return of the Jedi — The Emperor
• The Nation's Health — Dr Vernon Davis
• 1981Dragonslayer — Brother Jacopus
• 1981Last Night Another Dissident... — Fedka
• 1980Richard's Things — Burglar
• 1980Sir Henry at Rawlinson End — Reg Smeeton
• 1980The Awakening — Dr. Richter
• 1979Macbeth — The Porter / Ross
• The Professionals — Mickey Hamilton
• 1976Amazing Stories — Blade
• Red Letter Day — Blade Fern
• 1976The Likely Lads — Vicar
• ITV Playhouse — Fedka

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2022Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return — Self - Emperor Palpatine
• 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I — Self
• 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self