Ian McDiarmid

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Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish actor best known as Emperor Palpatine, a role he has played from Return of the Jedi in 1983 through The Rise of Skywalker and the series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

On stage he won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for Insignificance and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith Healer.

Born in Carnoustie, Scotland in 1944, he was joint artistic director of London's Almeida Theatre with Jonathan Kent from 1990 until 2001.

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