Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1904-04-14
Day of Death
2000-05-21
Place of Birth
London, England
John Gielgud
Biography
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 (141)
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Self
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
2016
⭐ 7.2
Role:
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
⭐ 7.5
Role:
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet
2011
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2009
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Revisiting Brideshead
2005
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
2003
⭐ 6.4
Role:
The Protagonist
Catastrophe
2001
⭐ 8.7
Role:
Cockburn
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
⭐ 7.2
Role:
The Pope
Elizabeth
1998
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Merlin (voice)
Quest for Camelot
1998
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1998
⭐ 6.6
Role:
Stimme Gottes
David
1997
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Priam
Hamlet
1996
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Mr. Touchett
