ACTOR

Ian McDiarmid

1944 - Today

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Ian McDiarmid (; born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of Shakespeare's plays. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian McDiarmid has received more than 6,577,129 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ian McDiarmid is the 632nd most popular actor (up from 797th in 2019), the 772nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 951st in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Actor.

Ian McDiarmid is most famous for playing Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars films.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ian McDiarmids by language

Over the past year Ian McDiarmid has had the most page views in the with 602,634 views, followed by German (64,223), and French (49,583). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (181.25%), Simple English (134.31%), and Ukrainian (65.15%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian McDiarmid ranks 632 out of 13,578. Before him are Vincent Price, Tom Berenger, Ed Lauter, Richard Barthelmess, Jennifer Jones, and Rachel Weisz. After him are Gong Li, Shia LaBeouf, Louis Jourdan, Rita Moreno, Emmy Göring, and Jean Simmons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ian McDiarmid ranks 87. Before him are Thein Sein, Michelle Phillips, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Antonio Damasio, Coluche, and Bernard Hill. After him are Donna Haraway, Erwin Neher, Karin Schubert, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Mairead Maguire, and Bernard Cornwell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McDiarmid ranks 772 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), John E. Walker (1941), Judith of Flanders (844), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), and Rachel Weisz (1970). After him are Clementine Churchill (1885), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Jean Simmons (1929), Richard Wilson (1936), and Ken Hensley (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian McDiarmid ranks 95. Before him are Deborah Kerr (1921), Jude Law (1972), Alfred Molina (1953), Margaret Rutherford (1892), Bernard Hill (1944), and Rachel Weisz (1970). After him are Jean Simmons (1929), Richard Wilson (1936), Julie Walters (1950), John Gielgud (1904), Naomi Watts (1968), and Tom Hardy (1977).

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Television and Movie Roles

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Senator Palpatine
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
May 19o 19996.541 / 10
Return of the Jedi
The Emperor
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
May 25o 19837.895 / 10
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
The evil Darth Sidious enacts his final plan for unlimited power -- and the heroic Jedi Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
May 17o 20057.42 / 10