ACTOR

Julian Glover

1935 - Today

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Julian Wyatt Glover (born 27 March 1935) is an English classical actor with many stage, television, and film roles. He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover's well-known film roles have included being a high-profile villain in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julian Glover has received more than 3,313,236 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Julian Glover is the 1,220th most popular actor (down from 1,215th in 2019), the 1,288th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,323rd in 2019) and the 169th most popular British Actor.

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  • 57.53

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Julian Glover ranks 1,220 out of 13,578Before him are Clive Owen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Jonathan Frakes, Ellen Barkin, and Farley Granger. After him are David Prowse, Kate Beckinsale, Marina Berti, Leslie Caron, Nathan Fillion, and Josh Brolin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Julian Glover ranks 100Before him are Gene Vincent, Fernando del Paso, Agne Simonsson, Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, and Lyudmila Gurchenko. After him are David Prowse, Marc Augé, Jack Charlton, Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, Mário Coluna, and Terry Riley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Julian Glover ranks 1,288 out of 8,785Before him are Mary Leakey (1913), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Barbara Cartland (1901), John Horton Conway (1937), Clive Owen (1964), and Martin Frobisher (1535). After him are Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Albert Hammond (1944), Branwell Brontë (1817), David Prowse (1935), Kate Beckinsale (1973), and Marina Berti (1924).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Julian Glover ranks 169Before him are Ciarán Hinds (1953), James Faulkner (1948), Anthony Daniels (1946), Frances de la Tour (1944), Scott Adkins (1976), and Clive Owen (1964). After him are David Prowse (1935), Kate Beckinsale (1973), Marina Berti (1924), Roddy McDowall (1928), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), and Geraldine McEwan (1932).

Television and Movie Roles

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Walter Donovan
In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!
The Empire Strikes Back
General Veers
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Troy
Triopas
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.