John Gielgud
Acting
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.
Known for
2018Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
2016Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Self
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Hogarth (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011Discovering Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
2009Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2005Revisiting Brideshead
Self (archive footage)
2003Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
Self - The Protagonist ("Catastrophe")
2001Catastrophe
The Protagonist
1999The Tichborne Claimant
Cockburn
1998Elizabeth
The Pope
1998Quest for Camelot
Merlin (voice)
1998Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
1997David
Stimme Gottes
1996DragonHeart
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
1996The Leopard Son
Narrator
1996Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996Hamlet
Priam
1996The Portrait of a Lady
Mr. Touchett
1996Shine
Cecil Parkes
1995First Knight
Oswald
1995Haunted
Dr Henry Doyle
1995The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
Self (Voice)
1992Shining Through
Sunflower
1992The Power of One
St. John
