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Ian McDiarmid was born on August 11th, 1944 in Carnoustie Scotland. earned an MA in clinical psychologist at St. Andrews University, in Fife. His love for the theater was to strong and enrolled tin the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. from there he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. A Successful London stage carrer soon followed as did small parts in Motion Pictures. 1983 launched his "StarWars" career when he was cast as "Emperor Palpatine." but, his true passion was in theater. In 1990, him and Jonathan Kent took over the " Almeida Theatre" in Islington as co-artistic directors. Now it is enviable success. "quite simply the most dynamic outfit currently operating in Britain" quoted the Guardian in London. Since the popularity of Starwars and his role as the evil Emperor and escalated, so has his offers in Television and movies. Now that he has become a world-wide actor, he has kept his private life to himself.thanks to everybody on the Yahoo! "Ianites" for info and photos...
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WOS Theatregoers' Choice Nominees AnnouncedDate: 5 December 2008.. --> Article Start --> The nominations in the ninth annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards were announced today (5 Decemb...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:18:00 GMT

London Notes

November 03, 2008 11:47 AMIan McDiarmidIan McDiarmid has such a singular voice that even a phone interview with the Tony Award-winning Scotsman constitutes a discernible thrill. It was over two years ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:27:00 GMT

An Evening with Ian!!


Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT

Ian Falls Ill!!!

Suspected heart attack fails to prevent Ian McDiarmid taking his curtain call A leading actor in a West End play insisted ..ing his opening night performance before being taken to hospital. Concealin...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:33:00 GMT

Ian to play Margaret Thatcher’s Husband

McDiarmid and Duncan cast in BBC2 Thatcher drama Published Thursday 24 July 2008 at 15:05 by Matthew Hemley Ian McDiarmid, former artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, will join Lindsay Du...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT

more reviews: Six Characters in Search of an Author

There are more layers and coups de théâtre that you can shake a gold-topped cane at; the smell of artful red herrings is pungent; and towards the end there's a suspect accumulation of in-jokes and esc...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:42:00 GMT

review: Six Characters in Search of an Author

Pirandello's original begins with the sextet of the title invading a rehearsal of the same dramatist's Rules of the Game and demanding that the producer and his actors work on the family tragedy their...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:40:00 GMT

no "Indy" for Ian

Hello to all of Ian's fans...         Ian will not be in the New "Indiana Jones" movie. Due to poor internet information, I had it wrong!! Sooo Sorry!!  Yeah, I...
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Hollywood finds Scot to fill Sir Sean’s shoes as Indiana Jones

Hollywood finds Scot to fill Sir Sean’s shoes as Indiana Jones returns The Express 24 March 2008; Gavin Docherty Full Text: Copyright 2008 Express Newspapers plc, Source: The Financial Times ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:47:00 GMT

yeah, posers suck

hello fans of Mr. McDiarmid please don't get the wrong idea and think this is the REAL Ian McDiarmid. It's not. I'm just a fan like the rest of you. I put up this page for all those who enjoy th...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:32:00 GMT