Ian McDiarmid

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1944 age 0

   Born

2. 1980 age 36

   CreditStar Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

3. 1983 age 39

   CreditStar Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

4. 1988 age 44

   CreditDirty Rotten Scoundrels

5. 1999 age 55

   CreditSleepy Hollow

   CreditStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

6. 2002 age 58

   CreditStar Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

7. 2005 age 61

   CreditStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

8. 2016 age 72

   CreditThe Lost City of Z

9. 2019 age 75

   CreditStar Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

• JWJohn Williams6 titles
• FOFrank Oz6 titles
• GLGeorge Lucas5 titles
• ADAnthony Daniels5 titles
• KBKenny Baker5 titles
• RMRick McCallum4 titles
• SJSamuel L. Jackson3 titles
• NPNatalie Portman3 titles
• CLChristopher Lee3 titles
• CFCarrie Fisher3 titles

• There's a moment in one scene of the new film where tears almost appear in his eye. These are crocodile tears, but for all those in the movie, and perhaps watching the movie itself, they'll see he is apparently moved -- and of course, he is. He can just do it. He can, as it were, turn it on. And I suppose for him, it's also a bit of a turn-on -- the pure exercise of power is what he's all about. That's the only thing he's interested in and the only thing that can satisfy him -- which makes him completely fascinating to play, because it is an evil soul.

  Ian McDiarmid, CC BY-SA 4.0

• To have been chosen when you're in your thirties to play someone who's 120, and then to find when you were in your early fifties you were going to play the same character at your then-age, that is, in your early fifties, in fact I don't think I've come out of the trauma. But the interesting think about that it's an absolutely unique challenge for an actor; I can't think of anyone who's been asked to do that, or indeed been given the opportunity, and I'll always be grateful for that.

  Ian McDiarmid, CC BY-SA 4.0