Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) 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.
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Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Known For
Caligula
(1979)
Nerva
David
(1997)
Stimme Gottes
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Mr. Beddoes
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Master of Trinity
DragonHeart
(1996)
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Gandhi
(1982)
Lord Irwin
Elizabeth
(1998)
The Pope
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Carr Gomm
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Chang
Quest for Camelot
(1998)
Merlin (voice)
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Sharif El Gariani
First Knight
(1995)
Oswald
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Foster
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Cassius
Arthur
(1981)
Hobson
Hamlet
(1996)
Priam
Full Filmography
Acting
Who Is the Man?
(1924)
Daniel
The Clue of the New Pin
(1929)
Rex Trasmere
Insult
(1932)
Henri Dubois
The Good Companions
(1933)
Inigo Jollifant
Secret Agent
(1936)
Richard Ashenden / Edgar Brodie
Heredity in Man
(1937)
Self
The Prime Minister
(1941)
Disraeli
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
(1941)
Narrator
A Diary for Timothy
(1945)
Hamlet
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
(1953)
Narrator
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Cassius
Hamlet: The Actor's View
(1954)
Self
Romeo and Juliet
(1954)
Chorus
Richard III
(1955)
George, Duke of Clarence
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Foster
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
(1957)
Edward Moulton-Barrett
Saint Joan
(1957)
Earl of Warwick
The Immortal Land
(1958)
The Cherry Orchard
(1962)
Gaev
To Die in Madrid
(1963)
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Becket
(1964)
King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(1964)
Ghost (voice)
Chimes at Midnight
(1965)
Henry IV
The Loved One
(1965)
Sir Francis Hinsley
The Mayfly and the Frog
(1966)
Gabriel Quantara
Ages of Man
(1966)
Alice in Wonderland
(1966)
Mock Turtle
October Revolution
(1967)
Narrator (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
(1967)
Chorus
Assignment to Kill
(1968)
Curt Valayan
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
The Elder pope
Sebastian
(1968)
Head of Intelligence
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
(1968)
Rich Man
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1968)
Lord Raglan
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Julius Caesar
(1970)
Julius Caesar
Eagle in a Cage
(1972)
Lord Sissal
Home
(1972)
Harry
Probe
(1972)
Harold L. Streeter
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Chang
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
(1973)
Various
Gold
(1974)
Farrell
11 Harrowhouse
(1974)
Meecham
Frankenstein: The True Story
(1974)
Chief Constable
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Mr. Beddoes
Galileo
(1975)
The Old Cardinal
Aces High
(1976)
Headmaster
Peter Pan
(1976)
Narrator
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1976)
Lord Henry Wotton
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
(1977)
The Preacher
Heartbreak House
(1977)
Captain Shotover
The Grand Inquisitor
(1977)
Inquisitor
Joseph Andrews
(1977)
The Doctor
Providence
(1977)
Clive Langham
Romeo & Juliet
(1978)
Chorus
Richard II
(1978)
John of Gaunt
No Man's Land
(1978)
Spooner
Les Misérables
(1978)
Gillenormand
The Human Factor
(1979)
Brigadier Tomlinson
Murder by Decree
(1979)
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
Caligula
(1979)
Nerva
The Conductor
(1980)
John Lasocki
The Formula
(1980)
Dr. Abraham Esau
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Carr Gomm
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
(1980)
Reverend Jones
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
(1981)
Marquis of Caterhan
Priest of Love
(1981)
Herbert G. Muskett
Sphinx
(1981)
Abdu-Hamdi
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Sharif El Gariani
Arthur
(1981)
Hobson
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Master of Trinity
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1982)
Charmolue
The Critic
(1982)
Lord Burleigh
Gandhi
(1982)
Lord Irwin
Inside the Third Reich
(1982)
Albert Speer Sr.
Invitation to the Wedding
(1983)
The Wicked Lady
(1983)
Hogarth
The Scarlet and the Black
(1983)
Pope Pius XII
Scandalous
(1984)
Uncle Willie
The Master of Ballantrae
(1984)
Lord Durrisdeer
Camille
(1984)
Duke de Charles
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
(1984)
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Frankenstein
(1984)
De Lacey
The Shooting Party
(1985)
Cornelius Cardew
Plenty
(1985)
Sir Leonard Darwin
Romance on the Orient Express
(1985)
Theodore Woodward
To Be Hamlet
(1985)
Self
Leave All Fair
(1985)
John Middleton Murry
The Canterville Ghost
(1986)
Sir Simon de Canterville
The Whistle Blower
(1986)
Sir Adrian Chappie
Time After Time
(1986)
Jasper Swift
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
(1986)
Tieresias
Theban Plays: Antigone
(1986)
Tiresias
Quartermaine's Terms
(1987)
Eddie Loomis
A Man for All Seasons
(1988)
Cardinal Wolsey
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
(1988)
Self
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
(1988)
Hobson
Appointment with Death
(1988)
Colonel Carbury
Getting It Right
(1989)
Sir Gordon Munday
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
(1990)
Self
A TV Dante
(1990)
Virgil
Strike It Rich
(1990)
Herbert Dreuther
Prospero's Books
(1991)
Prospero
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
(1991)
Virgil (voice)
The Strauss Dynasty
(1991)
Drechsler
The Best of Friends
(1991)
Sydney Cockerell
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
(1992)
Prospero
Swan Song
(1992)
Svetlovidov
The Power of One
(1992)
St. John
Shining Through
(1992)
Sunflower
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
(1992)
Self
A Summer Day's Dream
(1994)
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
(1995)
Himself (Voice)
First Knight
(1995)
Oswald
Haunted
(1995)
Doctor Doyle
The Portrait of a Lady
(1996)
Mr. Touchett
Shine
(1996)
Cecil Parkes
Looking for Richard
(1996)
Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
(1996)
Priam
The Leopard Son
(1996)
Narrator
DragonHeart
(1996)
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
David
(1997)
Stimme Gottes
The Tichborne Claimant
(1998)
Cockburn
Quest for Camelot
(1998)
Merlin (voice)
Elizabeth
(1998)
The Pope
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
(1998)
Catastrophe
(2001)
The Protagonist
Revisiting Brideshead
(2005)
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Hamlet
(2011)
King Hamlet's Ghost (archive footage)
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
(2016)
Self
Nothing Like a Dame
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut
(2023)
Writing
The Cherry Orchard
(1962)
Writer
Trouser Bar
(2016)
Writer
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
(2016)
Writer
Directing