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
First Knight
(1995)
Oswald
Arthur
(1981)
Hobson
DragonHeart
(1996)
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
Gandhi
(1982)
Lord Irwin
Elizabeth
(1998)
The Pope
Aces High
(1976)
Headmaster
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Mr. Beddoes
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Carr Gomm
David
(1997)
Stimme Gottes
Richard III
(1955)
George, Duke of Clarence
Shine
(1996)
Cecil Parkes
Haunted
(1995)
Doctor Doyle
Becket
(1964)
King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
Quest for Camelot
(1998)
Merlin (voice)
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
An Airman's Letter to His Mother
(1941)
Narrator
The Prime Minister
(1941)
Disraeli
A Diary for Timothy
(1945)
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Cassius
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
(1953)
Narrator
Romeo and Juliet
(1954)
Chorus
Hamlet: The Actor's View
(1954)
Self
Richard III
(1955)
George, Duke of Clarence
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Foster
Saint Joan
(1957)
Earl of Warwick
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
(1957)
Edward Moulton-Barrett
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
Alice in Wonderland
(1966)
Mock Turtle
Ages of Man
(1966)
The Mayfly and the Frog
(1966)
Gabriel Quantara
October Revolution
(1967)
Narrator (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
(1967)
Chorus
The Charge of the Light Brigade
(1968)
Lord Raglan
Assignment to Kill
(1968)
Curt Valayan
Sebastian
(1968)
Head of Intelligence
The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
The Elder pope
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
(1968)
Rich Man
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)
Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Julius Caesar
(1970)
Julius Caesar
Probe
(1972)
Harold L. Streeter
Home
(1972)
Harry
Eagle in a Cage
(1972)
Lord Sissal
Lost Horizon
(1973)
Chang
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
(1973)
Various
Frankenstein: The True Story
(1974)
Chief Constable
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Mr. Beddoes
Gold
(1974)
Farrell
11 Harrowhouse
(1974)
Meecham
Galileo
(1975)
The Old Cardinal
Aces High
(1976)
Headmaster
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1976)
Lord Henry Wotton
Peter Pan
(1976)
Narrator
Providence
(1977)
Clive Langham
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
Les Misérables
(1978)
Gillenormand
No Man's Land
(1978)
Spooner
Richard II
(1978)
John of Gaunt
Romeo & Juliet
(1978)
Chorus
Caligula
(1979)
Nerva
Murder by Decree
(1979)
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury
The Human Factor
(1979)
Brigadier Tomlinson
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Carr Gomm
The Formula
(1980)
Dr. Abraham Esau
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
(1980)
Reverend Jones
The Conductor
(1980)
John Lasocki
Chariots of Fire
(1981)
Master of Trinity
Lion of the Desert
(1981)
Sharif El Gariani
Arthur
(1981)
Hobson
Sphinx
(1981)
Abdu-Hamdi
Priest of Love
(1981)
Herbert G. Muskett
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
(1981)
Marquis of Caterhan
Gandhi
(1982)
Lord Irwin
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1982)
Charmolue
Inside the Third Reich
(1982)
Albert Speer Sr.
The Critic
(1982)
Lord Burleigh
The Scarlet and the Black
(1983)
Pope Pius XII
The Wicked Lady
(1983)
Hogarth
Invitation to the Wedding
(1983)
Frankenstein
(1984)
De Lacey
The Master of Ballantrae
(1984)
Lord Durrisdeer
Scandalous
(1984)
Uncle Willie
Camille
(1984)
Duke de Charles
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
(1984)
Self - on the set of 'The Shooting Party' (uncredited)
Plenty
(1985)
Sir Leonard Darwin
The Shooting Party
(1985)
Cornelius Cardew
Romance on the Orient Express
(1985)
Theodore Woodward
Leave All Fair
(1985)
John Middleton Murry
To Be Hamlet
(1985)
John Gielgud
The Whistle Blower
(1986)
Sir Adrian Chappie
The Canterville Ghost
(1986)
Sir Simon de Canterville
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
(1986)
Tieresias
Theban Plays: Antigone
(1986)
Tiresias
Time After Time
(1986)
Jasper Swift
Quartermaine's Terms
(1987)
Eddie Loomis
Appointment with Death
(1988)
Colonel Carbury
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
(1988)
Hobson
A Man for All Seasons
(1988)
Cardinal Wolsey
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
(1988)
Self
Getting It Right
(1989)
Sir Gordon Munday
A TV Dante
(1990)
Virgil
Strike It Rich
(1990)
Herbert Dreuther
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
(1990)
Self
Prospero's Books
(1991)
Prospero
The Best of Friends
(1991)
Sydney Cockerell
The Strauss Dynasty
(1991)
Drechsler
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
(1991)
Virgil (voice)
Shining Through
(1992)
Sunflower
The Power of One
(1992)
St. John
Swan Song
(1992)
Svetlovidov
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
(1992)
Prospero
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
(1992)
Self
A Summer Day's Dream
(1994)
First Knight
(1995)
Oswald
Haunted
(1995)
Doctor Doyle
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
(1995)
Himself (Voice)
DragonHeart
(1996)
King Arthur (voice) (uncredited)
The Leopard Son
(1996)
Narrator
Looking for Richard
(1996)
Self - Interviewee
Hamlet
(1996)
Priam
The Portrait of a Lady
(1996)
Mr. Touchett
Shine
(1996)
Cecil Parkes
David
(1997)
Stimme Gottes
Elizabeth
(1998)
The Pope
Quest for Camelot
(1998)
Merlin (voice)
The Tichborne Claimant
(1998)
Cockburn
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