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John Gielgud

Acting

Born: 1904-04-14
Died: 2000-05-21
From: London, England
Gender: Male
Popularity: 1

Also Known As

Arthur John GielgudSir John GielgudA GentlemanДжон Гилгуд

Biography

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.

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Awards & Nominations12 won · 5 nominated

🏆 Won

Praemium Imperiale

1994
🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Summer's Lease

1991
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Arthur

1982
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Arthur

1982
🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

1980
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Murder on the Orient Express

1975
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1971
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Becket

1965
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1965
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

1963
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play

1961
🏆 Won

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

🏆 Won

Society of London Theatre Special Award

🏆 Won

Companion of Honour

🏆 Won

Knight Bachelor

🏆 Won

Order of Merit

🏆 Won

Laurence Olivier Awards

Acting163 titles

Time After Time
10.0
Movie

Time After Time

1986Comedy
October Revolution
10.0
Movie

October Revolution

1967Documentary
Laurence Olivier: a life
10.0
Movie

Laurence Olivier: a life

1982Documentary
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film
10.0
Movie

Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film

2003Documentary
The Leopard Son
9.5
Movie

The Leopard Son

1996Documentary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
9.0
Movie

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1976Horror
Theban Plays: Antigone
9.0
Movie

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986Drama
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
Series

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 - ...Drama
The Tichborne Claimant
8.7
Movie

The Tichborne Claimant

1999Drama
Leave All Fair
8.5
Movie

Leave All Fair

1985Drama
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
8.5
Movie

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990Documentary
Frankenstein: The True Story
8.5
Series

Frankenstein: The True Story

1973Sci-Fi
The Strauss Dynasty
8.4
Movie

The Strauss Dynasty

1991Drama
The Elephant Man
8.0
Movie

The Elephant Man

1980Drama
The Cherry Orchard
8.0
Movie

The Cherry Orchard

1962Drama
Revisiting Brideshead
8.0
Movie

Revisiting Brideshead

2005Documentary
Richard II
8.0
Movie

Richard II

1978Drama
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
8.0
Movie

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987Drama
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8.0
Movie

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991Documentary
Barbablù, Barbablù
8.0
Movie

Barbablù, Barbablù

1989Drama
Six Centuries of Verse
8.0
Series

Six Centuries of Verse

1984Drama
The Bell Telephone Hour
8.0
Series

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959-1968Drama
Inside the Third Reich
8.0
Series

Inside the Third Reich

1982Drama
Inspector Morse
7.9
Series

Inspector Morse

1987-1993Thriller
Brideshead Revisited
7.9
Series

Brideshead Revisited

1981Drama
War and Remembrance
7.9
Series

War and Remembrance

1988-1989Drama
Home
7.8
Movie

Home

1972Drama
Second City Television
7.8
Series

Second City Television

1976-1984Comedy
To Die in Madrid
7.7
Movie

To Die in Madrid

1963Documentary
QB VII
7.7
Series

QB VII

1974Drama
Gandhi
7.6
Movie

Gandhi

1982Drama
Romeo and Juliet
7.6
Movie

Romeo and Juliet

1978Drama
Frankenstein: The True Story
7.5
Movie

Frankenstein: The True Story

1974Drama
The Power of One
7.5
Movie

The Power of One

1992Drama
Discovering Hamlet
7.5
Movie

Discovering Hamlet

2011Documentary
The Far Pavilions
7.5
Series

The Far Pavilions

1984Drama
Lion of the Desert
7.4
Movie

Lion of the Desert

1981Drama
Shine
7.4
Movie

Shine

1996Drama
Lovejoy
7.4
Series

Lovejoy

1986-1994Comedy
Hamlet
7.3
Movie

Hamlet

1996Drama
Summer's Lease
7.3
Series

Summer's Lease

1989Thriller
Chimes at Midnight
7.2
Movie

Chimes at Midnight

1965Comedy
Les Misérables
7.2
Movie

Les Misérables

1978Drama
Elizabeth
7.2
Movie

Elizabeth

1998Drama
Richard III
7.2
Movie

Richard III

1955Drama
Becket
7.2
Movie

Becket

1964Drama
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
7.2
Movie

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014Documentary
Gulliver's Travels
7.2
Series

Gulliver's Travels

1996Action
Omnibus
7.2
Series

Omnibus

1967-2003Documentary
Murder on the Orient Express
7.1
Movie

Murder on the Orient Express

1974Drama
Julius Caesar
7.1
Movie

Julius Caesar

1953Drama
Screen Two
7.1
Series

Screen Two

1985-1998Drama
The Scarlet and the Black
7.0
Movie

The Scarlet and the Black

1983Drama
Quartermaine's Terms
7.0
Movie

Quartermaine's Terms

1987Comedy
A Man for All Seasons
7.0
Movie

A Man for All Seasons

1988Drama
No Man's Land
7.0
Movie

No Man's Land

1978Drama
Insult
7.0
Movie

Insult

1932Drama
Hamlet
7.0
Movie

Hamlet

1970Drama
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
7.0
Series

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993Documentary
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
6.9
Movie

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981Drama
Hamlet
6.9
Movie

Hamlet

1964Drama
Merlin
6.9
Series

Merlin

1998Sci-Fi
Prospero's Books
6.8
Movie

Prospero's Books

1991Drama
Chariots of Fire
6.8
Movie

Chariots of Fire

1981Drama
Quest for Camelot
6.8
Cartoon

Quest for Camelot

1998Sci-Fi
A Diary for Timothy
6.8
Movie

A Diary for Timothy

1945Documentary
Looking for Richard
6.8
Movie

Looking for Richard

1996Documentary
Getting It Right
6.8
Movie

Getting It Right

1989Comedy
The Shoes of the Fisherman
6.8
Movie

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968Drama
Nothing Like a Dame
6.8
Movie

Nothing Like a Dame

2018Documentary
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Series

Tales of the Unexpected

1979-1988Drama
ABC Stage 67
6.8
Series

ABC Stage 67

1966 - ...Drama
Wagner
6.8
Series

Wagner

1983Drama
The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Series

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-1971Comedy
The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
Series

The Dick Cavett Show

1968-1995Documentary
Frankenstein
6.7
Movie

Frankenstein

1984Horror
Oh! What a Lovely War
6.7
Movie

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969Comedy
The Canterville Ghost
6.7
Movie

The Canterville Ghost

1986Drama
Providence
6.7
Movie

Providence

1977Drama
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
6.7
Movie

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980Thriller
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
Movie

Around the World in 80 Days

1956Action
Marco Polo
6.7
Series

Marco Polo

1982-1983Drama
David
6.6
Movie

David

1997Action
DragonHeart
6.6
Movie

DragonHeart

1996Sci-Fi
The Shooting Party
6.6
Movie

The Shooting Party

1985Drama
Play for Today
6.6
Series

Play for Today

1970-1985Drama
Scarlett
6.6
Series

Scarlett

1994Drama
Shining Through
6.5
Movie

Shining Through

1992Drama
Arthur
6.5
Movie

Arthur

1981Comedy
Saint Joan
6.5
Movie

Saint Joan

1957Drama
The Prime Minister
6.5
Movie

The Prime Minister

1941Drama
A TV Dante
6.5
Movie

A TV Dante

1990Drama
Strike It Rich
6.5
Movie

Strike It Rich

1990Comedy
ABC Afterschool Special
6.5
Series

ABC Afterschool Special

1972-1997Drama
Catastrophe
6.4
Movie

Catastrophe

2001Drama
The Good Companions
6.4
Movie

The Good Companions

1933Romance
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6.4
Movie

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957Drama
Sebastian
6.4
Movie

Sebastian

1968Drama
Murder by Decree
6.3
Movie

Murder by Decree

1979Thriller
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
6.3
Movie

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1977Drama
The Master of Ballantrae
6.3
Movie

The Master of Ballantrae

1984Action
Performance
6.3
Series

Performance

1991-1998Drama
The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.2
Movie

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968Drama
The Loved One
6.2
Movie

The Loved One

1965Comedy
The Conductor
6.2
Movie

The Conductor

1980Drama
Secret Agent
6.1
Movie

Secret Agent

1936Thriller
Appointment with Death
6.1
Movie

Appointment with Death

1988Thriller
First Knight
6.1
Movie

First Knight

1995Action
Haunted
6.1
Movie

Haunted

1995Thriller
Great Performances
6.1
Series

Great Performances

1971 - ...Comedy
Caligula
6.0
Movie

Caligula

1979Drama
Assignment to Kill
6.0
Movie

Assignment to Kill

1968Thriller
Galileo
6.0
Movie

Galileo

1975Drama
Eagle in a Cage
6.0
Movie

Eagle in a Cage

1972Drama
Invitation to the Wedding
6.0
Movie

Invitation to the Wedding

1983Comedy
The Portrait of a Lady
6.0
Movie

The Portrait of a Lady

1996Drama
Peter Pan
6.0
Movie

Peter Pan

1976Sci-Fi
In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton
6.0
Movie

In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton

1988Documentary
The BBC Television Shakespeare
6.0
Series

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978-1985Drama
The Whistle Blower
5.9
Movie

The Whistle Blower

1986Action
Alice in Wonderland
5.9
Movie

Alice in Wonderland

1966Drama
Julius Caesar
5.9
Movie

Julius Caesar

1970Action
Aces High
5.9
Movie

Aces High

1976Action
The Human Factor
5.8
Movie

The Human Factor

1979Thriller
Gold
5.8
Movie

Gold

1974Action
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
5.8
Movie

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1982Drama
Probe
5.8
Movie

Probe

1972Sci-Fi
11 Harrowhouse
5.8
Movie

11 Harrowhouse

1974Drama
Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
5.8
Movie

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

2016Drama
Plenty
5.7
Movie

Plenty

1985Drama
Sphinx
5.7
Movie

Sphinx

1981Action
The Formula
5.6
Movie

The Formula

1980Thriller
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
5.5
Movie

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988Comedy
Lost Horizon
5.5
Movie

Lost Horizon

1973Action
Camille
5.5
Movie

Camille

1984Drama
A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)
5.5
Movie

A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

1991Drama
Romeo and Juliet
5.4
Movie

Romeo and Juliet

1954Drama
Romance on the Orient Express
5.4
Movie

Romance on the Orient Express

1985Drama
BBC Play of the Month
5.3
Series

BBC Play of the Month

1965-1983Drama
Joseph Andrews
5.2
Movie

Joseph Andrews

1977Romance
The Wednesday Play
5.2
Series

The Wednesday Play

1964-1970Drama
Priest of Love
5.0
Movie

Priest of Love

1981Drama
The Wicked Lady
5.0
Movie

The Wicked Lady

1983Drama
A Dance to the Music of Time
4.8
Series

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997Comedy
Scandalous
4.7
Movie

Scandalous

1984Comedy
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
4.5
Movie

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986Drama
The Best of Friends
3.7
Movie

The Best of Friends

1991Drama
The Thomas The Tank Engine Man
0.5
Movie

The Thomas The Tank Engine Man

1995Documentary
To Be Hamlet
0
Movie

To Be Hamlet

1985Documentary
Hamlet: The Actor's View
0
Movie

Hamlet: The Actor's View

1954Documentary
James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
0
Movie

James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate

1984Documentary
William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare
0
Movie

William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

1973Comedy
The Love Song of Barney Kempinski
0
Movie

The Love Song of Barney Kempinski

1968Comedy
Ages of Man
0
Movie

Ages of Man

1966Drama
Heredity in Man
0
Movie

Heredity in Man

1937Documentary
Romeo and Juliet
0
Movie

Romeo and Juliet

1967Romance
Heartbreak House
0
Movie

Heartbreak House

1977Comedy
Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow
0
Movie

Rachmaninoff: The Harvest of Sorrow

1998Drama
Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five
0
Cartoon

Ariel’s Song / Full Fathom Five

1953Animation
Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes
0
Movie

Rabbit Ears - The Emperor's New Clothes

1990Drama
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
0
Movie

Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2009Drama
Ivanov
0
Movie

Ivanov

1966Drama
The Strauss Dynasty
0
Series

The Strauss Dynasty

1991-1992Drama

Directing2 titles

Hamlet
6.9
Movie

Hamlet

1964Drama
Ivanov
0
Movie

Ivanov

1966Drama

Writing3 titles

The Cherry Orchard
8.0
Movie

The Cherry Orchard

1962Drama
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
7.4
Movie

Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied

2016Sci-Fi
Trouser Bar
3.9
Movie

Trouser Bar

2016Sci-Fi