Movie Credits
Catastrophe	(2000)
Elizabeth	(1998)
[ Eric Cantona ][ Vincent Cassel ][ Christopher Eccleston ][ Joseph Fiennes ][ James Frain ]
The Tichborne Claimant	(1998)
[ Stephen Fry ][ Robert Hardy ]
Quest for Camelot	(1998)
[ Pierce Brosnan ][ Gabriel Byrne ][ Cary Elwes ][ Eric Idle ][ Gary Oldman ]
Merlin	(1998)
[ Jason Connery ][ Corey Haim ][ Rutger Hauer ][ James Earl Jones ][ Sam Neill ]
David	(1997)
[ Ben Daniels ][ Freddy Douglas ][ Marco Leonardi ][ Franco Nero ][ Leonard Nimoy ]
Hamlet	(1996)
[ Billy Crystal ][ Charlton Heston ][ Derek Jacobi ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Ian McElhinney ]
The Portrait of a Lady	(1996)
[ Christian Bale ][ John Malkovich ][ Viggo Mortensen ][ Martin Donovan ][ Richard E. Grant ]
Dragonheart	(1996)
[ Sean Connery ][ Dennis Quaid ][ David Thewlis ][ Jason Isaacs ][ Pete Postlethwaite ]
Gulliver's Travels	(1996)
[ Edward Fox ][ Peter O'Toole ][ Omar Sharif ][ Warwick Davis ][ Ted Danson ]
Shine	(1996)
[ Geoffrey Rush ][ Noah Taylor ]
Haunted	(1995)
[ Anthony Andrews ][ Aidan Quinn ][ Francis Ford Coppola ]
First Knight	(1995)
[ Jonathan Cake ][ Sean Connery ][ Richard Gere ][ Alexis Denisof ]
Swan Song	(1992)
The Power of One	(1992)
[ Christien Anholt ][ Stephen Dorff ][ Daniel Craig ][ Morgan Freeman ][ Hans Zimmer ]
Shining Through	(1992)
[ Liam Neeson ][ Michael Douglas ][ Thomas Kretschmann ]
Prospero's Books	(1991)
[ Tom Bell ]
The Best of Friends	(1991)
[ Patrick McGoohan ]
A Walk Through Prospero's Library	(1991)
Strike It Rich	(1990)
Getting It Right	(1989)
[ Giuseppe Andrews ]
Arthur 2: On the Rocks	(1988)
[ Dudley Moore ][ Don Stark ]
Appointment with Death	(1988)
[ John Terlesky ][ Peter Ustinov ][ David Soul ]
A Man for All Seasons	(1988)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Roy Kinnear ]
Quartermaine's Terms	(1987)
[ Edward Fox ]
Barbablú, Barbablú	(1987)
The Whistle Blower	(1986)
[ Michael Caine ][ James Fox ]
The Canterville Ghost	(1986)
Leave All Fair	(1985)
Invitation to the Wedding	(1985)
Time After Time	(1985)
Plenty	(1985)
[ Charles Dance ][ Ian McKellen ][ Sam Neill ][ Hugh Laurie ]
Romance on the Orient Express	(1985)
[ Julian Sands ][ Barry Stokes ]
The Shooting Party	(1985)
[ Edward Fox ][ James Mason ][ Robert Hardy ]
Camille	(1984)
[ Colin Firth ][ Ben Kingsley ][ Denholm Elliott ]
The Master of Ballantrae	(1984)
[ Ian Richardson ][ Timothy Dalton ][ Michael York ][ Brian Blessed ]
Scandalous	(1984)
[ Robert Hays ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Oedipus the King	(1984)
Antigone	(1984)
[ Bernard Hill ]
Frankenstein	(1984)
[ David Warner ]
Buddenbrooks	(1984)
The Wicked Lady	(1983)
[ Alan Bates ][ Denholm Elliott ]
The Scarlet and the Black	(1983)
[ Christopher Plummer ][ Gregory Peck ][ John Terry ]
The Critic	(1982)
Inside the Third Reich	(1982)
[ Rutger Hauer ][ Ian Holm ][ Derek Jacobi ][ Randy Quaid ][ Stephen Collins ]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame	(1982)
[ Anthony Hopkins ][ Derek Jacobi ][ David Kelly ][ David Suchet ][ Tim Pigott-Smith ]
A Christmas Carol	(1982)
[ Jonathan Fuller ]
The Seven Dials Mystery	(1982)
Gandhi	(1982)
[ Edward Fox ][ Bernard Hill ][ Ben Kingsley ][ Om Puri ][ Martin Sheen ]
Priest of Love	(1981)
[ Graham Faulkner ][ Ian McKellen ][ Andrea Occhipinti ]
Arthur	(1981)
[ Dudley Moore ][ Paul Gleason ][ Lawrence Tierney ]
Lion of the Desert	(1981)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Oliver Reed ][ Rod Steiger ]
Chariots of Fire	(1981)
[ Brad Davis ][ Ian Holm ][ Stephen Fry ][ Kenneth Branagh ][ Richard Griffiths ]
Sphinx	(1981)
[ Frank Langella ][ John Rhys-Davies ]
The Formula	(1980)
[ Marlon Brando ][ Craig T Nelson ][ George C Scott ][ Craig T. Nelson ][ George C. Scott ]
The Elephant Man	(1980)
[ Dexter Fletcher ][ Anthony Hopkins ][ John Hurt ][ David Lynch ][ Kenny Baker ]
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?	(1980)
Dyrygent	(1980)
The Human Factor	(1979)
[ Derek Jacobi ][ Richard Attenborough ]
Caligola	(1979)
[ Malcolm McDowell ][ Peter O'Toole ][ Donato Placido ][ Tinto Brass ]
Murder by Decree	(1979)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Christopher Plummer ][ James Mason ]
Neck	(1979)
Miserables, Les	(1978)
[ Dexter Fletcher ][ Ian Holm ][ Anthony Perkins ][ Richard Jordan ]
King Richard the Second	(1978)
[ Jeremy Bullock ][ Jon Finch ][ Derek Jacobi ]
Romeo & Juliet	(1978)
[ Alan Rickman ]
No Man's Land	(1978)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	(1977)
[ David Kelly ]
Joseph Andrews	(1977)
[ Peter Firth ][ Tim Pigott-Smith ][ Steven Berkoff ]
Providence	(1977)
[ Denis Lawson ][ David Warner ]
Heartbreak House	(1977)
Peter Pan	(1976)
[ Danny Kaye ]
Aces High	(1976)
[ Peter Firth ][ Malcolm McDowell ][ Christopher Plummer ][ Tim Pigott-Smith ][ Ray Milland ]
The Picture of Dorian Gray	(1976)
[ Jeremy Brett ]
Galileo	(1975)
[ Edward Fox ][ Michael Gough ][ Topol ]
Murder on the Orient Express	(1974)
[ Martin Balsam ][ Sean Connery ][ Albert Finney ][ Anthony Perkins ][ Michael York ]
11 Harrowhouse	(1974)
[ James Mason ][ Charles Grodin ]
Gold	(1974)
[ Roger Moore ][ Ray Milland ]
Frankenstein: The True Story	(1973)
[ Christopher Isherwood ][ Leonard Whiting ][ James Mason ][ Tom Baker ]
Lost Horizon	(1973)
[ George Kennedy ][ Michael York ]
Probe	(1972)
[ A Martinez ][ Burgess Meredith ]
Eagle in a Cage	(1972)
Hassan	(1971)
Julius Caesar	(1970)
[ Richard Chamberlain ][ Charlton Heston ][ Christopher Lee ][ Robert Vaughn ][ Jason Robards ]
In Good King Charles's Golden Days	(1970)
Oh! What a Lovely War	(1969)
[ Edward Fox ][ Ian Holm ][ Laurence Olivier ][ John Mills ]
St. Joan	(1968)
The Shoes of the Fisherman	(1968)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Laurence Olivier ]
Assignment to Kill	(1968)
[ Herbert Lom ]
The Charge of the Light Brigade	(1968)
From Chekhov with Love	(1968)
Sebastian	(1968)
[ Donald Sutherland ]
Alice in Wonderland	(1966)
[ Eric Idle ][ Peter Sellers ][ Michael Gough ]
Campanadas a medianoche	(1965)
[ Orson Welles ]
The Loved One	(1965)
[ Tab Hunter ][ Christopher Isherwood ][ Roddy McDowall ][ Rod Steiger ][ Jamie Farr ]
Becket	(1964)
[ Peter O'Toole ][ Graham Stark ][ Richard Burton ][ Edward Woodward ]
Hamlet	(1964)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Michael Caine ][ Christopher Plummer ][ Robert Shaw ][ Richard Burton ]
Saint Joan	(1957)
[ Richard Widmark ]
The Barretts of Wimpole Street	(1957)
Around the World in Eighty Days	(1956)
[ Peter Lorre ][ David Niven ][ Buster Keaton ][ John Mills ][ Cesar Romero ]
Richard III	(1955)
[ Laurence Olivier ][ Michael Gough ]
Romeo and Juliet	(1954)
Julius Caesar	(1953)
[ Marlon Brando ][ Roger Moore ][ James Mason ]
An Airman's Letter to His Mother	(1941)
The Prime Minister	(1941)
Secret Agent	(1936)
[ Alfred Hitchcock ][ Peter Lorre ][ Alma Reville ]
The Good Companions	(1933)
Insult	(1932)
[ David Lean ]
The Clue of the New Pin	(1929)
Who Is the Man?	(1924)

Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other contemporaries of the National Theatre at the "Old Vic", London. He made his screen debut in 1924. Academy Award Best Supporting Actor, 1981, for Arthur (1981) , Academy Award Nomination, 1964, for Becket (1964).