Michael Jayston

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-10-29 (89 years old)

Deathday

2024-02-05

Place of Birth

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Michael Jayston

Biography

Michael James (born 29 October 1935), known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor. He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.

Acting

1981

From a Far Country

as Narrator (voice)

1997

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

as Admiral Sellings

1994

1970

Cromwell

as Henry Ireton

1989

Somewhere to Run

as Roger Fitzpatrick

1972

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)

1973

Tales That Witness Madness

as Brian (segment "Mel")

1971

1974

1972

Follow Me!

as Charles

1974

Craze

as Detective Sgt. Wall

1973

1996

1980

Dominique

as Arnold Craven

1973

1987

Still Crazy Like a Fox

as Randall Perry

1970

Macbeth

as Macbeth

1975

King Lear

as Edmund

1965

1973

Bequest to the Nation

as Capt. Hardy

1970

The Hero of My Life

as Charles Dickens

1979

Zulu Dawn

as Col. Crealock

1979

Gossip from the Forest

as Alfred Maiberling

2009

2003

Finisterre

as Narrator (Voice)

1971

Competition

as Jimmy

1974

1986

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

as The Valeyard

1986

1973

Ring Once for Death

as Roger Masters

Production

1996

First Kid

as Original Music Composer

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