Acting credits
78
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Jayston
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 41Series: 38Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 29069
IMDb ID: nm0419785
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1935
Died: February 5, 2024
Age: 88
Place of birth: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2024
Years active: 69
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q512059
Also known as
Michael James • Michael A. James
Other jobs
Original Music Composer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Jayston.
6.0
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
2024 Movie
7.8
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
2022 Movie
From This Day Forward
as Him
2019 Movie
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019 Movie
10.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
2016 Movie
8.7
Albert's Memorial
as Albert
2009 Movie
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008 Movie
10.0
Finisterre
as Narrator (Voice)
2003 Movie
5.7
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Admiral Sellings
1997 Movie
6.3
Element of Doubt
as Kirk
1996 Movie
5.7
First Kid
Original Music Composer
1996 Movie
4.8
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
as Jack Donovan
1994 Movie
5.8
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Valeyard
1986 Movie
6.2
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Valeyard
1986 Movie
6.8
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Valeyard
1986 Movie
6.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Valeyard
1986 Movie
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 Movie
3.9
From a Far Country
as Narrator (voice)
1981 Movie
4.9
Dominique
as Arnold Craven
1980 Movie
Gossip from the Forest
as Alfred Maiberling
1979 Movie
6.1
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Crealock
1979 Movie
7.0
She Fell Among Thieves
as Mansel
1978 Movie
King Lear
as Edmund
1975 Movie
5.9
The Internecine Project
as David Baker
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Jayston.
Remembers…
1 eps
2022 Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self • 4 eps
2018 Series
7.6
The Royal
as Henry Appleton • 3 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as AC Henry Parkins • 2 eps
2002 Series
6.0
A Dinner of Herbs
as Justice Craig • 3 eps
2000 Series
5.7
Holby City
as Judge • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Reverend Arthur Gould • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.0
Outside Edge
22 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Michael Harvey • 2 eps
1992 Series
7.8
The Darling Buds of May
as Ernest Bristow • 4 eps
1991 Series
6.4
Cluedo
as Colonel Mustard • 6 eps
1990 Series
6.0
Stay Lucky
as Valentine • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.5
Press Gang
as Colonel X • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.9
A Bit of a Do
13 eps
1989 Series
6.3
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Quentin Nightingale • 3 eps
1987 Series
5.2
Worlds Beyond
as Drayton Thomas • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Ian • 1 eps
1986 Series
4.0
Time for Murder
as Austin Tupp • 1 eps
1985 Series
5.8
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1 eps
1985 Series
6.7
Big Deal
as Grover • 3 eps
1984 Series
8.1
Sherlock Holmes
as The Earl of Rufton • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.0
Lady Killers
as Frederick Henry Seddon • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Peter Guillam • 7 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as G.B. Shaw • 1 eps
1979 Series