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	Ian McDiarmid
		Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) is a Scottish actor born in Carnoustie in Angus.
		Ian McDiarmid is mostly a stage actor, but after a bit part in the film Dragonslayer he was cast by George Lucas in the key role in Star Wars as Palpatine (a.k.a Darth Sidious), the principal villain.
		McDiarmid was only 37 at the time, and this convinced George Lucas and Richard Marquand that he could convincingly play a much older character in extreme cinematic close-up, which helped him land the role of Palpatine.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Ian_McDiarmid.php (707 words)

	Ian McDiarmid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ian McDiarmid as Senator Palpatine in The Phantom Menace.
		Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) is a Scottish actor born in Carnoustie in Angus.
		Ian McDiarmid is mostly a stage actor, but after a bit part in the film Dragonslayer he was cast by George Lucas in the key role in Star Wars as Palpatine (a.k.a Darth Sidious), the principal villain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ian_McDiarmid (723 words)

	SPEB: Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Ian McDiarmid was born on April 17, 1947, in Carnoustie, Scotland.
		McDiarmid and Kent were awarded with Theatrical Achievement of the Year by the Evening Standard in 1998, and have been called "the capital's prime impresarios" by theatre critic Nicholas de Jongh.
		While Ian McDiarmid's talent and success in the theatre are resounding, he has of late also been appearing more frequently in cinema and on television.
	dmeb.net /speb/ian.html (364 words)

	Ian McDiarmid Photos - Ian McDiarmid News - Ian McDiarmid Information
		Ian McDiarmid was born in Tayside, Scotland, in 1944.
		Ian claims his love of the theatre began when he was only five years old, on the day his father took him to see an act by the name of Tommy Morgan in a theatre located in Dundee.
		Ian McDiarmid: To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same character who is your own age then, its very complicated, but very interesting.
	www.tv.com /ian-mcdiarmid/person/123708/summary.html (568 words)

	Ian McDiarmid (
		Known to millions of Star Wars fans as the scabby and nefarious Emperor Palpatine, Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid also happens to have built a career as one of the London theatre's most acclaimed and influential figures.
		Ultimately deciding that he was not suited for a career as a clinical psychologist, McDiarmid decided to take the plunge into acting, working for a year to support his training courses at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
		McDiarmid began moving into television and film in the late 1970s with his casting in a supporting role in the TV series The Professionals.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/sws0/characters/actor/Ian_McDiarmid.htm (414 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		I got a couple of cheap laughs from anecdotes about Ian McDiarmid mentioning (with virtually a nudge and a wink) 'John Gabriel Borkman' to me on a set visit to my TV film 'Our Hidden Lives' (which Ian was in) and from a story about...
		Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) is a Scottish actor born in Carnoustie in Tayside.
		McDiarmid is mostly a stage actor, but in recent years has probably become best known for his appearances in Star Wars as Palpatine (a.k.a Darth Sidious), the principal villain.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/celebrities/star/IanMcDiarmid_277.php?start=40 (1190 words)

	Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Ian McDiarmid was born in Carnoustie[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link], EHandler: no quick summary.
		The likely lads was a british sitcom written by dick clement and ian la frenais....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ia/ian_mcdiarmid1.htm (1418 words)

	Star Wars: Biography \| Ian McDiarmid
		Ian McDiarmid has a very successful career as an actor and director, and is joint Artistic Director of the highly acclaimed Almeida Theatre in Islington, north London.
		On television McDiarmid's credits include: Hillsborough, Rebecca, Karaoke, Gwyn Thomas - A Few Selected Exits, Heart of Darkness, Final Warning, Creditors, The Nation's Health, Richard's Things and The Professionals, amongst many others.
		His directing credits include: Venice Preserved, Siren Song, A Hard Heart, Hippolytus, Lulu, and The Possibilities at the Almeida Theatre, The Rehearsal at the Almeida and West End, and Don Juan at the Royal Exchange.
	www.starwars.com /bio/ianmcdiarmid.html (113 words)

	Ian McDiarmid on Star Wars - ComingSoon.net
		Ian McDiarmid, who played Senator Palpatine/The Emperor in the "Star Wars" films, was present at the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith DVD junket on Thursday and talked about playing the role.
		McDiarmid: They're a little tentative, which is a relief frankly.
		McDiarmid: He was a politician and he turned out to be an evil monster.
	comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=11505 (2257 words)

	IGN: Interview: Ian McDiarmid
		McDiarmid returned to the series in 1999 when George Lucas launched his prequel trilogy with The Phantom Menace, and played an equally insubstantial role in the development of young Padawan Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), who was then just a scruffy kid with an abiding passion for pod racers.
		McDiarmid: They're a little tentative, which is a relief, actually, and they tend to approach me with negative questions, like 'you're not him, are you?' And then I can truthfully say 'no,' because I don't know the 'him' that they have in mind.
		McDiarmid: Yes I was, and again, I didn't know how evil he was going to be - I knew he was going to be pretty evil - until I got the script.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/658/658064p1.html (1097 words)

	Overview of Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		McDiarmid was born in Carnoustie and brought up in Dundee.
		In 1990, McDiarmid joined the Almedia Theatre as both actor and its Artistic Director and has promoted the reputation of that theatre to an important London venue.
		McDiarmid, along with his co-director Jonathan Kent, were gained the 'Theatrical Achievement of the Year' award in 1998.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1189.html (264 words)

	The Emperor grabs the spotlight in ‘Sith’ - Entertainment - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Ian McDiarmid portrays Palpatine, the supreme ruler of the most powerful tyrannical regime the galaxy in the new movie "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."
		McDiarmid originated the role of the prune-faced emperor in 1983’s “Return of the Jedi” and has been re-creating the character with the current prequel trilogy.
		With only a few film and TV credits at the time, McDiarmid landed the small but critical role as the emperor, who is heartlessly ready to sacrifice Vader to turn his son, Luke Skywalker, into an even more powerful henchman.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7876469 (881 words)

	Star Wars: Episode II \| Ian McDiarmid: Dark Force Rising
		Now, in an exclusive Insider interview, Ian McDiarmid talks about bridging the gap as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in Episodes II and III of the Star Wars saga.
		McDiarmid sunk his teeth into his first major film role, emerging from marathon make-up sessions to create a modern day icon of cinematic evil.
		McDiarmid was starring at the Almeida as Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest when the Insider caught up with him.
	www.starwars.com /episode-ii/bts/profile/f20020124/index.html (762 words)

	Ian McDiarmid
		As previously announced, Ian McDiarmid - who starred in Grandage’s Donmar revival of Pirandello’s Henry IV two years ago and who last month won a Tony Award for Faith Healer on Broadway — is Borkman, with Penelope Wilton as Ella Rentheim, the dying sister of Borkman’s estranged wife.
		In a comical turn, McDiarmid is grandly loquacious, sipping beer after beer throughout his Act II opener.
		IAN MCDIARMID: Shylock reconstitutes himself and decides to use the Christian law to enshrine an act of murder.
	www.ianmcdiarmid.com (722 words)

	Ian McDiarmid: Large List of Links \| Introduction & FAQ
		This website is an ongoing archive/culmination of all of the various links to websites and webpages I've encountered that have content concerning the actor Ian McDiarmid and the theatre at which he works, the prestigious Almeida Theatre in London, England.
		McDiarmid values his privacy (and I respect him for that), so I knew there wasn't going to be much on his personal life readily available.
		It must be in regards to: Ian McDiarmid (any characters he has portrayed, movies or plays he has been in) and the Almeida Theatre (any of the plays performed there or comments on the theatre itself).
	web.ftc-i.net /~rkanderson/ianmcdiarmid/site/imcdsite.htm (1526 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - The Fantastic Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Ian McDiarmid is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful actors AND directors of the British stage.
		If Ian does anything that appears to be "hammy" to someone, he is certainly an experienced and talented enough actor that he had a reason for doing it that way to achieve a specific effect, not because he isn't good.
		I am not saying that Ian McDiarmid is a bad actor, his performances in the Star Wars films, and especially AOTC, are hammy and highly camp.
	boards.theforce.net /Message.aspx?topic=6906551 (1045 words)

	Ian McDiarmid Talks About Playing the Emperor in Star Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Ian Mcdiarmid: No. When George asked me to be in the prequels it was the same kind of meeting.
		Ian Mcdiarmid: I don't think anybody knows the particular details of the television series, I don't think it's because people are being particularly coy, I just don't think they have decided yet.
		Ian Mcdiarmid: He was a politician and he turned out to be an evil monster.
	www.movieweb.com /dvd/news/23/9523.php (4796 words)

	Biography of Ian McDiarmid
		Born in Carnoustie, Scotland, on April 17, 1947, Ian McDiarmid grew up in Dundee, Tayside.
		Today, Ian McDiarmid has a very successful career as an actor and director, and is joint Artistic Director of the highly acclaimed Almeida Theatre in Islington, north London.
		Ian returned to his most famous movie part and made The Phantom Menace (1999), introducing a whole new generation of people to a evil man who will eventually take over the galaxy.
	www.geocities.com /the_emperor1981/ianbio (460 words)

	Star Wars' Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine/Sidious - Associated Content
		Ian McDiarmid's portrayal of evil incarnate is remarkable.
		Ian McDiarmid has played the Sidious character in the last four movies.
		Ian McDiarmid is a Scottish-born theatre actor and director.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/4488/star_wars_ian_mcdiarmid_as_palpatinesidious.html?page=2 (632 words)

	Ian McDiarmid on Star Wars - ComingSoon.net
		Ian McDiarmid, who played Senator Palpatine/The Emperor in the "Star Wars" films, was present at the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith DVD junket on Thursday and talked about playing the role.
		McDiarmid: They're a little tentative, which is a relief frankly.
		McDiarmid: He was a politician and he turned out to be an evil monster.
	www.comingsoon.net /news/topnews.php?id=11505 (2277 words)

	Ian McDiarmid - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		As I walked onto a vast sound stage that had been transformed into a starship hangar, populated by seemingly endless platoons of gleeming white stormtroopers, the scale of George Lucas's vision hit me. This was space spectacle, a back-drop for a galactic opera of Wagnerian dimension.
		Ian McDiarmid (born August 11, 1944) played Palpatine in the Star Wars films.
		He appears in every film of the prequel trilogy, as well as in Return of the Jedi.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Ian_McDiarmid (241 words)

	Ian McDiarmid Biography at Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		An established actor of stage and screen, Ian McDiarmid is best known to US moviegoers for his recurring part in the "Star Wars" saga, portraying the evil Palpatine in 1983's "Return of the Jedi" and reprising the role in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (2001).
		With versatile and arresting if not beautiful looks, and a palpable presence and grace, the gray-haired actor has proven a consummate character player, and his dozens of credits in supporting roles on stage and in both television and film attest to his proficiency.
		Along with Jonathan Kent, Ian McDiarmid served as joint artistic director of the Almeida Theatre, one of the more successful and influential of London's playhouses.
	www.hollywood.com /celebritydetail/Ian_McDiarmid/195431 (880 words)

	Ian McDiarmid: Large List of Links \| Disclaimers & Credits
		This page is intended as a quick-reference guide for people interested in Ian McDiarmid, his works, the Almeida Theatre, and the plays it produces.
		None of said material involves the actor, Ian McDiarmid, himself, nor is it intended to be degratory towards his person or to Lucasfilm (as far as I know cuz I personally don't read the stuff).
		Ian Pic used in my site banners came from the Grey-Haired Estrogen Brigade and the one for the Almeida Theatre came from Kings' Cross London.
	web.ftc-i.net /~rkanderson/ianmcdiarmid/site/discreds.htm (635 words)

	Indiana Jones: Biography \| Ian McDiarmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Indy uses singer Willie to negotiate for the poison antidote in Temple of Doom.
		On television McDiarmid's credits include: Hillsborough, Rebecca, Karaoke, Gwyn Thomas - A Few Selected Exits, Heart of Darkness, Final Warning, Creditors, The Nation's Health, Richard's Things, The Professionals, and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles amongst many others.
		McDiarmid has starred in such films as Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Gorky Park, Restoration, Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III.
	www.indianajones.com /bio/cast/ianmcdiarmid.html (172 words)

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