Cast
Michael Jayston
Acting
Cast
Michael Jayston
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-10-29
From
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Died
2024-02-05
Also known as Michael James, Michael A. James
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.
★4.8
MOVIE1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
as Jack Donovan
★7.6
MOVIE1972
Follow Me!
as Charles
★7.0
MOVIE1971
Nicholas and Alexandra
as Nicholas
★7.7
MOVIE1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Valeyard
★8.0
MOVIE1965
Love's Labour's Lost
as Longaville
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Macbeth
as Macbeth
★8.5
MOVIE1973
The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano
★6.1
MOVIE1979
Zulu Dawn
as Col. Crealock
★6.3
MOVIE1972
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
★10.0
MOVIE1975
King Lear
as Edmund
★6.5
MOVIE1996
Element of Doubt
as Kirk
★6.6
MOVIE1970
Cromwell
as Henry Ireton
★6.0
MOVIE1974
The Internecine Project
as David Baker
★4.7
MOVIE1986
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Valeyard
★4.6
MOVIE1981
From a Far Country
as Narrator (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE1973
Tales That Witness Madness
as Brian (segment "Mel")
★7.8
MOVIE2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Demetrius
★5.8
MOVIE1997
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Admiral Sellings
★8.0
MOVIE1974
A Coffin for the Bride
as Mark Walker
MOVIE1970
The Hero of My Life
as Charles Dickens
★8.3
MOVIE1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Randall Perry
MOVIE1978
The Last Romantic
as James
MOVIE1971
Green Julia
as Jake
★6.5
MOVIE1973
Bequest to the Nation
as Capt. Hardy
★8.5
MOVIE2003
Finisterre
as Narrator (Voice)
★6.2
MOVIE1973
The Homecoming
as Teddy
★4.9
MOVIE1980
Dominique
as Arnold Craven
★5.1
MOVIE1974
Craze
as Detective Sgt. Wall
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Ring Once for Death
as Roger Masters
★7.0
MOVIE1978
She Fell Among Thieves
as Mansel
★6.0
MOVIE2024
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
as self
MOVIE1989
Somewhere to Run
as Roger Fitzpatrick
★7.0
MOVIE1979
Gossip from the Forest
as Alfred Maiberling
★5.8
MOVIE1986
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Valeyard
★8.3
MOVIE2009
Albert's Memorial
as Albert
★10.0
MOVIE1974
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Jack Worthing
★10.0
MOVIE2016
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1970
Mad Jack
MOVIE2019
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
MOVIE2008
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
MOVIE1971
Competition
as Jimmy
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Valeyard
MOVIE1983
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
MOVIE2019
From This Day Forward
as Him