Michael Jayston
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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.
Known for
Credits
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
as Jack Donovan
Follow Me! (1972)
as Charles
Macbeth (1970)
as Macbeth
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
as Nicholas
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Col. Crealock
The Internecine Project (1974)
as David Baker
Cromwell (1970)
as Henry Ireton
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
as The Valeyard
Love's Labour's Lost (1965)
as Longaville
The Merchant of Venice (1973)
as Gratiano
From a Far Country (1981)
as Narrator (voice)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
as Admiral Sellings
Craze (1974)
as Detective Sgt. Wall
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)
as The Valeyard
The Homecoming (1973)
as Teddy
Element of Doubt (1996)
as Kirk
King Lear (1975)
as Edmund
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba (2022)
as Self
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
as Brian (segment "Mel")
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Demetrius
She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
as Mansel
Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987)
as Randall Perry
The Last Romantic (1978)
as James
Gossip from the Forest (1979)
as Alfred Maiberling
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
A Coffin for the Bride (1974)
as Mark Walker
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
as Capt. Hardy
Alec Guinness: A Class Act (2024)
as self
Dominique (1980)
as Arnold Craven
Green Julia (1971)
as Jake
Albert's Memorial (2009)
as Albert
Somewhere to Run (1989)
as Roger Fitzpatrick
The Hero of My Life (1970)
as Charles Dickens
The Importance of Being Earnest (1974)
as Jack Worthing
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)
as The Valeyard
Finisterre (2003)
as Narrator (Voice)
UFO From Earth to the Moon (2016)
as Self
Ring Once for Death (1973)
as Roger Masters
Competition (1971)
as Jimmy
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord (2008)
Actor
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1983)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)
as The Valeyard
Mad Jack (1970)
Actor
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years (2019)
Actor
From This Day Forward (2019)
as Him