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