Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

Nascimento : 1935-10-29, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

História

Michael Jayston was born on October 29, 1935 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Doctor Who (1963).

Perfil

Michael Jayston

Filmes

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the Colin Baker era of Doctor Who to life! This documentary includes the best in-depth interviews with Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), John Nathan-Turner (Producer) and Eric Saward (Script Editor) ever undertaken!
Albert's Memorial
Albert
One-off comedy drama that follows the story of three World War II veterans: Harry, Frank and Albert. It is October 2000 and, at the age of 76, Albert's dying wish is to be buried on the little hill outside Hinderburg in Germany where he watched the Russians take position in the closing stages of the Battle for Berlin. The notion of Harry and Frank transporting Albert's body after his death is a crazy one, but life is short, friendship precious and, after all, the trio have known each other for more than half a century.
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within the larger fourteen-part serial The Trial of a Time Lord. An instalment of the series was found on each DVD of the The Trial of a Time Lord box set.
Finisterre
Narrator (Voice)
London has always been a source of influence, inspiration and curiosity - Finisterre tries to identify the dreams that London holds for so many. Presented and scored by Saint Etienne, the film enraptures with a journey through the ultimate city of possibilities - from John Nash and Berthold Lubetkin to Hendon FC and Hampstead Heath via the New Piccadilly cafe. A genuinely moving meditation on the capital in all its tawdry glory, with extra features and deluxe booklet
20.000 Léguas Submarinas
Admiral Sellings
No século 19, um especialista em biologia marinha é contratado pelo governo para determinar o que está afundando os navios em todo o oceano. Sua filha segue ele. Eles são interceptados pelo misterioso capitão Nemo e seu incrível submarino.
Enlouquecendo meu Guarda-Costas
Original Music Composer
O agente Sam Simms enlouquece os superiores com sua indisciplina. Agora ele foi designado guarda-costas de Luke Davenport, filho do presidente dos EUA. Mas decidiu que o superprotegido menino precisa de uma vida comum. E arruma muita confusão. Participação de Sonny Bono.
Highlander 3: O Feiticeiro
Jack Donovan
No século XVI, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) visita o feiticeiro Nakano (Mako), que o alerta para o perigo do sanguinário Kane (Mario Van Peebles). O embate entre os dois termina com Kane preso. Quatrocentos anos depois, uma escavação no Japão liberta Kane de sua prisão secular, que ressurge com apenas um desejo: Vingar-se do guerreiro imortal.
Somewhere to Run
Roger Fitzpatrick
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Randall Perry
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard
Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer: the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner...
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Valeyard
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer named Mel. Answering a mysterious distress call from the space liner Hyperion III, they find that the passengers aboard include unscrupulous scientists, secret agents, saboteurs, thieves and a murderer. And lurking in the shadows are the Vervoids, the product of sinister botanical experiments, who will stop at nothing to destroy all non-plant life.
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Valeyard
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him.
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Valeyard
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with the motive of framing him as a villainous renegade.
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
documentary about Nagisa Oshima It includes interviews with Oshima, Donald Richie, Roger Pulvers and Paul Mayersberg
From a Far Country
Narrator (voice)
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
Gossip From The Forest
Alfred Maiberling
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Alvorada Sangrenta
Col. Crealock
Na sombra de uma colina chamada Isandlwana, o confiante exército britânico tristemente vai compreender o quanto têm subestimado a habilidade tática e a força da nação Zulu. Na África do Sul de 1879, os administradores da Colônia do Cabo Britânica têm projetos para eliminar os zulus que são um obstáculo para a sua economia colonial. Para atingir esse objetivo, os britânicos apresentam ao rei dos zulus, Cetshwayo, um ultimato impossível de ser cumprido. Querem provocar uma guerra que eles têm certeza de que podem vencer facilmente com seus fuzis e peças de artilharia contra as lanças nativas. No entanto, essa guerra se mostra mais difícil do que o arrogante comandante britânico, Lord Chelmsford, esperava porque seu exército sobrecarregado inutilmente procura um inimigo extremamente evasivo.
Dominique
Arnold Craven
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
She Fell Among Thieves
Mansel
While on a Pyrenees vacation in 1922, upright English gentleman Richard Chandos (Malcolm McDowell, A Clockwork Orange, Heroes) encounters the villainous Vanity Fair (Eileen Atkins, Cold Mountain). Mistress of the turreted Chateau Jezreel and leader of a motley band of criminals, she will inherit millions if she can force her stepdaughter to marry. Pitting his wits against this formidable adversary, Chandos determines to rescue the beautiful young woman. But Vanity Fair keeps one step ahead of him, a trick forever up her sleeve and murder in her heart.
The Internecine Project
David Baker
Former secret agent Robert Elliot (Coburn) will be promoted to government advisor. In order to make sure no-one will ever know about his dirty past.
A Coffin for the Bride
Mark Walker
Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after the honeymoon. That all changes when he falls for cool blonde Stella McKenzie. He considers giving up his life of crime and finally marrying for love. The only obstacles in his way are a lawyer who suspects the truth, and temptation in the form of the perfect target for one more kill...
Craze
Detective Sgt. Wall
Jack Palance stars as a demented art dealer & antique-shop owner who performs nightly rituals in honor of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers up human sacrifice. His methods are fairly creative, ranging from impalement, slashing and burning, to scaring people to death with an ooga-booga fright mask. But it's all about to blow up in his face...
The Importance of Being Earnest
Jack Worthing
Adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde.
Ring Once for Death
Roger Masters
Recently widowed Laura Vallance returns home to England after many years living abroad. She knows few people in England, but she desires rest and seclusion in her time of grief. However, she is more alone than she bargained for when she hires Roger Masters as her butler. With small doses of poison, the ruthless butler plans to keeps his wealthy employer incapacitated... permanently.
Testemunha da Loucura
Brian (segment "Mel")
Neste filme de horror dividido em episódios, o Dr. Tremayne é um enigmático psiquiatra que dirige um manicômio e narra a um especialista o caso de quatro pacientes. O primeiro é um garotinho cujo amigo imaginário é um tigre; o segundo declarou ter sido possuído pelo espírito de um antepassado ao adquirir velhos bens que pertenciam ao falecido; o terceiro nutre uma bizarra obsessão por uma árvore cujo tronco lembra as formas de uma mulher, e o quarto caso é o de uma mulher envolvida acidentalmente com um cerimonial pagão e canibalismo. No final, a verdade sobre os quatro casos vem à tona.
O Regresso
Teddy
In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and introduces the four men - father, uncle and two brothers - to his wife.
O Mercador de Veneza
Gratiano
An Edwardian take on the Shakespeare play starring Laurence Olivier.
Bequest to the Nation
Capt. Hardy
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
As Aventuras de Alice no Mundo das Maravilhas
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
De Olho na Esposa
Charles
A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.
Nicholas e Alexandra
Nicholas
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Competition
Jimmy
An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.
Cromwell, O Homem de Ferro
Henry Ireton
O filme narra os feitos de Oliver Cromwell que liderou as forças do Parlamento de Inglaterra durante a Guerra Civil Inglesa e, mais tarde com o título de Lord Protetor, dirigiu a Grã Bretanha e Irlanda em meados do século XVII. Um elenco cheio estrelas cinematográficas, com Richard Harris como Cromwell e Alec Guinness como o Rei Carlos I da Inglaterra.
The Hero of My Life
Charles Dickens
The rise of Charles Dickens, from poverty to prosperity, traced and reflected in his writings.
Mad Jack
Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests against the inhumanity of the First World War
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Demetrius
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
From This Day Forward
Him
Sheila Hancock stars as Ellie; a woman gathering her strength on the morning of the hardest day of her life. Unwaveringly, she prepares to perform her last act of love. As she navigates her feelings and the very practical considerations of getting this done, she finds that another big decision is to be made.