Michael Jayston
Acting
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
2024Alec Guinness: A Class Act
self
2022Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
2019The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019From This Day Forward
Him
2016UFO From Earth to the Moon
Self
2009Albert's Memorial
Albert
2008The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2003Finisterre
Narrator (Voice)
199720,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Admiral Sellings
1996Element of Doubt
Kirk
1994Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Jack Donovan
1986Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Valeyard
1986Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Valeyard
1986Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Valeyard
1986Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Valeyard
1983The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1981From a Far Country
Narrator (voice)
1980Dominique
Arnold Craven
1979Zulu Dawn
Col. Crealock
1979Gossip from the Forest
Alfred Maiberling
1978She Fell Among Thieves
Mansel
1975King Lear
Edmund
1974The Internecine Project
David Baker
1974Craze
Detective Sgt. Wall