John Gielgud

Sir Arthur John Gielgud, nado en South Kensington (Londres) o 14 de abril de 1904 e finado en Wotton House (Buckinghamshire) o 21 de maio de 2000 foi un actor, cantante e director inglés.

John Gielgud

Biografía
Nacemento	14 de abril de 1904 South Kensington, Reino Unido (pt)
Morte	21 de maio de 2000 (96 anos) Wotton House, Reino Unido (en)
Datos persoais
País de nacionalidade	Reino Unido
Educación	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - Actuación (–1925) Westminster School (1917–1921)
Actividade
Ocupación	director teatral , actor de televisión , actor , actor de cinema , actor de teatro , director de cinema
Período de actividade	1924 -
Membro de	Academia das Artes e das Ciencias dos Estados Unidos
Xénero artístico	Comedia shakespeariana
Profesores	Helen Haye (pt) , Claude Rains e Kenneth Barnes
Lingua	Lingua inglesa
Obra
Arquivos en	Biblioteca Nacional de Gales British Library
Familia
Familia	Q960236
Pais	Henry Lex Franciszek Adam Gielgud (en)   e Kate Terry-Lewis (en)
Irmáns	Frances Eleanor Gielgud (en) , Lewis Evelyn Gielgud (pt) e Val Gielgud
Premios (1994)  Praemium Imperiale (1991)  Primetime Emmy Award de melhor ator em minissérie ou filme (pt) , premiado polo traballo Summer's Lease (en) (1981)  Óscar ó mellor actor secundario, premiado polo traballo Arthur (pt) (1961)  Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (en)  Laurence Olivier Award (pt)  Knight Bachelor (pt)  Companion of Honour (en)  Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (en)  Orde do Mérito do Reino Unido  Society of London Theatre Special Award (en)

Filmografía selecta

• Who Is the Man? (1924)
• Insult (1932)
• The Good Companions (1933)
• Secret Agent (1936)
• The Prime Minister (1940)
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• Richard III (1955)
• A volta ao mundo en oitenta días (1956)
• Saint Joan (1957)
• The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
• Becket (1964)
• Richard Burton's Hamlet (1964)
• Badaladas a medianoite (1965)
• The Loved One (1965)
• Sebastian (1968)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Julius Caesar (1970)
• Eagle in a Cage (1972)
• Lost Horizon (1973)
• Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
• 11 Harrowhouse (1974)
• Asasinato no Orient Express (1974)
• Gold (1974)
• Aces High (1976)
• The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1976)
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
• Providence (1977)
• Caligula (1979)
• The Human Factor (1979)
• The Orchestra Conductor (1980)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• The Formula (1980)
• Lion of the Desert (1981)
• Arthur (1981)
• Chariots of Fire (1981)
• Gandhi (1982)
• Wagner (1983)
• The Wicked Lady (1983)
• The Scarlet and The Black (1983)
• The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
• The Far Pavilions (1984)
• The Shooting Party (1985)
• Plenty (1985)
• The Canterville Ghost (1986)
• Time After Time (1986)
• The Whistle Blower (1986)
• Appointment with Death (1988)
• War and Remembrance (1988)
• Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
• Getting it Right (1989)
• Prospero's Books (1991)
• Shining Through (1992)
• Swan Song (1992)
• The Power of One (1992)
• Scarlett (1994)
• First Knight (1995)
• Haunted (1995)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• Hamlet (1996)
• Shine (1996)
• Merlin (1998)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• Quest for Camelot (1998)
• Catastrophe (2000)