1. Julian Wyatt Glover was born on 27 March 1935 and is an English actor with many stage, television, and film roles.
21 Facts About Julian Glover
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Julian Glover has appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol, voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama Tar.
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Julian Glover has appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances in series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Thriller, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Remington Steele, and Inside No 9.
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Julian Glover played the recurring supporting role of Grand Maester Pycelle in HBO's Game of Thrones and appeared as General Beauvilliers in the BBC drama Spies of Warsaw.
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Julian Glover was born in Hampstead, London, the son of Honor Ellen Morgan, a BBC journalist, and Claude Gordon Julian Glover, a BBC radio producer.
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Julian Glover graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1954.
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Julian Glover performed national service in the British Army, where he went on the officers' training course.
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Julian Glover became a regular actor in 1960s and 1970s British television series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Strange Report, Doctor Who and Blake's 7.
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Julian Glover appeared twice in Doctor Who: as Richard the Lionheart in The Crusade ; and as the villain Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth, in one of the original run's most popular serials, City of Death.
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Julian Glover later recorded DVD commentaries for The Crusade episode "The Wheel of Fortune" and for City of Death.
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Julian Glover played a leading role in the British film Brash Young Turks in 2016.
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Julian Glover has been associated with the epic poem Beowulf since the 1980s and has delivered staged interpretations in various forms, often taking the role of an Anglo-Saxon gleeman or traveller poet, delivering an abridged version of the tale while standing around a mead hall hearth and rendering selected passages in the poem's original Old English.
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Julian Glover adapted his interpretation in novel form as Beowulf: An Adaptation.
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Julian Glover portrayed the character of Grand Maester Pycelle in the HBO series Game of Thrones between 2011 and 2016, appearing in a total of 31 episodes across the first six seasons of the show.
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In 2013, Julian Glover played the role of General Beauvilliers in the BBC Four drama series The Spies of Warsaw.
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In 2019, Julian Glover played the role of Nonno in the West End theatre production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana at the Noel Coward Theatre.
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Julian Glover is an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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In 1993, Julian Glover was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1992 production of Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2.
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Julian Glover was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to drama.
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Julian Glover has been twice married: to actresses Eileen Atkins and Isla Blair.
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In 2020, Julian Glover sold 250 lots of photographs, costumes, props and memorabilia from his career at East Bristol Auctions, including his badge of rank from The Empire Strikes Back and the watch, overcoat and personal script from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.