John Gielgud (1904-2000)
67.9 TOPICAL actor score · #252 of 1,977 actors
John Gielgud (1904-2000) has a TOPICAL actor score of 67.9 - ranked 252 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 2 acting honours from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1980-1989. Best films: Gandhi (1982), The Elephant Man (1980), Julius Caesar (1953).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours87
Prime69
Their movies82
Credits85
Career standing87
- Acting honours2 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Prime1980-1989
- Credits89 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 11 scored films (1 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 60 languages
“With his contemporaries Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson, he made up a quartet of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
John Gielgud's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | The Elephant Man | 1980 | 4 |
| 229 | Gandhi | 1982 | 4 |
| 602 | Shine | 1996 | 8 |
| 942 | Julius Caesar | 1953 | 3 |
| 1,017 | Elizabeth | 1998 | 5 |
| 1,190 | Becket | 1964 | 3 |
| 2,009 | Arthur | 1981 | 3 |
| 2,237 | Richard III | 1955 | 5 |
| 3,614 | The Shoes of the Fisherman | 1968 | 7 |
| 5,458 | To Die in Madrid | 1963 | 1 |
| 5,554 | The Formula | 1980 | 4 |