
Michael Jayston
Acting
Born 1935-10-29 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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

King Lear
1975 · Movie

UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016 · Movie

Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994 · Movie

Nicholas and Alexandra
1971 · Movie

The Merchant of Venice
1973 · Movie

Ring Once for Death
1973 · Movie

Follow Me!
1972 · Movie

Cromwell
1970 · Movie

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · Movie

Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022 · Movie

Mad Jack
1970 · Movie

Zulu Dawn
1979 · Movie

Albert's Memorial
2009 · Movie

A Coffin for the Bride
1974 · Movie

Finisterre
2003 · Movie

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · Movie

Love's Labour's Lost
1965 · Movie

She Fell Among Thieves
1978 · Movie

Bequest to the Nation
1973 · Movie

Gossip from the Forest
1979 · Movie

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 · Movie

Element of Doubt
1996 · Movie

Tales That Witness Madness
1973 · Movie

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997 · Movie

The Internecine Project
1974 · Movie

Dominique
1980 · Movie

The Homecoming
1973 · Movie

Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024 · Movie

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986 · Movie

Craze
1974 · Movie

Macbeth
1970 · Movie

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986 · Movie

From a Far Country
1981 · Movie

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986 · Movie

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983 · Movie

Competition
1971 · Movie

The Hero of My Life
1970 · Movie

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008 · Movie

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019 · Movie

From This Day Forward
2019 · Movie