Michael Jayston
Department: Acting
Biography
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
From a Far Country
1981
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994
Cromwell
1970
Somewhere to Run
1989
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971
The Internecine Project
1974
Follow Me!
1972
Craze
1974
The Homecoming
1973
Element of Doubt
1996
Dominique
1980
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
The Merchant of Venice
1973
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
Macbeth
1970
King Lear
1975
Love's Labour's Lost
1965
She Fell Among Thieves
1978
Bequest to the Nation
1973
The Hero of My Life
1970
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Zulu Dawn
1979
Gossip from the Forest
1979
Mad Jack
1970
The Importance of Being Earnest
1974
Albert's Memorial
2009
The Man Who Left His Soul on Film
1983
From This Day Forward
2019
Finisterre
2003
Competition
1971
A Coffin for the Bride
1974
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986
Ring Once for Death
1973
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
The Last Romantic
1978
Green Julia
1971
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
UFO
1970
Heartbeat
1992
C.A.T.S. Eyes
1985
Callan
1967
A Bit of a Do
1989
Haggard
1990
Jane Eyre
1973
Lady Killers
1980
Quiller
1975
Detective
1964
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
Thriller
1973
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Thriller
1973
Press Gang
1989
Casualty
1986
The Royal
2003
Midsomer Murders
1997
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Casualty
1986
Holby City
1999
Heartbeat
1992
Coronation Street
1960
The Wednesday Play
1964
Armchair Theatre
1956
Stay Lucky
1989
Foyle's War
2002
Big Deal
1984
Cluedo
1990
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
The Darling Buds of May
1991
BBC Play of the Month
1965
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Power Game
1965
Film '72
1971
The Edwardians
1972
Doctor Who
1963
Churchill's People
1974
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
Remembers…
2022
Worlds Beyond
1986
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
Outside Edge
1994
Crown Court
1972
Time for Murder
1985
ITV Playhouse
1967