Roman emperors + Caesar
by Rune_Kreutz | created - 24 Nov 2021 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicWho is who in the Roman Empire? Some emperors on the screen including Cæsar (who gave his name to following cæsars and kaisers and tzars).
1. Fritz Leiber
Actor | Bagdad
Fritz Leiber was born on January 31, 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Bagdad (1949), Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and Anthony Adverse (1936). He was married to Virginia Bronson. He died on October 14, 1949 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
Julius Caesar i Cleopatra (1917)
2. Charles Laughton
Actor | Witness for the Prosecution
Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, to Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English descent, respectively. He was educated at Stonyhurst (a highly esteemed Jesuit college in England) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal). ...
Nero (Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus (født 15. desember 37, død 9. juni 68), født Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, også kalt (50–54 e.Kr.) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, i Korsets tegn (1932), regi Cecil B. DeMille
3. Warren William
Actor | The Wolf Man
Warren William, the stalwart leading man of pre-Production Code talkies, was born Warren William Krech on December 2, 1894 in Aitkin, Minnesota, the son of a newspaper publisher. William originally planned to become a journalist, but he had a change of heart, and instead went to the American ...
Gaius Julius Cæsar (født juli 100 f.Kr. i Roma, død 15. mars 44 f.) i Cleopatra (1934), regi Cecil B. DeMille
4. Ian Keith
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Ian Keith became a well regarded fixture on the Broadway stage during the 1920s, but from 1924 through the remainder of the decade he expanded his acting into a string of silent movies as well. To begin the next decade, he appeared in the cast of Abraham Lincoln (1930), one of the later movies of ...
Gaius Oktavian/Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (født 23. september 63 f.Kr., død 19. august 14 e.Kr.) i Cleopatra (1934), regi Cecil B. DeMille
5. Claude Rains
Actor | Casablanca
William Claude Rains, born in the Clapham area of London, was the son of the British stage actor Frederick Rains. The younger Rains followed, making his stage debut at the age of eleven in "Nell of Old Drury." Growing up in the world of theater, he saw not only acting up close but the down-to-earth...
Julius Cæsar i Cæsar og Cleopatra (1945), regi Gabriel Pascal
6. Peter Ustinov
Actor | Spartacus
Peter Ustinov was a two-time Academy Award-winning film actor, director, writer, journalist and raconteur. He wrote and directed many acclaimed stage plays and led numerous international theatrical productions.
He was born Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ustinow on April 16, 1921 in Swiss Cottage, ...
Nero (Claudius Cæsar Augustus Germanicus (født 15. desember 37, død 9. juni 68), født Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, også kalt (50–54 e.Kr.) Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, i Quo Vadis (1951), regi Mervyn LeRoy/Anthony Mann
Julius Cæsar i Julius Cæsar (1950), regi David Bradley (med Charlton Heston som Markus Antonius og David Bradley som Brutus)
8. Louis Calhern
Actor | Duck Soup
Tall, distinguished, aristocratic Louis Calhern seemed to be the poster boy for old-money, upper-crust urban society, but he was actually born Carl Vogt, to middle-class parents in New York City. His family moved to St. Louis when he was a child, and it was while playing football in high school ...
Gaius Julius Cæsar (født juli 100 f.Kr. i Roma, død 15. mars 44 f.) Julius Cæsar (1953), regi Joseph L. Mankiewicz (med Marlon Brando som Markus Antonius og James Mason som Brutus)
9. Alberto Sordi
Actor | Io e Caterina
One of Italy's most captivating and talented cinematic comedy stars, Italian veteran Alberto Sordi was known for satirizing his country's social mores in pungent black comedies, farcical tales and grim drama. He, along with peers Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi and Nino Manfredi, arguably represent ...
En stjernespekket versjon som ble laget med Alberto Sordi som Nero i Mio figlio Nerone (1956). Handlingen spinner løst rundt historien om hvordan Nero forsøkte å bli kvitt sin brysomme mor Agrippina den yngre (barnebarnet til Marcus Agrippa og Julia, keiser datter av keiser Augustus) og vice versa. Agrippina spilles av ingen ringere enn Gloria Swanson. I rollen som Neros andre hustru Poppea finner vi Brigitte Bardot og som hans rådgiver og lærer Seneca, Vittorio De Sica.
10. George Relph
Actor | Ben-Hur
George Relph was born on January 27, 1888 in Cullercoats, North Tyneside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ben-Hur (1959), The Final Test (1953) and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947). He was married to Mercia Swinburne and Deborah Nanson. He died on April 24, 1960 in ...
Tiberius Cæsar i Ben-Hur (1959), regi William Wyler
11. Rex Harrison
Actor | My Fair Lady
Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey Harrison in Huyton, Lancashire, England, to Edith Mary (Carey) and William Reginald Harrison, a cotton broker. He changed his name to Rex as a young boy, knowing it was the Latin word for "King". Starting out on his theater career at age 18, his first job at the ...
Gaius Julius Cæsar (født juli 100 f.Kr. i Roma, død 15. mars 44 f.) i Cleopatra (1963), regi Joseph L. Mankiewicz (med Richard Burton som Markus Antonius og Elizabeth Taylor som Cleopatra)
12. Roddy McDowall
Actor | Fright Night
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, to Winifriede Lucinda (Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a merchant seaman of Scottish descent. Roddy was enrolled in elocution courses at age five and by ten had appeared in his first film, ...
Gaius Gaius Oktavian/Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (født 23. september 63 f.Kr., død 19. august 14 e.Kr.) i Cleopatra (1963), regi Joseph L. Mankiewicz
13. Alec Guinness
Actor | Star Wars
Alec Guinness was an English actor. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence...
Marcus Aurelius i The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
14. Christopher Plummer
Actor | Beginners
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer, perhaps Canada's greatest thespian, delivered outstanding performances as Sherlock Holmes in Murder by Decree (1979), the chilling villain in The Silent Partner (1978), the iconoclastic Mike Wallace in The Insider (1999), the empathetic psychiatrist in A ...
Commodus i The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
15. Roland Culver
Actor | Thunderball
Roland Culver was born on August 21, 1900 in Crouch End, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Thunderball (1965), Dead of Night (1945) and To Each His Own (1946). He was married to Nan Hopkins and Daphne Rye. He died on March 1, 1984 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
Augustus i The Caesars (1968)
16. John Gielgud
Actor | Arthur
Born in London, England, John Gielgud trained at Lady Benson's Acting School and RADA, London. Best known for his Shakespearean roles in the theater, he first played Hamlet at the age of 26. He worked under the tutelage of Lilian Bayliss with friend and fellow performer Laurence Olivier and other ...
Gaius Julius Cæsar i Julius Cæsar (1970), regi Stuart Burge (med Charlton Heston som Markus Antonius og Jason Robards som Brutus)
17. George Baker
Actor | On Her Majesty's Secret Service
George was stage struck at the age of 14 and ran away from school to get a 25 shilling (25p) a week job at a seaside theatre, He spent 6 years going through the mill of small town repertory theatre then the cinema discovered him. After making 12 films he left the studios for 7 years during which ...
Tiberius Cæsar i I Claudius (1976), regi Herbert Graves
18. Brian Blessed
Actor | Flash Gordon
Boisterous British actor Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and television. A giant of a man accompanied by an eloquent wit and booming, operatic voice, Brian was born in 1936 and grew up in the mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire. His father was a ...
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (født 23. september 63 f.Kr., død 19. august 14 e.Kr.) i I Claudius (1976), regi Herbert Graves
19. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
Caligula/Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (født 12, død 41 e.Kr.) i I Claudius (1976), regi Herbert Graves
20. Derek Jacobi
Actor | Gosford Park
Preeminent British classical actor of the first post-Olivier generation, Derek Jacobi was knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre, and, in fact, is only the second to enjoy the honor of holding TWO knighthoods, Danish and English (Olivier was the other). Modest and unassuming in nature, ...
Claudius Cæsar i I Claudius (1976), regi Herbert Graves
21. Christopher Biggins
Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Christopher Biggins was born on December 16, 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Masada (1981) and Revelations (2005). He has been married to Neil Sinclair since December 30, 2006. He was previously married to Beatrice ...
Nero i I Claudius (1976), regi Herbert Graves
22. Malcolm McDowell
Actor | A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life...
Caligula/Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (født 12, død 41 e.Kr.) i Caligula (1979), regi Tinto Brass
23. Peter O'Toole
Actor | Lawrence of Arabia
A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a...
Tiberius Cæsar i Caligula (1979), regi Tinto Brass
24. Giancarlo Badessi
Actor | Caligola
Giancarlo Badessi was born on September 21, 1928 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Caligula (1979), Satiricosissimo (1970) and Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970). He died on December 6, 2011 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Tiberius Claudius Nero Drusus Germanicus (kjent som Claudius, født 1. august 10 f.Kr., død 13. oktober 54) i Caligula (1979), regi Tinto Brass
25. Dom DeLuise
Actor | The Cannonball Run
As might be said for the late and great comedians Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn, it seems that Mel Brooks was the only director on the planet who knew how to best utilize this funnyman's talents on film. Brooks once remarked that, whenever he cast Dom in one of his films he'd add an extra two ...
Nero i Helsprø verdenshistorie/History of the World: Part I (1981), regi Mel Brooks
26. Richard Harris
Actor | Unforgiven
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...
Markus Aurelius i Gladiatoren (2000), regi Ridley Scott
27. Joaquin Phoenix
Actor | Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix was born Joaquin Rafael Bottom in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Arlyn (Dunetz) and John Bottom, and is the middle child in a brood of five. His parents, from the continental United States, were then serving as Children of God missionaries. His mother is from a Jewish family from New ...
Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus; født 31. august 161, død 31. desember 192/Commodus i Gladiatoren (2000), regi Ridley Scott
28. Hans Matheson
Actor | Sherlock Holmes
Hans Matheson was born in a caravan on August 7, 1975 at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, located in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Shortly after, his family moved to Canterbury, Kent in England but Hans often spent his summer holidays on Stornoway with his grandparents. As a child, his parents Iain (Ado...
Nero i Imperium: Nerone (2004)
29. Max Pirkis
Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Born in 1989, Max Pirkis performed in several school plays before winning his first role in a motion picture, as the ultra kind and friendly Midshipman Lord Blakeney in the blockbuster Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) starring Russell Crowe, reading for the part alongside Max ...
Gaius Oktavian/Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (født 23. september 63 f.Kr., død 19. august 14 e.Kr.) i Rome (2005) (TV)
30. Simon Woods
Actor | Pride & Prejudice
Simon Woods was born in 1980 in England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Penelope (2006) and Rome (2005). He has been married to Christopher Bailey since 2012.
Oktavian i sesong 2 av Rome (2005-2007)
31. Ciarán Hinds
Actor | Belfast
Ciarán Hinds was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on February 9, 1953. He was one of five children and the only son. His father was a doctor who hoped to have Ciarán follow in his footsteps, but that was not to be. It was his mother Moya, an amateur actress, who was the real influence behind his ...
Gaius Julius Cæsar i Rome (2005) (TV)
32. Ditch Davey
Actor | Paper Dolls
Ditch Davey was born on July 30, 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Paper Dolls (2023), Spartacus (2010) and Blue Heelers (1994).
Roman Empire: Julius Caesar (2018)
33. Giovanni Carta
Actor | Barbarians
Giovanni Carta was born on June 20, 1969 in Palermo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Barbarians (2020), My House Is Full of Mirrors (2010) and K smette di fumare (2012).
Tiberius i TV-serien Barbaren (2020)
34. John Partridge
Actor | EastEnders
Musical theatre actor. Trained at Royal Ballet School, Bush Davies; and Performing Arts School Doreen Bird. Began career in the Cats UK national tour as dance captain, playing several roles (Alonzo, Rumpus Cat, u/s Rum Tum Tugger/Mistoffelees. Credits: (West End) The Hunting of the Snark - as '...
Julius Caesar i Queen Cleopatra (2023)
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