Julian Glover Net Worth

What is Julian Glover's Net Worth?

Julian Glover is an English actor of the screen and stage who has a net worth of $10 million. Julian Glover is best known internationally for his villainous roles in the franchise films "The Empire Strikes Back," "For Your Eyes Only," and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." On television, he starred on "Spy Trap" in the 1970s and in the miniseries "Dombey and Son" in the 1980s, and had a recurring role on "Game of Thrones" in the 2010s. As a stage actor, Glover won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1992 production of "Henry IV."

Early Life and Education

Julian Glover was born on March 27, 1935 in London, England to Honor and Claude, both of whom worked in radio. He has a younger sister named Prue and a younger half-brother, Robert, from his mother's remarriage to George Ellidge. As a youth, Glover was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Alleyn's School. He went on to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1954.

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Film Career

Glover first appeared on the big screen in the 1963 period comedy "Tom Jones," the winner of that year's Academy Award for Best Picture. The next year, he was in the romantic drama "Girl with Green Eyes." Glover's subsequent credits were "The Alphabet Murders," "Time Lost and Time Remembered," and "Theatre of Death." He then appeared in "Quatermass and the Pit," "The Magus," "Alfred the Great," and "The Adding Machine." In 1970, Glover was in three films: the war drama "The Last Grenade," the satire "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer," and an adaptation of "Wuthering Heights." Subsequently, he portrayed Russian Orthodox priest Father Gapon in the Academy Award-winning 1971 epic historical drama "Nicholas and Alexandra." The year after that, he played Proculeius in Charlton Heston's adaptation of "Antony and Cleopatra." Glover went on to have roles in the biographical dramas "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" and "Luther." His credits during the remainder of the '70s included the crime thrillers "Dead Cert" and "Juggernaut." Kicking off the 1980s, Glover played the evil General Maximilian Veers in "The Empire Strikes Back," the first "Star Wars" sequel. He played another villain the next year: Aristotle Kristatos in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only." Glover next appeared in the 1983 historical drama "Heat and Dust."

Glover had roles in three films in 1987: the Cold War spy film "The Fourth Protocol," the biographical drama "Cry Freedom," and the musical "Hearts of Fire." Two years later, he played Nazi collaborator Walter Donovan in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Glover didn't appear much on the big screen in the 1990s; his handful of credits included the comedy "King Ralph" and the historical drama "The House of Angelo." He was more prolific in the '00s, starting with his role as Prince de Condé in the historical drama "Vatel." After that, Glover appeared in "The Book of Eve" and "Two Men Went to War," and voiced the giant spider Aragog in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." In 2004, he had a supporting part in the epic historical war film "Troy." Glover's credits in the latter half of the decade included "Scoop," "Mirrors," "The Young Victoria," and "Princess Kaiulani." In the 2010s, he appeared in such titles as "U.F.O.," "Airborne," and "Brash Young Turks." Early the next decade, Glover was in "The Toll," "Nemesis," "Nobody Has to Know," and "The Laureate." In 2022, he appeared in "Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher" and the Academy Award-nominated "Tár." His later credits include "Forever Young," "Pulcinella," and "Banking on Mr. Toad."

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Television Career

Glover began his television career in the early 1960s with guest roles on "Z-Cars" and "Espionage." Later in the decade, he appeared in episodes of "Doctor Who," "The Avengers," "The Saint," and "The Champions." Glover had his first main role on television in 1972, playing Commander Anderson in the first season of the BBC drama "Spy Trap." In 1974, he appeared in the miniseries "QB VII" and the television film "The Story of Jacob and Joseph." Glover subsequently had guest roles on a number of shows, including "The Sweeney," "Dixon of Dock Green," "Space: 1999," and "Blake's 7." At the end of the decade, he played the Duke of Buckingham in a television film adaptation of "Henry VIII" and made his second appearance on "Doctor Who." Glover went on to play Richard I in the 1982 television film adaptation of "Ivanhoe." That year, he had roles on the shows "Nancy Astor" and "Q.E.D." In 1983, Glover starred in the miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens's "Dombey and Son" and in the first season of the English Civil War drama "By the Sword Divided." Turning to American television, he appeared in episodes of "Remington Steele" and "Magnum, P.I." in 1985. Glover was subsequently in the television films "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" and "Mandela." From 1988 to 1990, he starred in the ITV World War II drama series "Wish Me Luck."

Glover started the 1990s with roles in the television films "Treasure Island" and "Letters, Riddles and Writs." Subsequently, he made guest appearances on the shows "Rumpole of the Bailey" and "The Darling Buds of May." In 1995, Glover starred in the fifth and final season of the ITV crime drama "The Chief," and had a supporting role in the HBO television film "The Infiltrator." Over the next two years, he made appearances on "Cadfael" and "Midsomer Murders." Glover was less prolific on the small screen in the '00s, although he did have a two-part guest role on "Waking the Dead" in 2004, and portrayed Claude Monet in the miniseries "The Impressionists" in 2006. At the end of the decade, he portrayed US naval officer Alfred Thayer Mahan in the Japanese war drama series "Saka no Ue no Kumo." Glover went on to have one of his longest-running roles from 2011 to 2016, as Grand Maester Pycelle in the first six seasons of HBO's "Game of Thrones." During that time, he appeared in the miniseries "Spies of Warsaw." Glover's later television credits include the 2018 miniseries "Black Earth Rising" and episodes of such shows as "The Crown," "Inside No. 9," and "Willow."

Stage Career

Originally a stage actor, Glover acted in numerous shows at Unity Theatre in London in the early 1950s. He later became a performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the RSC's 1992 production of "Henry IV." Over the years, Glover has also been closely associated with the epic Old English poem "Beowulf," delivering theatrical interpretations of the poem in myriad forms. His other stage credits have included the 2009 West End revival of "Oliver!," the 2014 West End premiere of "The Scottsboro Boys," and the 2019 West End limited production of "The Night of the Iguana."

Personal Life

Glover married his first wife, actress Eileen Atkins, in 1957; they divorced in 1966. He went on to wed actress Isla Blair in 1968. Their son, Jamie, is an actor of the screen and stage, known for playing Andrew Treneman in the BBC series "Waterloo Road" and the titular role in the 2017 West End production of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

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