Julian Glover

Julian Glover CBE
Glover in 2014
Born	Julian Wyatt Glover (1935-03-27) 27 March 1935 (age 89) Hampstead, London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–present
Spouses	Eileen Atkins ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1966)​ Isla Blair ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	Jamie Glover

Julian Wyatt Glover CBE (born 27 March 1935) is an English classical actor with many stage, television, and film roles. He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Glover's well-known film roles have included being a high-profile villain in several major motion picture franchises: General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He has also appeared as Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol (1987), voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama Tár (2022).

Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in the UK, including guest appearances in series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Thriller, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Remington Steele and Inside No. 9. He played the recurring supporting role of Grand Maester Pycelle in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2016) and appeared as General Beauvilliers in the BBC drama Spies of Warsaw (2013).