

Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Somewhere to Run
as Roger Fitzpatrick
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Randall Perry

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Valeyard

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Valeyard

The Man Who Left His Soul on Film

From a Far Country
as Narrator (voice)

Dominique
as Arnold Craven

Gossip from the Forest
as Alfred Maiberling

Zulu Dawn
as Col. Crealock
The Last Romantic
as James

She Fell Among Thieves
as Mansel

King Lear
as Edmund

The Internecine Project
as David Baker

A Coffin for the Bride
as Mark Walker

Craze
as Detective Sgt. Wall
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Jack Worthing

Ring Once for Death
as Roger Masters

Tales That Witness Madness
as Brian (segment "Mel")

The Homecoming
as Teddy

The Merchant of Venice
as Gratiano

Bequest to the Nation
as Capt. Hardy

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)

Follow Me!
as Charles

Nicholas and Alexandra
as Nicholas

Competition
as Jimmy
Green Julia
as Jake

Macbeth
as Macbeth

Cromwell
as Henry Ireton

The Hero of My Life
as Charles Dickens

Mad Jack