Photo is framed with a professional MUSEUM QUALITY acid-free passepartout with SUEDE upper layer, in a high quality frame that includes acrylic safety glass (safer than normal glass and provides an extra layer of UV protection) Signed photo comes with a RARE photo of our signing session with Ian during Comic Con Amsterdam 2016 Measurements signed photo:10x8 inch/20x25cm Measurements frame:16x12 inch/30x40cm Autographed photo comes with a certificate from us: West Side Autographs There is a West Side Autographs tamper proof hologram sticker on the certificate and on the signed photo. Ian McDiarmid (born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. Making his stage debut in Hamlet in 1972, McDiarmid joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1974, and has since starred in a number of Shakespeare's plays. He has received an Olivier Award for Best Actor for Insignificance (1982) and a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Faith Healer (2006). Sheev Palpatine is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He first appeared in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back as The Emperor. He is also known by his Sith name, Darth Sidious, which was first used in the novelization of the 1999 film The Phantom Menace. In the original film trilogy, Palpatine is the leader of the Galactic Empire and the master of Darth Vader. In the prequel trilogy, which chronicles his rise from Senator to Emperor, Palpatine orchestrates the invasion of his home planet Naboo in a plot to become Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He then masterminds the Clone Wars to turn the Republic into the Empire. He also destroys the Jedi Order and manipulates Anakin Skywalker into becoming his apprentice, Darth Vader. In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), a resurrected Palpatine is revealed to be the grandfather of Rey, a Jedi-in-training. He is also the mastermind behind Snoke, whom he created to lead the First Order against the New Republic and seduce Skywalker's grandson, Ben Solo, into becoming Kylo Ren. Palpatine is portrayed by Ian McDiarmid in all five films in which he physically appears