Tom Ellis (actor) Tom Ellis Tom Ellis at 2015 San Diego Comic - Con Thomas John Ellis ( 1978 - 11 - 17 ) 17 November 1978 ( age 39 ) Cardiff , Wales Residence Los Angeles , California , U.S. Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada Nationality United Kingdom Alma mater Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Spouse ( s ) Tamzin Outhwaite ( m . 2006 ; div. 2014 ) Children Thomas John Ellis ( born 17 November 1978 ) , better known as Tom Ellis , is a Welsh actor . He is best known for playing Gary Preston in the sitcom Miranda ( 2009 -- 2015 ) and Lucifer Morningstar in the television series Lucifer ( 2016 -- ) . Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life ( edit ) Ellis was born in Cardiff , the son of Marilyn Jean ( Hooper ) and Christopher John Ellis . His father , sister and uncle are all Baptist ministers , with his uncle , Robert Ellis , being principal of Regent 's Park College , Oxford , which his father also attended . Ellis attended High Storrs School in Sheffield during his education and was a French horn player in the City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra . Tom went on to study BA Dramatic Studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland , which was previously named Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( RSAMD ) . Career ( edit ) Other notable roles include Gary Preston in a hit TV show Miranda aired on BBC co-side with Miranda Hart from November 9 , 2009 to January 1 , 2015 , Justyn in Channel 4 's No Angels and Thomas Milligan in the series three finale of the BBC One science - fiction television programme Doctor Who . In July and August 2009 , Ellis starred in ITV comedy drama Monday Monday with Fay Ripley . He was also cast as Detective Inspector Bland in Agatha Christie 's Poirot . Ellis was the star of the USA network series Rush , playing a Hollywood physician . In February 2015 , it was announced that Ellis was cast as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox Television drama Lucifer , based on the comic with the same name , which premiered on 25 January 2016 . Personal life ( edit ) In 2005 , Estelle Morgan , Ellis ' ex-girlfriend , gave birth to Ellis ' first daughter , Nora . Ellis was married to actress Tamzin Outhwaite from 2006 to 2014 . On 25 June 2008 , she gave birth to their first daughter , Florence Elsie . On 20 December 2008 , the pair appeared on the ITV gameshow All Star Mr & Mrs Christmas Special . Their second daughter , Marnie Mae , was born on 2 August 2012 . On 29 August 2013 , a spokesperson for the couple stated that they had separated , and the following month Outhwaite filed for divorce . As of 2018 , Ellis is engaged to television producer Meaghan Oppenheimer . Filmography ( edit ) Film and television roles Year Title Role Notes The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby John Browdie High Heels and Low Lifes Police Officer Buffalo Soldiers Squash 2001 -- 02 Nice Guy Eddie Frank Bennett 2003 Pollyanna Timothy I 'll Be There Ivor Messiah III : The Promise Dr. Phillip Ryder Vera Drake Police Officer 2005 Much Ado About Nothing Claudio Midsomer Murders Lee Smeeton Episode : `` Midsomer Rhapsody '' Waking the Dead Harry Taylor Episode : `` Straw Dog '' 2005 -- 06 No Angels Justyn 2006 EastEnders Dr. Oliver Cousins The Catherine Tate Show Detective Sergeant Sam Speed 2007 Suburban Shootout P.C. Haines Doctor Who Tom Milligan Episode : `` Last of the Time Lords '' The Catherine Tate Christmas Show Detective Sergeant Sam Speed 2008 Trial & Retribution Nick Fisher Miss Conception Zak Harley Street Dr Ross Jarvis Episode : `` Episode 4 '' The Passion Apostle Philip / Philip 2009 Monday Monday Steven 2009 -- 15 Miranda Gary Preston Dappers Marco Merlin Cenred Accused Neil 2011 The Fades Mark Etches Sugartown Max Burr 2012 Gates Mark Pearson The Secret of Crickley Hall Gabe Caleigh 2013 Walking Stories Jarrod Short film Agatha Christie 's Poirot Detective Inspector Bland Episode : `` Dead Man 's Folly '' Once Upon a Time Robin Hood Episode : `` Lacey '' 2014 Rush Dr. William Rush Lead role ; 10 episodes 2015 The Strain Rob Bradley Episode : `` Identity '' 2016 -- present Lucifer Lucifer Morningstar Lead role 2018 Family Guy Oscar Wilde ( voice ) Episode : `` V Is For Mystery '' References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` Famous family trees : Tom Ellis '' . 23 January 2013 . Jump up ^ `` BBC Website on Miranda '' . Jump up ^ Hibberd , James ( February 22 , 2013 ) . `` Hollywood Insider : What 's Going on Behind the Scenes : TV 's Pilot Season Goes ( Very ) High - Concept '' . Entertainment Weekly . New York : Time Inc. : 26 . Jump up ^ `` Tom Ellis , The Fades , Pulling , and Miranda , Gothica ( TV 2013 ) '' . Dread Central . Retrieved March 18 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Lucifer -- Tom Ellis Gets His Horns '' . Dread Central . Retrieved March 18 , 2013 . Jump up ^ `` Tamzin Outhwaite ' files for divorce from Tom Ellis , citing adultery ' '' , Express , 10 September 2013 . Jump up ^ ( No author . ) `` Tamzin Outhwaite ' Divorcing ' Tom Ellis After He Reportedly Admits Cheating With One - Night Stand '' , Huffington Post UK , 9 October 2013 . Jump up ^ Kelby McNally . `` ' We 're all moving forward ' Tom Ellis speaks out about Tamzin Outhwaite split '' , Express , 19 September 2013 . Jump up ^ Webb Mitovich , Matt ( July 26 , 2018 ) . `` Matt 's Inside Line : Scoop on Five - 0 , Legends , Lucifer , Supernatural , NCIS , S.W.A.T. , Nashville Finale and More '' . TVLine . Retrieved July 26 , 2018 . Jump up ^ `` Listings - FAMILY GUY on FOX - TheFutonCritic.com '' . www.thefutoncritic.com . External links ( edit ) Tom Ellis on IMDb GND : 1061394867 ISNI : 0000 0004 6470 5421 LCCN : no2015002583 VIAF : 311618208 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tom_Ellis_(actor)&oldid=854207705 '' Categories : 1978 births 21st - century Welsh male actors British male film actors British male soap opera actors British male television actors Living people People educated at High Storrs School People from Cardiff British expatriates in Canada Alumni of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from November 2012 Infobox person using alma mater Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano עברית Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 15 more Edit links This page was last edited on 9 August 2018 , at 17 : 44 ( UTC ) . 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Darth Maul Maul is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise . Trained as Darth Sidious 's first apprentice , he serves as a Sith Lord and a master of wielding a double - bladed lightsaber . He first appears in Star Wars : Episode I -- The Phantom Menace ( portrayed by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz ) . Despite his apparent demise in that film at the hands of Obi - Wan Kenobi , he would later return in the Star Wars : The Clone Wars animated television series , and would go on to make further appearances in the Star Wars Rebels series and the 2018 film Solo : A Star Wars Story , all voiced by Sam Witwer . Contents ( hide ) 1 Characteristics 1.1 Concept and creation 1.2 Portrayal 2 Appearances 2.1 Films 2.1. 1 The Phantom Menace 2.1. 2 Solo : A Star Wars Story 2.2 Animated series 2.2. 1 The Clone Wars 2.2. 2 Rebels 2.3 Comics 2.3. 1 Darth Maul 2.3. 2 Darth Maul : Son of Dathomir 2.4 Novels 2.4. 1 Ahsoka 2.5 Legends / Non-canonical 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Characteristics ( edit ) Concept and creation ( edit ) After getting frustrated with a drawing of production designer Gavin Bocquet , Iain McCaig started covering it in tape . Both he and Lucas liked the result , described as `` a kind of Rorschach pattern '' . The final drawing had McCaig 's own face , with the skin removed , and some Rorschach experimentation ( dropping ink onto paper , folding it in half then opening ) . Darth Maul 's head originally had feathers , based on prayer totems , but the Creature Effects crew led by Nick Dudman interpreted those feathers as horns , modifying his features into those common in popular depictions of the devil . His clothing was also modified , from a tight body suit with a muscle pattern to the Sith robe based on samurai pleats , because the lightsaber battles involved much jumping , spinning , running , and rolling . Another concept had Maul a masked figure , something that could rival Darth Vader , while the senatorial characters would sport painted and tattooed faces . It was later decided to apply the painted and tattooed faces to Maul rather than the senator . Portrayal ( edit ) Darth Maul was physically portrayed by actor and martial artist Ray Park in The Phantom Menace . The character was voiced by comedian / voice actor / director Peter Serafinowicz in The Phantom Menace and Lego videogame adaptation of the prequel trilogy ; while Samuel Witwer performed the character 's voice in the animated series The Clone Wars , Rebels , and in the live action movie Solo : A Star Wars Story . Actors Gregg Berger , Jess Harnell , Stephen Stanton , Clint Bajakian , and David W. Collins have all voiced him in Legends adaptations and minor appearances . Appearances ( edit ) Main article : Star Wars canon Films ( edit ) The Phantom Menace ( edit ) Main article : Star Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace Introduced in Star Wars : Episode I -- The Phantom Menace , Darth Maul is ordered by Darth Sidious to capture Queen Padmé Amidala . On Tatooine , Maul fights Qui - Gon Jinn while approaching the Queen 's starship . While Anakin Skywalker ( the future Darth Vader ) gets on board , Qui - Gon engages Maul in a lightsaber duel , but the Jedi Master escapes . Eventually , Maul fights Qui - Gon and Obi - Wan Kenobi simultaneously . Maul duels Qui - Gon and eventually kills him . Although Obi - Wan is almost knocked down into a shaft , he uses the Force to propel himself out of the pit , and equips himself with Qui - Gon 's lightsaber to bisect Maul , seemingly killing him , after which the two separated pieces of Maul 's body fall into the shaft . Solo : a Star Wars story ( edit ) Main article : Solo : A Star Wars Story Ray Park reprises his role from The Phantom Menace as Darth Maul , with Sam Witwer providing the voice , reprising his role from the animated series , The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels . Maul is revealed to be the master of the crime syndicate Crimson Dawn that crime lord Dryden Vos answers to . Qi'ra tells Maul that Vos and his men were killed by Tobias Beckett and his accomplices , but neglects to name Han Solo and Chewbacca . Maul commands her to meet with him on Dathomir and warns her that they will work more closely from now on , igniting his lightsaber . Animated series ( edit ) The Clone Wars ( edit ) Main article : Star Wars : The Clone Wars ( 2008 TV series ) Darth Maul appears in the fourth and fifth seasons of the animated series Star Wars : The Clone Wars . In the third season , Darth Maul 's origins are elaborated upon : he is portrayed as a warrior of the Nightbrother clan on the planet Dathomir inhabited by the dominant Nightsister witchcraft society led by Mother Talzin . Maul 's tattoos are described as the markings of a warrior ( in contrast to earlier sources which identify his body art as Sith markings ) . Talzin has Savage Opress find his long - lost brother . In the fourth season , Darth Maul is revealed to be alive , having survived his presumed death at Obi - Wan Kenobi 's hands . Having ended up on the junkyard planet Lotho Minor via a dumpster craft , Maul has suffered from amnesia since Obi - Wan defeated him . Opress finds Maul and brings him to the devastated Dathomir , where Talzin restores Maul 's mind and gives him robotic legs . Maul and Opress set about a plan to exact revenge on Obi - Wan . Maul proceeds to attack a village on planet Raydonia as his first attempt on Obi - Wan 's life , only to be thwarted due to Asajj Ventress 's unexpected appearance to collect a bounty on Opress . Maul and Opress overpower Obi - Wan and Ventress , but Maul lets them go upon realizing that the Jedi know of his existence , deciding to await another opportunity . In the fifth season , Maul takes Opress as his apprentice , and begins building a criminal empire . Needing followers , they travel to Florrum and manage to convince Weequay pirate Jiro and his crew to join them and betray their leader Hondo Ohnaka . Maul 's pirates attack Hondo 's loyal forces , and Maul once again duels Obi - Wan while Opress fights and kills Jedi Master Adi Gallia . Obi - Wan and Hondo forces retreat and regroup inside Hondo 's compound . Maul 's forces eventually break in and Obi - Wan draws the two brothers away from the pirates , engaging them in a two - on - one duel while the pirate factions fight elsewhere in the compound . Obi - Wan , though outnumbered , cuts off Opress 's arm and forces the Sith Lords to retreat . Meanwhile , Honda wins back his crew by `` persuading '' them under threat of heavy artillery . Obi - Wan blows off one of Maul 's robotic legs and badly damages Maul 's ship . Maul and Opress manage to escape , but get stuck in dead space due to the damage to their ship . After several days , they are found close to death by the Death Watch Mandalorian warriors , led by Pre Vizsla , who gives Maul a new set of legs and Opress a new mechanical arm . Maul offers Vizsla the chance to reclaim Mandalore by recruiting the Black Sun and Pyke crime families and Jabba the Hutt 's minions to create the criminal syndicate named The Shadow Collective . From there , Maul engineers Vizsla 's rise to power : he orders his henchmen to attack Mandalore so the Death Watch can arrest them and appear as heroes to the denizens who have long lived under Duchess Satine Kryze 's pacifist rule . Vizsla betrays Maul , imprisoning both Savage and him . Easily breaking free , Maul challenges Vizsla to a duel to take over the Death Watch and Mandalore ; he succeeds in killing Vizsla and then claims his former co-conspirator's darksaber . He wins the loyalty of most Death Watch members , but Bo Katan retreats along with those loyal to their previous leader . Maul then puts the disgraced former prime minister Almec , whom Satine had imprisoned for corruption , in power as a puppet leader , solidifying his control over Mandalore . Maul then anticipates Satine being broken out of prison and her attempt to contact the Jedi Council as part of his plan to get Obi - Wan to Mandalore . Once Obi - Wan arrives and attempts to rescue Satine , Maul captures him and exacts revenge on the Jedi by murdering Satine right in front of him , hoping to make the Jedi suffer as much as he once did . Obi - Wan is later freed by the Night Owl rebels ( Bo Katan 's Death Watch faction ) who request Republic aid . Maul senses Darth Sidious arriving on Mandalore . Although impressed with his former apprentice 's survival , Sidious declares Maul a rival and uses the Force to push and choke him and Opress . He then engages them both in lightsaber combat , fatally injuring Opress . After Opress dies from his wounds , Sidious reminds Maul of the Rule of Two , and tells him that he has been replaced . Enraged , Maul pulls out both his lightsaber and darksaber and proceeds to fight Sidious on equal ground , but Sidious ultimately defeats him . Maul pleads for mercy , but Sidious ignores him and tortures him with blasts of Force lightning . Sidious reveals that he has no intention of killing Maul , remarking that he has other uses for his former apprentice . Rebels ( edit ) Main article : Star Wars Rebels An older Maul appears in the season 2 finale of Star Wars Rebels . Tracked by an Inquisitor named the Eighth Brother , Maul is stranded on the ancient Sith world of Malachor , where he is discovered by series protagonist Ezra Bridger among the ruins . Introducing himself as `` Old Master '' and seeking revenge against Sidious , Maul leads Ezra into an ancient Sith temple , where they discover a holocron that Maul claims can give them the knowledge needed to defeat the Sith . After recovering it , the two find Ezra 's master Kanan Jarrus and former Jedi Ahsoka Tano locked in battle with the Eighth Brother . They also find the Fifth Brother and the Seventh Sister , who have been pursuing the Rebels for some time . Maul -- having cast aside the title of Darth -- then reveals a new lightsaber disguised as a walking stick and joins the Jedi in battling their enemies . After the Inquisitors retreat , Maul wins the Jedi 's trust by denouncing the Sith , and tells them that he can not defeat Darth Vader on his own . Working together , he and the Jedi ascend towards the top of the Sith temple and successfully defeat the three Inquisitors . It is then that Maul reveals his intention to take Ezra as his apprentice , having already tricked him into activating the temple . After blinding Kanan , Maul briefly duels Ahsoka before facing Kanan again , only to be knocked off the temple 's edge . However , he survives the fall and escapes Malachor in the Eighth Brother 's TIE Fighter . Months after the events on Malachor , Maul once again reveals himself to the Jedi as he takes the Ghost 's crew hostage . He threatens to kill them unless Kanan and Ezra bring both the Sith and Jedi holocrons to him . Despite an attempt by the Rebels to escape , Maul successfully recaptures them and takes them to a remote base in the Outer Rim where he awaits the arrival of the Jedi . After they arrive , the holocrons are hazardously united allowing Ezra and Maul to see visions of their desires : Ezra sees images of a way to destroy the Sith , images including `` twin suns '' , while Maul sees a vision of his own . Kanan begs Ezra to look away before he sees something he does n't want to while Maul tells him to ignore Kanan and keep looking . Ezra heeds his master 's words and breaks off the connection , which causes a great explosion . Maul escapes in the confusion , uttering , `` He lives . '' Maul reappears after finding the Rebellion 's secret base . He tells Ezra that because the connection was severed , they got bits and pieces of each other 's visions . With the holocrons destroyed from the events of their previous meeting , Maul discovered another way to get the information he needed . With Ezra he travels to Dathomir , former home of the Night Sisters , and recreates one of their spells to temporarily meld his and Ezra 's minds . After the spell is completed Ezra , who was still looking for a way to destroy the Sith , and Maul realize they are both looking for Obi - Wan Kenobi . In the episode `` Twin Suns '' , Maul is shown lost on Tatooine . He decides to use Ezra to lure Obi - Wan out of hiding . During their confrontation , Maul deduces that Obi - Wan is not only hiding , but is protecting someone . In a swift duel , Obi - Wan fatally wounds Maul . As he lies dying in Obi - Wan 's arms , Maul asks if the person he is protecting is the Chosen One , and Obi - Wan replies `` he is '' . Maul declares that this `` Chosen One '' will avenge them , and dies . Comics ( edit ) Darth Maul ( edit ) In 2017 , Marvel released Star Wars : Darth Maul a 5 - issue prequel series centered on Darth Maul before the events of The Phantom Menace . Darth Maul : son of Dathomir ( edit ) Main article : Darth Maul : Son of Dathomir Dark Horse Comics produced Darth Maul : Son of Dathomir based on the scripts and storyboards of an unproduced 4 - episode story arc intended for The Clone Wars Season 6 . After killing Savage Opress , Darth Sidious takes Maul to a Separatist prison , where Count Dooku tortures him for information about the Shadow Collective . Prime Minister Almec arranges Maul 's escape and the latter then heads back to Zanbar to command the Death Watch army . However , he is followed there by General Grievous and his droids , who then battle with Maul and the Mandalorians . While they put up a fierce fight , Maul and his minions are ultimately overwhelmed by the droids . During the battle , Maul tears through the droid ranks and attacks Grievous , but is overpowered and forced to retreat . Afterwards , Maul confers with Mother Talzin ( revealed to be his biological mother ) and plots to draw out Sidious by capturing Dooku and General Grievous . The scheme works , and Talzin is able to restore herself to her physical form , but she sacrifices herself to save Maul . Although Maul escapes with a company of loyal Mandalorians , the Shadow Collective has fallen apart due to the conflict with Sidious , as the Hutts , Pykes , and Black Sun have all abandoned Maul . Novels ( edit ) Ahsoka ( edit ) Main article : Star Wars : Ahsoka In flashbacks during the novel Star Wars : Ahsoka , it is revealed that during the final days of the Clone Wars , Maul and his forces were besieged on Mandalore by an army of clone troopers led by Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex . During the siege , Maul confronts and duels Ahsoka , and though he proves to be the stronger fighter , the former Jedi outwits him and traps him in a ray shield . However , before Maul can be taken into official custody , Order 66 is enacted and the clone troopers following Ahsoka turn on her , with the exception of Rex . With Rex 's life in peril , Ahsoka abandons the chance of killing Maul , allowing the former Sith to escape once again . This battle was originally intended to be depicted in the series finale of The Clone Wars had the series not been prematurely cancelled -- Anakin and Obi - Wan were dispatched to Mandalore with Ahsoka , but were immediately called back to Coruscant to rescue Chancellor Palpatine , thus leading into the opening sequence of Revenge of the Sith . Legends / non-canonical ( edit ) With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company , most of the licensed Star Wars novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film Star Wars were rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014 . As portrayed in the novel Darth Plagueis , the titular Sith Lord sends his apprentice , Darth Sidious , to the Force - rich world of Dathomir . A Dathomiri witch , or Night - sister , senses Sidious ' power in the Force and approaches him . She assumes he is a Jedi and begs him to take her Zabrak infant son . She realizes Sidious is not a Jedi , and explains how she is trying to save her son from a Nightsister named Talzin , who killed Maul 's father . It is implied that Maul has a twin brother and that Talzin is only aware of one child . Sidious realizes the infant is strong in the Force , and would become a threat if found by the Jedi . Concealing the existence of his own master , Sidious raises Maul to believe that he is a Sith apprentice , but he actually intends him to be an expendable -- albeit useful -- minion rather than an heir . Maul himself acknowledges his shortcomings , such as his limited understanding of politics , even as he tries to become a true Sith . As portrayed in the novel Darth Maul : Shadow Hunter , Maul was raised by Sidious for as long as he can remember . He then trains Maul as a Sith , marking his body with Sith tattoos . Maul initially goes on several missions of terror for his master , killing politicians , crime bosses , merchants and warlords . Several sources depict Maul returning from the dead in several different forms . The story `` Resurrection '' from Star Wars Tales 9 depicts a cult creating a duplicate of Maul as a replacement for Darth Vader , only for Vader to kill him . The story `` Phantom Menaces '' in Star Wars Tales # 17 ( set after Return of the Jedi ) depicts Luke Skywalker visiting Maul 's home planet of Iridonia in an ambassadorial capacity , where he faces a `` solid state hologram '' of Maul projected from Maul 's salvaged brain as part of a scientist 's attempt to recreate Maul as Iridonia 's `` champion '' . Luke recognizes the disruption that Maul 's existence is causing in the Force , and shuts down the life - support systems keeping the brain alive . In 2005 , Dark Horse Comics published Star Wars : Visionaries , a compilation of comic art short stories . One story `` Old Wounds '' , considered to be non-canonical to Star Wars lore , depicts Maul , now with longer horns on his head , surviving his bisection at Obi - Wan 's hands , replacing his missing bottom half with cybernetic legs , similar to those of General Grievous . He then follows Obi - Wan throughout the galaxy , finally tracking him down on Tatooine a few years after the events of Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith . Maul taunts Obi - Wan , saying that after he kills him , he will take a toddler - aged Luke Skywalker to his master , Emperor Palpatine . Maul plans to kill Darth Vader , and resume his rightful place at Palpatine 's side as his apprentice . He ignites his new double - bladed lightsaber , and engages Obi - Wan in a lightsaber duel , but Obi - Wan again bests him in combat , cutting off his opponent 's horns . The Sith Lord is killed , unexpectedly , by a blaster bolt to the head from Owen Lars . Obi - Wan thanks Owen , and says he will take Maul 's body into the desert and burn it so he can never come back . In early 2012 , a young adult novel entitled Star Wars : The Wrath of Darth Maul was released by Scholastic . In the 2014 novel , Star Wars : Maul : Lockdown , set before The Phantom Menace , Darth Maul is sent into an infamous galactic prison . Maul is also featured prominently in comic series starting in this period , Star Wars : The Clone Wars : The Sith Hunters & Darth Maul : Death Sentence . Set in the period of the Clone Wars around the various episodes that featured Maul , Sith Hunters and Death Sentence detail his and Savage Opress ' journey across the galaxy as they seek vengeance on the Jedi . In popular culture ( edit ) Since the release of The Phantom Menace , Darth Maul has proven to be a popular character . IGN named Darth Maul the 16th greatest Star Wars character , noting , `` Of the countless characters to walk in and out of the Star Wars saga , none looks or acts more badass than Darth Maul . '' Darth Maul - related merchandise was popular among Hasbro Star Wars toy lines , with plastic recreations of his double bladed lightsaber and various action figures in his likeness developed . Darth Maul has been the focal point of the toy marketing campaign surrounding the 2012 re-release of The Phantom Menace , being featured on the packaging for the toy line . In December 2017 , an 8 - year - old Ontario boy went viral on the Internet with a video of him pretending to be Darth Maul and displaying his martial arts skills . References ( edit ) Star Wars portal 1990s portal Jump up ^ `` Maul , Darth '' . Star wars Databank . Lucasfilm . Retrieved 2011 - 09 - 24 . Jump up ^ `` Designing a Sith Lord '' . Archived from the original on 2015 - 02 - 07 . Retrieved 2015 - 02 - 06 . 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List of wealthiest historical figures The list of the wealthiest historical figures gathers published estimates as to the ( inflation - adjusted ) net - worth and fortunes of the wealthiest historical figures in comparison . Due to problems arising from different definitions of wealth , ways of measuring it , various economic models throughout history , as well as multiple other reasons -- this article discusses the wealthiest people in the following separate historical periods : Antiquity , Middle Ages and modern period . Accordingly -- because of the previously mentioned difficulties -- it is not possible to determine the single richest person in all of history . For the modern period , wealth can be measured more or less objectively via inflation adjustment , e.g. comparing the nominal GDP of the United States of the respective periods , and then converting it into contemporary United States dollars . For the medieval and ancient history , comparison of wealth becomes more problematic , on one hand due to the inaccuracy or unreliability of records , on the other due to the difficulty of comparing a pre-industrial economy to a modern one , and especially in the presence of absolute monarchy , where an entire kingdom or empire is considered the ruler 's personal property ( this is also an issue in early modern to modern period , e.g. Davidson ( 2015 ) lists Joseph Stalin among The 10 Richest People of All Time for his `` complete control of a nation with 9.6 % of global GDP '' ) . Excluding monarchs and autocrats , the wealthiest private individual in the history of capitalism is variously identified as Jakob Fugger ( died 1525 ) , of the early modern Fugger family of merchants and bankers , and early 20th - century American entrepreneurs Andrew Carnegie ( died 1919 ) and John D. Rockefeller ( died 1937 ) . Frequently , one of these few people is considered to be the richest person of all time , depending on source . While the Rothschild family rose to the status of the wealthiest family of bankers in the 19th century , their wealth was distributed among a number of family members , preventing them from appearing among the wealthiest individuals . The richest among the Rothschilds was the head of its English branch -- Nathan Mayer Rothschild -- the richest person of his time . Bernstein and Swan in All the Money in the World ( 2008 ) mention the top three richest Americans ever -- all tycoons of the Gilded Age -- respectively : John D. Rockefeller , Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt ; Henry Ford was ranked only 12th . According to Close ( 2016 ) , the wealthiest woman in the history of capitalism , excluding monarchs , is L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt , whose net worth was at $40.7 billion in 2015 . Including monarchs , he mentions Empress Wu for Antiquity , Isabella of Castile for Middle Ages , and Catherine the Great for modern history . Contents ( hide ) 1 Early modern to modern period 2 Middle Ages 3 Antiquity 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading Early modern to modern period ( edit ) Listed individuals are thought to have had a net worth of at least the equivalent of 100 billion United States dollars . Therefore , it excludes figures such as Andrew W. Mellon , Richard B. Mellon , Stephen Van Rensselaer , A.T. Stewart , Heshen , J.P. Morgan , and others . Name Photograph / Portrait Lifetime Net worth ( billion 2010 USD ) Description Jakob Fugger 1459 -- 1525 ( 66 years ) 400 German merchant , mining entrepreneur and banker . He expanded Fugger family 's assets by making their operations European wide . At one point , Fugger & family had an almost monopolistic hold on the European copper market . At his death , Jakob Fugger bequeathed to his nephew Anton Fugger company assets totaling 2,032,652 guilders . Referred to as `` Fugger the Rich '' . John D. Rockefeller 1839 -- 1937 ( 97 years ) 336 On September 29 , 1916 , Rockefeller became the first person ever to reach a nominal personal fortune of US $1 billion ( equivalent to US $16 billion in 2016 ) . Rockefeller amassed his fortune from the Standard Oil company , of which he was a founder , chairman and major shareholder . By the time of his death in 1937 , estimates place his net worth in the range of US $300 billion to US $400 billion in adjusted dollars for the late 2000s ( decade ) . When considering the real value of his wealth , Rockefeller is widely held to have been the wealthiest American , as well as the richest person in modern history . Andrew Carnegie 1835 -- 1919 ( 84 years ) 310 Carnegie founded the Carnegie Steel Company , which was the most extensive integrated iron and steel operations in the United States ; in 1901 , Carnegie sold his company for US $480 million to J.P. Morgan , who then merged his company into U.S. Steel . Capitalized at US $1.4 billion at the time , U.S. Steel was the first billion dollar company in the world . In his final years , Carnegie 's net worth was US $475 million , but by the time of his death in 1919 he had donated most of his wealth to charities and other philanthropic endeavors and had only US $30 million left to his personal fortune . Carnegie 's hundreds of millions accounted for about 0.60 % of the U.S. annual GDP and has a real value estimated at about US $75 billion adjusted for the late 2000s ( decade ) . Nicholas II of Russia 1868 -- 1918 ( 50 years ) 250 - 300 Emperor of All Russia from 1894 to 1917 . Estimates of the wealth of Nicholas II remain wildly speculative . As emperor , and an autocrat , the resources under Nicholas II 's command were virtually incalculable . However , the vast majority of this was officially owned by the State as Crown property . From this , supplemented by an annuity from the Treasury , he derived an annual income of 24 million roubles , from which he had to fund staff , the upkeep of imperial palaces and imperial theatres , annuities for the royal family , pensions , bequests , and other outgoings . `` Before the end of the year , the Tsar was usually penniless ; sometimes he reached this embarrassing state by autumn . '' According to the Grand Marshall of the Court , Count Paul Benckendorff , his personal wealth only amounted to between 12.5 and 17.5 million roubles . Osman Ali Khan , Asaf Jah VII 1886 -- 1967 ( 81 years ) 210 The last Nizam of Hyderabad State in British India . Regarded as the wealthiest person in the world during his lifetime , his portrait was on the cover of Time magazine in 1937 . As a semi-autonomous monarch , he had his own mint , printing his own currency , the Hyderabadi rupee , and had a private treasury that was said to contain £ 100m in gold and silver bullion , and a further £ 400m of jewels ( in 2008 terms ) . Among them was the Jacob Diamond , valued at some £ 50m ( in 2008 terms ) , and used by the Nizam as a paperweight . Henry Ford 1863 -- 1947 ( 84 years ) 188 -- 199 Henry Ford was an American automotive engineer , entrepreneur , and founder of the Ford Motor Company . Through his designing of the Model T Ford and employing the assembly line means of rapid production , he was able to lower the base price of his product in order to reach a wider market . As production increased , Ford further reduced prices and increased salaries to reduce worker turnover . This resulted in a rapid increase in output , with Ford production rising from roughly 18,000 cars in 1909 to over 1 million cars in 1920 . Despite Ford stating that his focus was increasing Ford Motor Company 's benefit to society and to its employees , even at one point being sued by the Dodge brothers based on this premise , his company was massively profitable . His highest earnings were recorded at age 57 and he died at the age of 83 in 1947 at a net worth of US $188.1 billion ( inflation - adjusted value in 2008 dollars ) . John Jacob Astor 1763 -- 1848 ( 85 years ) 120 -- 138 American businessman , merchant , opium smuggler , fur trader , and investor . In 1801 , Astor 's nominal wealth was some US $250,000 , and by the time of his death in 1848 his fortune had grown to US $20 million , making him America 's first multi-millionaire . Cornelius Vanderbilt 1794 -- 1877 ( 83 years ) 105 -- 205 American business magnate and philanthropist who built his wealth in railroads and shipping . Stephen Girard 1750 -- 1831 ( 81 years ) 105 -- 120 French - born American banker . Before becoming a banker , he was a merchant and owned a fleet of trading ships . William Henry Vanderbilt 1821 -- 1885 ( 64 years ) 52 - 239 Railroad owner . Inherited much of his wealth from his father , Cornelius Vanderbilt , who initiated the Vanderbilt family 's involvement in railroad and shipping business . He doubled his father 's fortune , to an amount estimated between $52 billion and $239 billion . Middle Ages ( edit ) Absolute rulers or conquerors are sometimes listed for the territory they controlled rather than for their immediate personal wealth ( Davidson ( 2015 ) for TIME.com listed Akbar I , Genghis Khan and Emperor Shenzong of Song for their imperial possessions , while Alan Rufus is listed for his immediate possessions within the feudal system of Norman England ) . Name Photograph / Portrait Lifetime Description Musa I of Mali c. 1280 -- c. 1337 Mansa Musa , or Musa I of Mali is considered one of the richest men in history . Musa was the tenth emperor of the Mali Empire , one of the prosperous Sahelian kingdoms that developed along the Saharan slave trade routes in the later medieval period . Mansa Musa made his fortune by exploiting his country 's salt and gold production . Musa is said to have brought several tonnes of gold to Mecca when he made a pilgrimage there in 1324 . Reported as being inconceivably rich by contemporaries , `` There 's really no way to put an accurate number on his wealth . '' William the Conqueror d . 1087 William the Conqueror became personally enormously wealthy from spoils of war during the Norman Conquest of England . Basil II 958 -- 1025 Byzantine emperor from 960 to 1025 at the time of the Eastern Roman Empire 's greatest medieval territorial extent , also a time of considerable prosperity for the Empire . Alan Rufus c. 1040 -- 1093 Alan Rufus , 1st Lord of Richmond , was a relative and companion of William the Conqueror ( Duke William II of Normandy ) during the Norman Conquest of England . By 1086 he had become one of the richest and most powerful men of England . William de Warenne , 1st Earl of Surrey d . 1088 Fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings and was rewarded with considerable land holdings in England . Richard FitzAlan , 10th Earl of Arundel c. 1306 -- 1376 English nobleman and admiral . Succeeded to the Earldom of Surrey in 1347 . John of Gaunt 1340 -- 1399 Third son of King Edward III of England . Duke of Lancaster . Owned land in almost every county in England , with a household comparable to that of a monarch . Antiquity ( edit ) Marcus Licinius Crassus is held to be the wealthiest person in Roman history , as he had a personal net worth equal to the treasury of Rome . For Classical Antiquity , even more than for the High Middle Ages , the definition of personal wealth becomes difficult to compare with the modern period ; especially in the case of divine kings , where an entire empire might be considered the personal property of a deified emperor . Name Lifetime Description Marcus Licinius Crassus c. 115 BC -- 53 BC Crassus inherited a fortune of 7 million sesterces after the death of his father in 87 BC . After several years of exile , Crassus was able to rebuild his family fortune by seizing the property of executed convicts for himself . Crassus also expanded his wealth by trading in slaves and by purchasing whole neighborhoods of Rome as they burned , for drastically less than market value . Crassus was known in Rome as Dives , meaning `` The Rich '' . It is believed that Crassus expanded his personal fortune to 170 million sesterces , while Pliny the Elder surmised his fortune to be valued even higher , at 200 million sesterces . This would place Crassus 's net worth equal to the total annual budget of the Roman treasury . Crassus has often been listed among the `` wealthiest individuals in history '' , although depending on the estimate of the `` adjusted value '' of a Roman sesterce , his net worth may also be placed in the range of US $200 million to US $20 billion . Augustus Caesar 63 BC -- 19 August 14 AD Listed by Time Magazine with `` $4.6 trillion '' because he `` personally owned all of Egypt '' . Croesus died c. 546 BC The name of Croesus , a historical king of Lydia , was proverbial for wealth already in antiquity ; this is probably due to his being the first ruler to issue true gold coins with a standardised purity for general circulation and not necessarily for his personal wealth . See also ( edit ) Forbes list of billionaires List of richest Americans in history List of wealthiest organizations List of wealthiest families List of wealthiest animals References ( edit ) Jump up ^ The Rockefellers : The Legacy Of History 's Richest Man , Forbes 2014 Jump up ^ Guinness World Records claims John D. Rockefeller was the richest person . ^ Jump up to : Jacob Davidson , time.com The 10 Richest People of All Time , 30 July 2015 ^ Jump up to : Daniel Eckert , So wurde Jakob Fugger zum reichsten Menschen der Historie ( `` This is how Jakob Fugger became the wealthiest person in history '' ) , Die Welt , 6 June 2016 ( in German ) . `` Auf heutige Verhältnisse hochgerechnet läge das Vermögen des Bauernenkels bei unglaublichen 400 Milliarden Dollar ( 354 Milliarden Euro ) . In die Nähe dieses Wertes kamen nur die Rothschilds , die in ihrer Glanzzeit im 19 . Jahrhundert die mächtigste Bankiersfamilie der Welt waren '' ( `` Adjusted to current - day conditions , the net worth of the farmer 's grandson would be close to astonishing 400 billion dollars ( 354 billion Euro ) . Only the Rothschild family , at their peak in the 19th century the most powerful family of bankers , came close to such a figure . '' Jump up ^ listed at 372 billion US $2014 by Jacob Davidson , time.com The 10 Richest People of All Time , 30 July 2015 : `` Rockefeller gets all the press , but Andrew Carnegie may be the richest American of all time . The Scottish immigrant sold his company , U.S. Steel , to J.P. Morgan for $480 million in 1901 . That sum equates to about slightly over 2.1 % of U.S. GDP at the time , giving Carnegie economic power equivalent to $372 billion in 2014 . '' Jump up ^ GDP : A Brief but Affectionate History p. 65 Jump up ^ All the Money in the World ( 2008 ) by Bernstein and Swan , p. 17 `` Introduction '' Jump up ^ Kerry Close , The 10 Richest Women of All Time , time.com , 1 February 2016 . Bettencourt ranks at # 6 in this list , after five ancient rulers and monarchs of the Middle Ages and early modern period . Jump up ^ Kerry Close , The 10 Richest Women of All Time , time.com . Empress Wu ranks at # 1 in this list , Catherine the Great at # 3 , and Isabella of Castile at # 5 . Jump up ^ Peter Geffcken : Fugger -- Geschichte einer Familie : `` Die Handelsherren mit dem Dreizack '' . In : DAMALS 7 / 2004 Jump up ^ `` Anton Fugger '' . Encyclopædia Britannica . Jump up ^ Thomas , Ryland ; Williamson , Samuel H. ( 2018 ) . `` What Was the U.S. GDP Then ? '' . MeasuringWorth . Retrieved January 5 , 2018 . 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Nicholas and Alexandra , New York , Atheneum , 1967 , p64 Jump up ^ Clarke , William The Lost Fortune of the Tsars , St. Martin 's Griffin ; Reprint edition , 1996 , p101 . Jump up ^ `` The Nizam of Hyderabad '' . Time . Jump up ^ McCaffrey , Julie ( 3 February 2012 ) . `` Exclusive : The last Nizam of Hyderabad was so rich he had a £ 50m diamond paperweight . '' Mirror.co.uk . London . Jump up ^ Bedi , Rahul ( 12 April 2008 ) . `` India finally settles £ 1million Nizam dispute '' . The Daily Telegraph . London . Jump up ^ `` Exhibitions at National Museum of India , New Delhi ( India ) '' . 2 April 2009 . Jump up ^ Shah , Tahir . `` Alan the Red , the Brit who makes Bill Gates a pauper . '' Times Online . The Sunday Times . 7 October 2007 . Web . 19 9ay 2010 . Jump up ^ Hargreaves , Steve . `` The richest Americans in history '' . Jump up ^ Fortune Magazine 's `` richest Americans '' Archived 2009 - 09 - 13 at the Wayback Machine ... Fortune estimated his wealth at death at $105,000,000 , or 1 / 87 of the nation 's GDP . Jump up ^ Hargreaves , Steve . `` The richest Americans in history '' . ^ Jump up to : Gus Lubin , business insider The 20 Richest People Of All Time , 2 September 2010 Jump up ^ Hargreaves , Steve . `` The richest Americans in history '' . ^ Jump up to : `` William Henry Vanderbilt '' . www.newnetherlandinstitute.org . Jump up ^ `` Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali -- the richest human being in all history '' . 2012 - 10 - 16 . Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 17 . Jump up ^ `` 10 Richest People of All Time '' . 2016 - 09 - 04 . Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 17 . Jump up ^ Jacob Davidson . `` The 10 Richest People of All Time '' . CNNMoney ... ^ Jump up to : `` Estimate from historian William Rubenstein via The Times , converted to dollars at average rate since ' 07 ( 1 : 1.7 ) and adjusted for inflation . '' The 20 Richest People Of All Time , 4 September 2010 . `` Although he became a monarch , we 're counting the spoils of war before he took the throne , based on what he gave out to his sons Odo and Robert . '' `` he left the equivalent of $229.5 billion to his sons . '' Jump up ^ The Domesday Book : England 's Heritage Then and Now , ed . Thomas Hinde ( UK : Coombe Books , 1996 ) Jump up ^ Jonathan Sumption , Divided Houses : The Hundred Years War III ( London : Faber & Faber , 2009 ) , p. 9 . ^ Jump up to : Wallechinsky , David & Irving Wallace . `` Richest People in History Ancient Roman Crassus '' . Trivia - Library . The People 's Almanac. 1975 -- 1981 . Web . 23 December 2009 . Jump up ^ `` Often named as the richest man ever , a more accurate conversion of sesterce would put his modern figure between $200 million and $20 billion . '' Peter L. Bernstein . The 20 Richest People Of All Time Further reading ( edit ) Philip Beresford , William D. Rubinstein , The Richest of the Rich : The Wealthiest 250 People in Britain since 1066 , Harriman House , 2011 . Michael Klepper , Robert Gunther , The Wealthy 100 : From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates -- A Ranking of the Richest Americans , Past and Present , Citadel Press , 1996 . 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