This has come up in a few threads so I thought I'd start an official one.

I think Alan Rickman or Hugh Fraser personally.

Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Oh... not sure about Hugh Fraser. Terrence Hardiman would be my choice.

demon headmaster yes?? he would be good.

HOw about Dustin Hoffman. Small, thin, inocuous and smart at the same time.?????

too old i think and not austere enough

And small wasn't in the description either...

Yes, as far as I can remember, Vetinari is a tall thin man, and of course, it must not be forgotten that he was trained as an assassin too... Dustin Hoffman is altogether too jovial for my taste...

I think the best person who COULD have played Vetinari would have been Christopher Lee (pity he's dead) Ok, hes old, but it is commented on the he probably dyes his hair, and if you read the books right, Vetinari IS in his mid to late 50's in the present in Night Watch.

So given that my choice is berift of life, joined the choir invisble and for all intents and purposes, an ex-thespian, this is a fairly pointless post.

Ah well!!!

i think you may be mixing up your actors as Christopher Lee is still alive. Did you mean someone else?

I was very upset for a moment there!

Jeez, I'm sorry bout that, I was told he had died halfway through making Return of the King, I never thought to check up on it.

Well I have now and he is most definatly still among us, so what do you think, Saruman as Vetinari???

Yep, he's still around, I read that and thought I must be getting it wrong, glad I wasn't !

Yer i think Chistopher Lee would be amazing as him. little hair dye needed of course.

Well as I mentioned, it is commented on many times that he must dye his hair, so i dont think that would be too out of place. The other person one of my friends thinks for Vetinari is Christopher Walkin, of A view to a kill fame, and also the horseman in Sleepy Hollow, but I'm not sure I agree with him on this

Christopher Walken