Malcolm McDowell

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Biography

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films Caligula, If...., O Lucky Man! and A Clockwork Orange. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II. He is also well known for his narration of the seminal 1982 documentary, The Compleat Beatles.

Known For

A Clockwork Orange

Alex

Easy A

Principal Gibbons

The Book of Eli

Lombardi

Bolt

Dr. Calico (voice)

South Park

A British Person (voice)

The Mentalist

Bret Stiles

The Artist

The Butler

Bombshell

Rupert Murdoch

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Robot Dracula MOVIE	Robot Dracula
2026	Psycho Killer MOVIE	Mr. Pendleton
2025	Wizardream MOVIE	The Wizard Mangodor
2025	Last Train to Fortune MOVIE	Cecil Peachtree
2025	The Partisan MOVIE	Trench coat
2025	A Natural Selection MOVIE	Duncan Carlysle
2025	Et Tu MOVIE	The Janitor
2024	Thelma MOVIE	Harvey
2024	ARK: The Animated Series TV	Senator Lucius Casius Virilis (voice)
2024	Cellphone MOVIE	Self
2023	Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar MOVIE	Vader Orlag (voice)
2023	Moving On MOVIE	Howard
2022	She Will MOVIE	Hathbourne
2022	The Walk MOVIE	McLaughlin
2022	Father Stu MOVIE	Monsignor Kelly
2022	Son of a Critch TV	Pop
2021	Dreaming of Stars: An ASMR Feature Film MOVIE	Self (voice)
2021	Pups Alone MOVIE	Oliver (voice)
2021	A Forbidden Orange MOVIE	Narrator (voice) / Alex DeLarge
2021	A Wonderful Kingdom MOVIE	Narrator
2021	Gossip Girl TV	Roger Menzies
2021	Blood on the Crown MOVIE	Colonel Saville
2020	TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove MOVIE	Captain Lynch
2020	Free Lunch Express MOVIE	Narrator
2020	The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two MOVIE	Hakan
2020	Truth Seekers TV	Richard
2020	Kubrick by Kubrick MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies MOVIE	Self
2020	The Big Ugly MOVIE	Harris
2020	Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi MOVIE	Self
2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness MOVIE	Self
2019	Bombshell MOVIE	Rupert Murdoch
2019	Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? TV	Malcolm McDowell (voice)
2018	Corbin Nash MOVIE	Blind Prophet
2018	Dreams I Never Had MOVIE	Judge Messner
2018	Abnormal Attraction MOVIE	Boogeyman
2017	Conspiracy of Fear MOVIE	Evo
2017	American Satan MOVIE	Mr. Capricorn
2017	Yamasong: March of the Hollows MOVIE	Lord Geer (voice)
2017	Castlevania TV	Varney of London (voice)
2017	Grow House MOVIE	Dr. Doobie
2017	Walk of Fame MOVIE	Evan Polus
2017	Heroes Manufactured MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2017	Death Race 2050 MOVIE	Chairman
2017	Jeff and Some Aliens TV	Zib Zog (voice)
2017	Mississippi Murder MOVIE	McGowen
2016	The Search for Life in Space MOVIE	Narrator
2016	Legends of Cinema TV	Self (archive footage)
2016	31 MOVIE	Father Murder
2016	Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti MOVIE	Himself
2016	The Mystery of Casa Matusita MOVIE	Supay
2015	Dawn of the Croods TV	Skermiggleflop (voice)
2015	Chicago Med TV	Marvin Jaffrey
2015	Kids vs Monsters MOVIE	Boss Monster
2015	The Soul of a Spy MOVIE	Self
2015	We Bare Bears TV	Professor Lampwick (voice)
2015	Lady Psycho Killer MOVIE	Gerald Portersen
2015	Oceanus: Act One MOVIE	Triton (Ship's Computer)
2015	Some Kind of Beautiful MOVIE	Gordon
2015	The Black Hole MOVIE	Mr. Simms
2015	Cowboys & Engines MOVIE	Dr. Clay
2015	Bereave MOVIE	Garvey
2015	Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness MOVIE	Sly Baron (voice)
2014	Kubrick Remembered MOVIE	Self
2014	Star Wars Rebels TV	Minister Hydan (voice)
2014	Shock Value MOVIE	Edmund Dean Huntley
2014	Elwood MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2014	Mischief Night MOVIE	Mr. Smiles
2014	Tbilisi, I Love You MOVIE	Mr. M
2014	Mozart in the Jungle TV	Thomas Pembridge
2014	Free Fall MOVIE	Thaddeus Gault
2013	Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera MOVIE	Vater Orlagg (voice)
2013	Zombex MOVIE	Dr. Soulis
2013	Masterpiece: Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2013	The Employer MOVIE	The Employer
2013	A Green Story MOVIE	Barton
2013	Meet the Small Potatoes MOVIE	Lester Koop (voice)
2013	Teen Titans Go! TV	Baxtory (voice)
2013	The Anatomy of a Virus: The Making of Antiviral MOVIE	Himself
2013	Sanitarium MOVIE	Dr. Stenson
2013	Richard The Lionheart MOVIE	King Henry II
2012	Home Alone: The Holiday Heist MOVIE	Sinclair
2012	Silent Night MOVIE	Sheriff Cooper
2012	Stanley Kubrick in Focus MOVIE	Self
2012	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D MOVIE	Leonard Wolf
2012	Antiviral MOVIE	Dr. Abendroth
2012	Excision MOVIE	Mr. Cooper
2012	Vamps MOVIE	Vlad Tepish
2012	The Philadelphia Experiment MOVIE	Morton Salinger
2012	The Artist: The Making of an American Romance MOVIE	Self
2012	Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist MOVIE	Himself
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen MOVIE	(archive footage)
2011	The Artist MOVIE	The Butler
2011	Santiago Files MOVIE	Narrator
2011	No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure MOVIE	Mr. Bloome
2011	Suing The Devil MOVIE	Satan
2011	Golf in the Kingdom MOVIE	Julian Lange
2011	Turning Like Clockwork MOVIE	Self
2011	Franklin & Bash TV	Stanton Infeld
2011	Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange MOVIE	Self
2011	Pound of Flesh MOVIE	Professor Noah Melville
2011	LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire MOVIE	Mr. Makuro (voice)
2011	L.A., I Hate You MOVIE	Harold Weintraub
2010	The Making of Easy A MOVIE	Self
2010	LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies MOVIE	Mr. Makuro (voice)
2010	DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection MOVIE	Merlyn the Magnificent (segment "Green Arrow") (voice)
2010	DC Showcase: Green Arrow MOVIE	Merlyn the Magnificent (voice)
2010	Easy A MOVIE	Principal Gibbons
2010	The Invocation MOVIE	Self
2010	Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes MOVIE	Professor Moriarity (voice)
2010	What If Cannabis Cured Cancer MOVIE	himself
2010	Monster Butler MOVIE	Roy Fontaine
2010	Barry Munday MOVIE	Mr. Farley
2010	The Book of Eli MOVIE	Lombardi
2009	Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! MOVIE	Grandpa Fletcher (voice)
2009	Community TV	Professor Cornwallis
2009	Suck MOVIE	Eddie Van Helsing
2009	Halloween II MOVIE	Dr. Samuel Loomis
2009	Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil MOVIE	Self
2009	Super Rhino MOVIE	Dr. Calico (voice)
2009	Behind The Scenes of Caligula MOVIE	Self
2008	Delgo MOVIE	Raius (voice)
2008	Bolt MOVIE	Dr. Calico (voice)
2008	The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files MOVIE	Self
2008	Blue Gold: World Water Wars MOVIE	Narrator
2008	Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween MOVIE	Self
2008	The Mentalist TV	Bret Stiles
2008	Coco Chanel MOVIE	Marc Bouchier
2008	Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' MOVIE	Self
2008	Doomsday MOVIE	Dr. Marcus Kane
2007	Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick MOVIE	Narrator
2007	War and Peace TV	Prince Bolkonski
2007	My Roman Holiday With John Steiner MOVIE	Self - Archive Footage
2007	Halloween MOVIE	Dr. Samuel Loomis
2007	Phineas and Ferb TV	Grandpa Reg (voice)
2007	Phineas and Ferb TV	Self
2007	Phineas and Ferb TV	Grandpa Reginald Fletcher (voice)
2007	Phineas and Ferb TV	Grandpa (voice)
2007	Masters of Science Fiction TV	Tibor Cargrew
2007	Robot Chicken: Star Wars MOVIE	Orientation Instructor (voice)
2007	Never Apologize MOVIE	Self
2007	Exitz MOVIE	Percy
2007	The List MOVIE	Desmond Larochette
2006	Heroes TV	Self
2006	Heroes TV	Daniel Linderman
2006	Metalocalypse TV	Vater Orlaag (voice)
2006	O Lucky Malcolm! MOVIE	Self
2006	Psych TV	Ambassador Fanshaw
2006	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb TV	Nathan Cairns
2006	The Curse of King Tut's Tomb MOVIE	Nathan Cairns
2006	Bye Bye Benjamin MOVIE	Mr. Coleman
2006	Cut Off MOVIE	James Burton
2005	Billy and Mandy Save Christmas MOVIE	Baron Von Ghoulish (voice)
2005	Rag Tale MOVIE	Richard Morton
2005	Mirror Wars: Reflection One MOVIE	Dick Murdoch
2005	Jaws of the Pacific MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2005	Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone MOVIE	Ogthar (voice)
2005	Robot Chicken TV	1776 announcer/reporter
2004	In Good Company MOVIE	Teddy K (uncredited)
2004	Justice League Unlimited TV	Metallo (voice)
2004	Entourage TV	Terrance McQuewick
2004	Cast & Crew: If.... MOVIE	Self - Interviewee
2004	Pinocchio 3000 MOVIE	Scamboli (voice)
2004	Tempesta MOVIE	Paul Valenzin
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius MOVIE	O.B. Keeler
2004	Evilenko MOVIE	Andrej Romanovic
2004	Leçon de Cinéma TV	Self
2004	Hidalgo MOVIE	Major Davenport
2003	The Company MOVIE	Alberto Antonelli
2003	Red Roses and Petrol MOVIE	Enda Doyle
2003	Inhabited MOVIE	Dr. Werner
2003	Teen Titans TV	Mad Mod (voice)
2003	Tempo MOVIE	Shrenger
2003	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead MOVIE	Boad
2003	Dorian MOVIE	Henry
2002	The Barber MOVIE	Dexter Miles
2002	I Spy MOVIE	Gundars
2002	CSI: Miami TV	Darren Vogel
2002	Between Strangers MOVIE	Alan Baxter
2002	Shadow Realm MOVIE	Martin Hudson
2002	Monk TV	Julian Hodge
2002	ChalkZone TV	Barney the Encyclocentipedia (voice)
2002	Firestarter: Rekindled TV	John Rainbird
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Jonas Slaughter
2001	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy TV	Baron Von Ghoulish
2001	Just Visiting MOVIE	Wizard
2001	Princess of Thieves MOVIE	Sheriff of Nottingham
2001	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures MOVIE	Self
2001	The Void MOVIE	Dr. Thomas Abernathy
2000	Island of the Dead MOVIE	Rupert King
2000	Gangster No. 1 MOVIE	Gangster 55
2000	Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' MOVIE	Self
2000	St. Patrick: The Irish Legend MOVIE	Quentin
2000	The David Cassidy Story MOVIE	Jack Cassidy
1999	Stanley and Us MOVIE	Self
1999	Southern Cross MOVIE	Felipe Solano
1999	My Life So Far MOVIE	Uncle Morris MacIntosh
1999	Y2K MOVIE	Seward
1999	Love Lies Bleeding MOVIE	Malcolm
1999	Can of Worms MOVIE	Barnabus (voice)
1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn TV	Self - Guest
1999	Sharks of the Deep Blue MOVIE	Narrator
1998	The First 9½ Weeks MOVIE	Francois Dubois
1998	The Gardener MOVIE	Ben Carter
1998	Fantasy Island TV	Mr. Roarke
1998	Day of the Full Moon MOVIE	Self
1998	The Fairy King MOVIE	Ian
1998	Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1997	Mr. Magoo MOVIE	Austin Cloquet
1997	Hugo Pool MOVIE	Henry Dugay
1997	Giga Shadow MOVIE	Yottskry
1997	2103: The Deadly Wake MOVIE	Captain Sean Murdoch
1997	South Park TV	A British Person (voice)
1997	Asylum MOVIE	Sullivan Rane / Doc
1997	Lexx TV	Yottskry
1996	Where Truth Lies MOVIE	Dr. Vernon Renquist
1996	The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century TV	Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
1996	Wing Commander Academy TV	Self
1996	Pearl TV	Professor Stephen Pynchon
1996	Superman: The Last Son of Krypton MOVIE	John Corben (voice)
1996	Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys TV	Rhesus 2 (voice)
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	John Corben (voice)
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	John Corben / Metallo (voice)
1996	Superman: The Animated Series TV	Metallo (voice)
1996	Night Train to Venice MOVIE	Stranger
1996	Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man MOVIE	Self
1996	Yesterday's Target MOVIE	Holden
1996	The Little Riders MOVIE	Capt. Kessel
1996	Our Friends in the North TV	Benny Barratt
1996	Ringer MOVIE	Noel
1995	Cyborg 3: The Recycler MOVIE	Lord Talon
1995	Kids of the Round Table MOVIE	Merlin
1995	Fist of the North Star MOVIE	Ryuken
1995	Tank Girl MOVIE	Kesslee
1995	The Outer Limits TV	Ship (voice)
1995	Dangerous Indiscretion MOVIE	Roger Everett
1995	Fatal Pursuit MOVIE	Bechtel
1995	The Surgeon MOVIE	Dr. Stein
1994	Spider-Man TV	Whistler (voice)
1994	Star Trek: Generations MOVIE	Dr. Tolian Soran
1994	The Magic School Bus TV	Mr. McClean (voice)
1994	Milk Money MOVIE	Waltzer
1994	Seasons of the Heart MOVIE	Alfred McGuinness
1994	The Man Who Wouldn't Die MOVIE	Bernard Drake / Ian Morrissey
1993	Bopha! MOVIE	De Villiers
1993	Frasier TV	Dr. Bruga (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self
1993	Chain of Desire MOVIE	Hubert Bailey
1993	East Wind MOVIE	General Smyslovsky
1993	Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations MOVIE	Self
1992	Batman: The Animated Series TV	Arcady Duvall (voice)
1992	Tales from the Crypt - Uncut TV	Self
1992	The Player MOVIE	Malcolm McDowell
1991	Pebble Mill TV	Self
1991	Assassin of the Tsar MOVIE	Timofeyev / Yurovsky
1991	Venins MOVIE	Prof. Baldwin
1990	Disturbed MOVIE	Dr. Derrick Russell
1990	Jezebel's Kiss MOVIE	Benjamin J. Faberson
1990	Schweitzer MOVIE	Albert Schweitzer
1990	Maggio musicale MOVIE	Pier Francesco Ferraioli
1990	Class of 1999 MOVIE	Dr. Miles Langford
1990	Moon 44 MOVIE	Major Lee
1989	Happily Ever After MOVIE	Lord Maliss (voice)
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Donald Longtooth
1989	Mortacci MOVIE	Edmondo
1989	Buy & Cell MOVIE	Warden Tennant
1989	Il maestro MOVIE	Walter Goldberg
1988	An Audience With Victoria Wood MOVIE	Self
1988	Sunset MOVIE	Alfie Alperin
1987	The Dame Edna Experience TV	Self
1987	The Caller MOVIE	The Caller
1986	Monte Carlo TV	Christopher Quinn
1985	Arthur the King MOVIE	King Arthur
1985	Gulag MOVIE	The Englishman
1983	Little Red Riding Hood MOVIE	The Wolf a.k.a. Reginald Von Lupin / Narrator
1983	Cross Creek MOVIE	Max Perkins
1983	Get Crazy MOVIE	Reggie Wanker
1983	Blue Thunder MOVIE	Cochrane
1982	The Compleat Beatles MOVIE	Narrator
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre TV	Reginald Von Lupin / The Wolf / Narrator (voice)
1982	Britannia Hospital MOVIE	Mick Travis
1982	Cat People MOVIE	Paul Gallier
1981	A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' MOVIE	Self / Caligula
1980	Look Back in Anger MOVIE	Jimmy Porter
1979	Time After Time MOVIE	H. G. Wells
1979	Caligula MOVIE	Caligula
1979	Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip MOVIE	Self
1979	The Passage MOVIE	Capt. Von Berkow
1978	She Fell Among Thieves MOVIE	Richard Chandos
1978	An Audience with... TV	Self
1977	Beryl Reid TV	Self
1977	BBC2 Play of the Week TV	Chandos
1976	Voyage of the Damned MOVIE	Max Gunter
1976	Laurence Olivier Presents TV	Self
1976	Aces High MOVIE	Maj. John Gresham
1976	The Collection MOVIE	Bill
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1975	Royal Flash MOVIE	Captain Harry Flashman / Prince Karl Magnus
1973	O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment MOVIE	Himself
1973	O Lucky Man! MOVIE	Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief
1971	A Clockwork Orange MOVIE	Alex
1971	Great Performances TV	Bill
1971	The Raging Moon MOVIE	Bruce Pritchard
1970	Figures in a Landscape MOVIE	Ansell
1968	if.... MOVIE	Mick Travis
1964	The Wednesday Play TV	Happy
	The Spider MOVIE	Von Wessel
	Summerhouse MOVIE	Self
	Dirt MOVIE	Self
	Dog & Bull MOVIE	Self
	Ever After MOVIE	The Frog King (voice)
	Trick and Treats MOVIE	Trick (Voice)
	The Panic MOVIE	Stanford White

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