Timothy Dalton
Born: 1946-03-21 in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born March 21, 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He took roles in the period films Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Dalton also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Tourist (2010). On television, Dalton played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994), Rassilon in the BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who (2009–2010), Sir Malcolm Murray on the Showtime horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), and the Chief on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2021). He portrayed Peter Townsend in the fifth season of The Crown.
Filmography
2026
- Toy Story 5 as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2022
- 1923 as Donald Whitfield
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Doom Patrol as Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief
- Toy Story 4 as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2017
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure as Demanitus (voice)
2016
- The Crown as Peter Townsend
2014
- Penny Dreadful as Sir Malcolm Murray
- Toy Story That Time Forgot as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2013
- Toy Story of Terror! as Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
2012
- Secret of the Wings as Lord Milori (voice)
- Partysaurus Rex as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
- Everything or Nothing as Self
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
2011
- Hawaiian Vacation as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
- Small Fry as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2010
- Toy Story 3 as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
- The Tourist as Chief Inspector Jones
2008
- Unknown Sender as Miles
2007
- Chuck as Alexei Volkoff
- Hot Fuzz as Simon Skinner
- Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz as Self
2005
- Hercules as Amphitryon
2004
- Agatha Christie's Marple as Clive Trevelyan
- Dunkirk as Narrator
2003
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Damien Drake
2001
- American Outlaws as Allan Pinkerton
2000
- Possessed as Fr. Willam Bowden
- Time Share as Matt Farragher
- Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' as Self
- Inside The Living Daylights as Self
1999
- Made Men as Sheriff Dex Drier
- Cleopatra as Julius Caesar
- Passion's Way as Charles Darrow
1997
- The Informant as DCI Rennie
- The Beautician and the Beast as Boris Pochenko
1996
- Salt Water Moose as Lester Parnell
1995
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross as Self / James Bond
1994
- Scarlett as Rhett Butler
- Lie Down with Lions as Jack Carver
1993
- Naked in New York as Elliot Price
1992
- 30 Years of James Bond as Self
- Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
- Framed as Eddie Myers
1991
- The Rocketeer as Neville Sinclair
- Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air as Self
1990
- The King's Whore as King Vittorio Amadeo
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Lokai
- Licence to Kill as James Bond
- Brenda Starr as Basil St. John
1988
- Hawks as Bancroft
1987
- The Living Daylights as James Bond
- Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond as Self
- Na siehste! as Self
1986
- Sins as Edmund Junot
1985
- Florence Nightingale as Richard Milnes
- The Doctor and the Devils as Doctor Thomas Rock
- The Emperor's New Clothes as Narrator (voice)
1984
- Mistral's Daughter as Perry Kilkullen
- The Master of Ballantrae as Col Francis Burke
1983
- Jane Eyre as Edward Fairfax Rochester
- Antony and Cleopatra as Antony
1982
- Nature as Host
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice)
1981
- Chanel Solitaire as Boy Capel
1980
- Flash Gordon as Prince Barin
1979
- Agatha as Archie Christie
- The Flame Is Love as Marquis de Guaita
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- Sextette as Sir Michael Barrington
- Centennial as Oliver Seccombe
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Damien Roth
- El hombre que supo amar as Juan de Dios
1975
- Permission to Kill as Charles Lord
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Mary, Queen of Scots as Henry, Lord Darnley
1970
- The Voyeur as Mark
- Cromwell as Prince Rupert
- Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
1969
1968
- The Lion in Winter as Philip II
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Clive Harrington
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Colonel Francis Burke