Malcolm McDowell
Born: 1943-06-13 in Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Psycho Killer as Mr. Pendleton
- Robot Dracula as Robot Dracula
2025
- The Partisan as Trench coat
- Last Train to Fortune as Cecil Peachtree
- Et Tu as The Janitor
- A Natural Selection as Duncan Carlysle
- Trick and Treats as Trick (Voice)
- Wizardream as The Wizard Mangodor
2024
- ARK: The Animated Series as Senator Lucius Casius Virilis (voice)
- Thelma as Harvey
- Cellphone
2023
- Moving On as Howard
- Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar as Vader Orlag (voice)
2022
- Son of a Critch as Pop
- Father Stu as Monsignor Kelly
- The Walk as McLaughlin
- She Will as Hathbourne
2021
- Gossip Girl as Roger Menzies
- Pups Alone as Oliver (voice)
- A Forbidden Orange as Narrator (voice) / Alex DeLarge
- Blood on the Crown as Colonel Saville
- A Wonderful Kingdom as Narrator
- Dreaming of Stars: An ASMR Feature Film as Self (voice)
2020
- Truth Seekers as Richard
- Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two as Hakan
- Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time as Self
- The Big Ugly as Harris
- Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
- Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
- TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove as Captain Lynch
- Free Lunch Express as Narrator
- Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
2019
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Malcolm McDowell (voice)
- Bombshell as Rupert Murdoch
2018
- Corbin Nash as Blind Prophet
- Dreams I Never Had as Judge Messner
- Abnormal Attraction as Boogeyman
2017
- Castlevania as Varney of London (voice)
- Jeff and Some Aliens as Zib Zog (voice)
- Death Race 2050 as Chairman
- American Satan as Mr. Capricorn
- Walk of Fame as Evan Polus
- Grow House as Dr. Doobie
- Heroes Manufactured as Self (archive footage)
- Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Lord Geer (voice)
- Mississippi Murder as McGowen
- Conspiracy of Fear as Evo
2016
- Legends of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 31 as Father Murder
- The Mystery of Casa Matusita as Supay
- Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti as Himself
- The Search for Life in Space as Narrator
2015
- Chicago Med as Marvin Jaffrey
- We Bare Bears as Professor Lampwick (voice)
- Dawn of the Croods as Skermiggleflop (voice)
- Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness as Sly Baron (voice)
- The Black Hole as Mr. Simms
- Lady Psycho Killer as Gerald Portersen
- Kids vs Monsters as Boss Monster
- Bereave as Garvey
- The Soul of a Spy
- Cowboys & Engines as Dr. Clay
- Oceanus: Act One as Triton (Ship's Computer)
2014
- Mozart in the Jungle as Thomas Pembridge
- Star Wars Rebels as Minister Hydan (voice)
- Some Kind of Beautiful as Gordon
- The One I Love ... (Thanks)
- Free Fall as Thaddeus Gault
- Mischief Night as Mr. Smiles
- Shock Value as Edmund Dean Huntley
- Kubrick Remembered as Self
- Tbilisi, I Love You as Mr. M
- Elwood as Narrator (voice)
2013
- Teen Titans Go! as Baxtory (voice)
- The Employer as The Employer
- Masterpiece: Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns as Narrator (voice)
- Zombex as Dr. Soulis
- A Green Story as Barton
- Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera as Vater Orlagg (voice)
- Sanitarium as Dr. Stenson
- The Anatomy of a Virus: The Making of Antiviral as Himself
- Richard The Lionheart as King Henry II
- The Gillian Hills Trilogy
- Meet the Small Potatoes as Lester Koop (voice)
2012
- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Leonard Wolf
- Home Alone: The Holiday Heist as Sinclair
- Vamps as Vlad Tepish
- Excision as Mr. Cooper
- The Philadelphia Experiment as Morton Salinger
- Silent Night as Sheriff Cooper
- Antiviral as Dr. Abendroth
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Stanley Kubrick in Focus as Self
- The Artist: The Making of an American Romance as Self
- Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist as Himself
- Os 12 Desastres de Natal ... (Director)
2011
- Franklin & Bash as Stanton Infeld
- The Artist as The Butler
- Pound of Flesh as Professor Noah Melville
- Santiago Files as Narrator
- Golf in the Kingdom as Julian Lange
- L.A., I Hate You as Harold Weintraub
- Suing The Devil as Satan
- Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange as Self
- LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire as Mr. Makuro (voice)
- Turning Like Clockwork as Self
- No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure as Mr. Bloome
2010
- Easy A as Principal Gibbons
- The Book of Eli as Lombardi
- DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Merlyn the Magnificent (segment "Green Arrow") (voice)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes as Professor Moriarity (voice)
- Barry Munday as Mr. Farley
- The Invocation as Self
- DC Showcase: Green Arrow as Merlyn the Magnificent (voice)
- LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies as Mr. Makuro (voice)
- The Making of Easy A as Self
- Monster Butler as Roy Fontaine
- What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as himself
2009
- Community as Professor Cornwallis
- Halloween II as Dr. Samuel Loomis
- Super Rhino as Dr. Calico (voice)
- Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
- Suck as Eddie Van Helsing
- Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! as Grandpa Fletcher (voice)
- Behind The Scenes of Caligula
2008
- The Mentalist as Bret Stiles
- Bolt as Dr. Calico (voice)
- Doomsday as Dr. Marcus Kane
- Coco Chanel as Marc Bouchier
- Delgo as Raius (voice)
- Blue Gold: World Water Wars as Narrator
- Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' as Self
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files as Self
2007
- Phineas and Ferb
- Halloween as Dr. Samuel Loomis
- Masters of Science Fiction as Tibor Cargrew
- War and Peace as Prince Bolkonski
- British Film Forever
- The List as Desmond Larochette
- Robot Chicken: Star Wars as Orientation Instructor (voice)
- Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick as Narrator (voice)
- Never Apologize as Self
- Exitz as Percy
- My Roman Holiday With John Steiner as Self - Archive Footage
2006
- Psych as Ambassador Fanshaw
- Heroes as Daniel Linderman
- Metalocalypse as Vater Orlaag (voice)
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Nathan Cairns
- Cut Off as James Burton
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Nathan Cairns
- Bye Bye Benjamin as Mr. Coleman
- O Lucky Malcolm! as Self
2005
- Robot Chicken as 1776 announcer/reporter
- Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone as Ogthar (voice)
- Rag Tale as Richard Morton
- Mirror Wars: Reflection One as Dick Murdoch
- Billy and Mandy Save Christmas as Baron Von Ghoulish (voice)
- Jaws of the Pacific as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Entourage as Terrance McQuewick
- Justice League Unlimited as Metallo (voice)
- Leçon de Cinéma as Self
- Hidalgo as Major Davenport
- In Good Company as Teddy K (uncredited)
- Pinocchio 3000 as Scamboli (voice)
- Evilenko as Andrej 'Romanovic' Evilenko
- Tempesta as Paul Valenzin
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as O.B. Keeler
- Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? as Self
- Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Interviewee
2003
- Teen Titans as Mad Mod (voice)
- The Company as Alberto Antonelli
- I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as Boad
- Tempo as Shrenger
- Dorian as Henry
- Inhabited as Dr. Werner
- Red Roses and Petrol as Enda Doyle
2002
- CSI: Miami as Darren Vogel
- Monk as Julian Hodge
- ChalkZone as Barney the Encyclocentipedia (voice)
- Firestarter: Rekindled as John Rainbird
- I Spy as Gundars
- Between Strangers as Alan Baxter
- Shadow Realm as Martin Hudson
- The Barber as Dexter Miles
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Jonas Slaughter
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Baron Von Ghoulish
- Just Visiting as Wizard
- Princess of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham
- The Void as Dr. Thomas Abernathy
- Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures as Self
2000
- Gangster No. 1 as Gangster 55
- Island of the Dead as Rupert King
- St. Patrick: The Irish Legend as Quentin
- The David Cassidy Story as Jack Cassidy
- Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
1999
- SpongeBob SquarePants as Percival Rockhound (voice)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
- Y2K as Seward
- Can of Worms as Barnabus (voice)
- My Life So Far as Uncle Morris MacIntosh
- Southern Cross as Felipe Solano
- Stanley and Us as Self
- Love Lies Bleeding as Malcolm
- Sharks of the Deep Blue as Narrator
1998
- Fantasy Island as Mr. Roarke
- The First 9½ Weeks as Francois Dubois
- The Gardener as Ben Carter
- The Fairy King as Ian
- Day of the Full Moon
- Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
1997
- South Park as A British Person (voice)
- Lexx as Yottskry
- Mr. Magoo as Austin Cloquet
- Hugo Pool as Henry Dugay
- 2103: The Deadly Wake as Captain Sean Murdoch
- Giga Shadow as Yottskry
- Asylum as Sullivan Rane / Doc
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as John Corben (voice)
- Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Rhesus 2 (voice)
- Our Friends in the North as Benny Barratt
- Pearl as Professor Stephen Pynchon
- Wing Commander Academy
- Ringer as Noel
- The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Czar Nicholas II / Charles Stockwell / Stephen Graham (voice)
- Superman: The Last Son of Krypton as John Corben (voice)
- Where Truth Lies as Dr. Vernon Renquist
- Night Train to Venice as Stranger
- The Little Riders as Capt. Kessel
- Yesterday's Target as Holden
- Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man as Self
1995
- The Outer Limits as Ship (voice)
- Tank Girl as Kesslee
- Fist of the North Star as Ryuken
- The Surgeon as Dr. Stein
- Dangerous Indiscretion as Roger Everett
- Fatal Pursuit as Bechtel
- Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Lord Talon
- Kids of the Round Table as Merlin
1994
- Spider-Man as Whistler (voice)
- The Magic School Bus as Mr. McClean (voice)
- Star Trek: Generations as Dr. Tolian Soran
- Milk Money as Waltzer
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die as Bernard Drake / Ian Morrissey
- Seasons of the Heart as Alfred McGuinness
1993
- Frasier as Dr. Bruga (voice)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self
- Bopha! as De Villiers
- East Wind as General Smyslovsky
- Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations as Self
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Arcady Duvall (voice)
- The Player as Malcolm McDowell
- Chain of Desire as Hubert Bailey
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Venins as Prof. Baldwin
- Assassin of the Tsar as Timofeyev / Yurovsky
1990
- Class of 1999 as Dr. Miles Langford
- Moon 44 as Major Lee
- Jezebel's Kiss as Benjamin J. Faberson
- Disturbed as Dr. Derrick Russell
- Schweitzer as Albert Schweitzer
- Maggio musicale as Pier Francesco Ferraioli
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Donald Longtooth
- Happily Ever After as Lord Maliss (voice)
- Buy & Cell as Warden Tennant
- Mortacci as Edmondo
- Il maestro as Walter Goldberg
1988
- Sunset as Alfie Alperin
- An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
1987
- The Dame Edna Experience as Self
- The Caller as The Caller
1986
- Monte Carlo as Christopher Quinn
1985
- Gulag as The Englishman
- Arthur the King as King Arthur
1983
- Blue Thunder as Cochrane
- Cross Creek as Max Perkins
- Get Crazy as Reggie Wanker
- Little Red Riding Hood as The Wolf a.k.a. Reginald Von Lupin / Narrator
1982
- Faerie Tale Theatre as Reginald Von Lupin / The Wolf / Narrator (voice)
- Cat People as Paul Gallier
- Britannia Hospital as Mick Travis
- The Compleat Beatles as Narrator
1981
- A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' as Self / Caligula
1980
- Look Back in Anger as Jimmy Porter
1979
- Caligula as Caligula
- Time After Time as H. G. Wells
- The Passage as Capt. Von Berkow
- Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip as Self
1978
- An Audience with... as Self
- She Fell Among Thieves as Richard Chandos
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Chandos
- Beryl Reid
1976
- Laurence Olivier Presents
- Voyage of the Damned as Max Gunter
- Aces High as Maj. John Gresham
- The Collection as Bill
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Royal Flash as Captain Harry Flashman / Prince Karl Magnus
1973
- O Lucky Man! as Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief
- O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment as Himself
1971
- Great Performances as Bill
- A Clockwork Orange as Alex
- Film '72 as Self
- The Raging Moon as Bruce Pritchard
1970
- Figures in a Landscape as Ansell
1968
- if.... as Mick Travis
1967
- Boy Meets Girl as Martin
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Happy