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
Last Train to Fortune as Cecil Peachtree
Robot Dracula as Robot Dracula
Ever After as The Frog King (voice)

2025

The Partisan as Trench coat
A Natural Selection as Duncan Carlysle
Trick and Treats as Trick (Voice)
Et Tu as The Janitor
Wizardream as The Wizard Mangodor

2024

ARK: The Animated Series as Senator Lucius Casius Virilis (voice)
Thelma as Harvey
Cellphone

2023

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar as Vader Orlag (voice)
Moving On as Howard

2022

Son of a Critch as Pop
Father Stu as Monsignor Kelly
She Will as Hathbourne
The Walk as McLaughlin

2021

Gossip Girl as Roger Menzies
Pups Alone as Oliver (voice)
Blood on the Crown as Colonel Saville
A Forbidden Orange as Narrator (voice) / Alex DeLarge
Dreaming of Stars: An ASMR Feature Film as Self (voice)
A Wonderful Kingdom as Narrator

2020

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two as Hakan
Truth Seekers as Richard
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time as Self
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove as Captain Lynch
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
The Big Ugly as Harris
Free Lunch Express as Narrator

2019

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Malcolm McDowell (voice)
Bombshell as Rupert Murdoch

2018

Dreams I Never Had as Judge Messner
Corbin Nash as Blind Prophet
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
Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Lord Geer (voice)
Heroes Manufactured as Self (archive footage)
Grow House as Dr. Doobie
Mississippi Murder as McGowen
Conspiracy of Fear as Evo

2016

Legends of Cinema as Self (archive footage)
31 as Father Murder
The Search for Life in Space as Narrator
Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti as Himself

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)
Kids vs Monsters as Boss Monster
Lady Psycho Killer as Gerald Portersen
The Black Hole as Mr. Simms
Oceanus: Act One as Triton (Ship's Computer)
Bereave as Garvey
The Soul of a Spy
Cowboys & Engines as Dr. Clay

2014

Star Wars Rebels as Minister Hydan (voice)
Mozart in the Jungle as Thomas Pembridge
Some Kind of Beautiful as Gordon
The One I Love ... (Thanks)
Mischief Night as Mr. Smiles
Free Fall as Thaddeus Gault
Tbilisi, I Love You as Mr. M
Kubrick Remembered as Self
Elwood as Narrator (voice)
Shock Value as Edmund Dean Huntley

2010

The Book of Eli as Lombardi
Easy A as Principal Gibbons
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes as Professor Moriarity (voice)
DC Showcase: Green Arrow as Merlyn the Magnificent (voice)
DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection as Merlyn the Magnificent (segment "Green Arrow") (voice)
Barry Munday as Mr. Farley
LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies as Mr. Makuro (voice)
The Making of Easy A as Self
What If Cannabis Cured Cancer as himself
The Invocation as Self
Monster Butler as Roy Fontaine

2009

Community as Professor Cornwallis
Halloween II as Dr. Samuel Loomis
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
Super Rhino as Dr. Calico (voice)
Suck as Eddie Van Helsing
Behind The Scenes of Caligula

2008

The Mentalist as Bret Stiles
Bolt as Dr. Calico (voice)
Doomsday as Dr. Marcus Kane
Delgo as Raius (voice)
Coco Chanel as Marc Bouchier
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' as Self
The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files as Self
Blue Gold: World Water Wars as Narrator

2007

Phineas and Ferb
Halloween as Dr. Samuel Loomis
Masters of Science Fiction as Tibor Cargrew
British Film Forever
War and Peace as Prince Bolkonski
Robot Chicken: Star Wars as Orientation Instructor (voice)
The List as Desmond Larochette
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick as Self - Narrator (voice)
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner as Self - Archive Footage
Exitz as Percy
Never Apologize as Self

2006

Heroes as Daniel Linderman
Psych as Ambassador Fanshaw
Metalocalypse as Vater Orlaag (voice)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Nathan Cairns
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Nathan Cairns
Cut Off as James Burton
Bye Bye Benjamin as Mr. Coleman
O Lucky Malcolm! as Self

2005

Robot Chicken as 1776 announcer/reporter
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas as Baron Von Ghoulish (voice)
Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone as Ogthar (voice)
Mirror Wars: Reflection One as Dick Murdoch
Rag Tale as Richard Morton
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)
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as O.B. Keeler
Pinocchio 3000 as Scamboli (voice)
Evilenko as Andrej 'Romanovic' Evilenko
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? as Self
Tempesta as Paul Valenzin
Cast & Crew: If.... as Self - Interviewee

2003

Teen Titans as Mad Mod (voice)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead as Boad
The Company as Alberto Antonelli
Red Roses and Petrol as Enda Doyle
Tempo as Shrenger
Dorian as Henry
Inhabited as Dr. Werner

2002

CSI: Miami as Darren Vogel
Monk as Julian Hodge
ChalkZone as Barney the Encyclocentipedia (voice)
I Spy as Gundars
Firestarter: Rekindled as John Rainbird
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
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film as Self
Princess of Thieves as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Void as Dr. Thomas Abernathy

2000

Gangster No. 1 as Gangster 55
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend as Quentin
Island of the Dead as Rupert King
Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' as Self
The David Cassidy Story as Jack Cassidy

1999

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self - Guest
SpongeBob SquarePants as Percival Rockhound (voice)
My Life So Far as Uncle Morris MacIntosh
Can of Worms as Barnabus (voice)
Y2K as Seward
Southern Cross as Felipe Solano
Love Lies Bleeding as Malcolm Mead
Stanley and Us as Self
Sharks of the Deep Blue as Narrator

1998

Fantasy Island as Mr. Roarke
The First 9½ Weeks as Francois Dubois
The Fairy King as Ian
The Gardener as Ben Carter
Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy as Narrator (voice)
Day of the Full Moon

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
Asylum as Sullivan Rane / Doc
Giga Shadow as Yottskry

1996

Superman: The Animated Series as John Corben (voice)
Our Friends in the North as Benny Barratt
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Rhesus 2 (voice)
Pearl as Professor Stephen Pynchon
Wing Commander Academy
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)
Yesterday's Target as Holden
Night Train to Venice as Stranger
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man as Self
Where Truth Lies as Dr. Vernon Renquist
Ringer as Noel
The Little Riders as Capt. Kessel

1995

The Outer Limits as Ship (voice)
Tank Girl as Kesslee
Fist of the North Star as Ryuken
Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Lord Talon
Dangerous Indiscretion as Roger Everett
The Surgeon as Dr. Stein
Kids of the Round Table as Merlin
Fatal Pursuit as Bechtel

1994

Spider-Man as Whistler (voice)
Aladdin as Shaman (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
The Jon Stewart Show as Self - Guest
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations as Self
Bopha! as De Villiers
East Wind as General Smyslovsky

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
Maggio musicale as Pier Francesco Ferraioli
Schweitzer as Albert Schweitzer

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

Arthur the King as King Arthur
Gulag as The Englishman

1983

Blue Thunder as Cochrane
Cross Creek as Max Perkins
Little Red Riding Hood as The Wolf a.k.a. Reginald Von Lupin / Narrator
Get Crazy as Reggie Wanker

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
Film '72 as Self
A Clockwork Orange as Alex
The Raging Moon as Bruce Pritchard

1970

Figures in a Landscape as Ansell

1968

if.... as Mick Travis

1967

Boy Meets Girl as Martin
Sat'day While Sunday as Frankie

1965

Knock on Any Door as Gordon Isaacs

1964

The Wednesday Play as Happy