English actor Malcolm McDowell made his screen debut as Mick Travis in the 1968 satire If.... and came to international prominence three years later with his portrayal of Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971). His subsequent credits include The Raging Moon (1971), O Lucky Man! (1973), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Time After Time (1979), Caligula (1979), Cat People (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), The Caller (1987), Star Trek Generations (1994), Tank Girl (1995), Mr. Magoo (1997), Gangster No. 1 (2000), I Spy (2002), I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003), The Company (2003), Doomsday (2008), Easy A (2010), The Artist (2011), and Bombshell (2019). He also played Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake of Halloween and its sequel, Halloween II (2009).
Outside film, McDowell has appeared in recurring roles on Entourage (2005–2011) and Heroes (2006–2007), and had starring roles on Franklin & Bash (2011–2014) and Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018). He has played Patrick "Pop" Critch on the Canadian series Son of a Critch since 2022. He has also voiced characters in various animated shows, films and video games, such as Superman: The Animated Series (1996–1999), Metalocalypse (2007–2012), Bolt (2008), Fallout 3 (2008), The Elder Scrolls franchise (2014–2021), and Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2016).
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Poor Cow[1] | Billy | Scenes deleted |
| 1968 | If.... | Mick Travis | |
| 1970 | Figures in a Landscape | Ansell | |
| 1971 | The Raging Moon[1] | Bruce Pritchard | Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor |
| A Clockwork Orange[1] | Alex DeLarge | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor | |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Mick Travis, Plantation Thief | Also writer |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | Capt. Harry Flashman | |
| 1976 | Aces High | Gresham | |
| Voyage of the Damned[1] | Max Gunter | ||
| 1979 | The Passage[1] | Capt. Maxim Von Berkow | |
| Caligula[1] | Caligula | ||
| Time After Time[1] | H.G. Wells | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
| 1982 | Cat People | Paul Gallier | |
| Britannia Hospital | Mick Travis: The Media | ||
| The Compleat Beatles | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Col. F.E. Cochrane | |
| Cross Creek | Max Perkins | ||
| Get Crazy | Reggie Wanker | ||
| 1985 | Gulag | Gulag | |
| 1987 | The Caller[1] | The Caller | |
| 1988 | Buy & Cell | Warden Tennant | |
| Sunset[1] | Alfie Alperin | ||
| 1989 | Mortacci | Edmondo | |
| Happily Ever After | Lord Malice | Voice[2] | |
| 1990 | Il Maestro | Walter Goldberg | |
| Moon 44 | Major Lee | ||
| Class of 1999 | Miles Langford | ||
| Maggio musicale | Pier Francesco Ferraioli | ||
| In the Eye of the Snake | Professor Baldwin | ||
| Jezebel's Kiss[1] | Benjamin J. Faberson | ||
| Disturbed[1] | Derrek Russell | ||
| Schweitzer | Albert Schweitzer | ||
| 1991 | The Assassin of the Tsar[1] | Timofeyev, Yurovsky | |
| 1992 | The Player | Himself | Cameo |
| Chain of Desire[1] | Hubert Bailey | ||
| 1993 | Vent d'est | General Smyslovsky | |
| Night Train to Venice[1] | Stranger | ||
| Bopha! | De Villiers | ||
| 1994 | Cyborg 3: The Recycler[1] | Lord Talon | Direct-to-video |
| Milk Money | Waltzer | ||
| Star Trek Generations[1] | Tolian Soran | ||
| 1995 | The Surgeon | Dr. Stein | |
| Dangerous Indescretion[1] | Roger Everett | ||
| Tank Girl | Kesslee | ||
| Fist of the North Star | Ryuken | ||
| Kids of the Round Table[1] | Merlin | ||
| Sharks of the Red Triangle[1] | Narrator | Voice, documentary | |
| Fatal Pursuit[1] | Bechtel | ||
| 1996 | Where Truth Lies | Vernon Renquist | |
| Ringer | Noel | ||
| 1997 | 2103: The Deadly Wake | Captain Sean Murdoch | |
| Asylum | Sullivan Rane, Doc | ||
| Hugo Pool | Henry | ||
| Mr. Magoo | Austin Cloquet | ||
| 1998 | The Fairy King of Ar[1] | Ian | |
| The First 9½ Weeks[1] | Francois Dubois | Direct-to-video | |
| The Gardener | Ben Carter | ||
| 1999 | Southern Cross[1] | Felipe Solano | |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Malcolm Mead | ||
| Y2K[1] | General Seward | ||
| My Life So Far[1] | Uncle Morris MacIntosh | ||
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1[1] | Gangster 55 | |
| 2001 | Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures | Himself | Documentary |
| Just Visiting[1] | Wizard | ||
| The Void[1] | Thomas Abernathy | Direct-to-video | |
| 2002 | Between Strangers[1] | Alan Baxter | |
| I Spy[1] | Gundars | ||
| The Barber[1] | Dexter Miles | ||
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead[1] | Boad | |
| Tempo[1] | Walter Shrenger | ||
| Inhabited[1] | Phil Werner | Direct-to-video | |
| The Company[1] | Alberto Antonelli | ||
| Red Roses and Petrol[1] | Enda Doyle | Also associate producer | |
| 2004 | Pact with the Devil[1] | Henry | |
| Hidalgo[1] | Major Davenport | Uncredited | |
| Evilenko[1] | Andrej Romanovic Evilenko | ||
| Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius[1] | O.B. Keeler | ||
| Tempesta[1] | Paul Valenzin | ||
| In Good Company[1] | Teddy K – Globecom CEO | Uncredited | |
| Pinocchio 3000 | Scamboli | Voice[2] | |
| 2005 | Rag Tale[1] | Richard (The Chief) Morton | |
| Mirror Wars: Reflection One[1] | Murdock | ||
| Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone | Ogthar | Voice, direct-to-video[2] | |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Mr. Coleman | Short film |
| Cut Off[1] | James Burton | ||
| 2007 | The List[1] | Desmond Larochette | |
| Exitz | Percy | ||
| Never Apologize | Himself | Documentary; also writer and producer | |
| Halloween[1] | Samuel Loomis | ||
| 2008 | Doomsday[1] | Kane | |
| The Evening Journey | Captain Henry | Short film | |
| Blue Gold: World Water Wars[1] | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |
| Bolt | Dr. Calico | Voice[2] | |
| Delgo | Raius | Voice[2] | |
| The Secret Adventures of Mr. Grant | Subjectm Doctor | Uncredited | |
| 2009 | Halloween II[1] | Samuel Loomis | |
| Super Rhino | Dr. Calico | Voice Short film | |
| Suck[1] | Eddie Van Helsing | ||
| 2010 | The Book of Eli | Lombardi | Uncredited |
| Barry Munday | Mr. Farley | ||
| Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty | Voice, direct-to-video[2] | |
| Easy A[1] | Principal Gibbons | ||
| Pound of Flesh[1] | Noah Melville | ||
| DC Showcase: Green Arrow | Merlyn | Voice, short film[2][3] | |
| Golf in the Kingdom[1] | Julian Lange | ||
| Santiago Files | Narrator | Voice, documentary | |
| 2011 | L.A., I Hate You | Harold Weintraub | |
| The Artist[1] | The Butler | ||
| The Unleashed[1] | Narrator | ||
| Suing the Devil[1] | Satan | Also producer | |
| No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure | Mr. Bloome | Short film | |
| 2012 | Excision[1] | Mr. Cooper | |
| Antiviral[1] | Dr. Abendroth | ||
| A Green Story[1] | Barton | ||
| Vamps[1] | Vlad Tepish | ||
| Silent Hill: Revelation 3D[1] | Leonard | ||
| Silent Night[1] | Sheriff Cooper | ||
| 2013 | Richard the Lionheart[1] | King Henry II | |
| Sanitarium[1] | Dr. Stenson | ||
| The Employer[1] | The Employer | Also executive producer | |
| Meet the Small Potatoes | Lester Koop | Voice | |
| Zombex[1] | Dr. Soulis | ||
| 2014 | Tbilisi, I Love You[1] | Mr. M | |
| Mischief Night[1] | Mr. Smiles | ||
| Shock Value | Edmund Dean Huntley | ||
| Free Fall | Thaddeus Gault | ||
| Some Kind of Beautiful | Gordon | ||
| 2015 | Bereave | Garvey | Also executive producer |
| Lady Psycho Killer | Gerald Portersen | ||
| Dusha shpiona | Henry | ||
| Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness | Sly Baron | Voice, direct-to-video[2] | |
| Kids vs Monsters | Boss Monster | ||
| Oceanus: Act One | Triton (Ship's Computer) | Voice Short film | |
| Cowboys & Engines | Dr. Clay | Short film | |
| 2016 | The Black Hole | Mr. Simms | |
| 31 | Father Murder | Nominated—BloodGuts UK Horror Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 2017 | Mississippi Murder | McGowan | |
| Death Race 2050 | Chairman | Direct-to-video | |
| Walk of Fame | Evan Polus | ||
| Grow House | Dr. Doobie | ||
| American Satan | Mr. Capricorn | ||
| Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Lord Geer | Voice | |
| Culture of Fear | Evo | ||
| 2018 | Dreams I Never Had | Judge Messner | Also associate producer |
| Abnormal Attraction | Boogeyman | ||
| Corbin Nash | Blind Prophet | ||
| 2019 | Bombshell | Rupert Murdoch | Nominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2020 | The Big Ugly | Harris | Also executive producer |
| The Christmas Chronicles 2 | Hakan | Voice[2] | |
| Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove | Captain Lynch | ||
| Free Lunch Express | Narrator | ||
| 2021 | Blood on the Crown | Colonel Saville | |
| She Will | Hathbourne | ||
| A Wonderful Kingdom | Narrator | Voice, documentary | |
| Pups Alone | Oliver | Voice | |
| A Forbidden Orange (La naranja prohibida) | Narrator Self |
Documentary | |
| 2022 | Father Stu | Monsignor Kelly | |
| Moving On | Howard | ||
| The Walk | McLaughlin | ||
| 2023 | Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar | Vater Orlaag | Voice, direct-to-video |
| Et Tu | The Murderer | ||
| 2024 | Thelma | Harvey | |
| TBA | Trick and Treats | Trick | Voice; post-production |
| The Partisan | Post-production | ||
| The Panic | Stanford White | Post-production |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Dixon of Dock Green | Ronnie Patterson | Episode: "Zandra" |
| 1967 | Sat'day While Sunday | Frankie | 13 episodes |
| 1967 | The Newcomers | Ernie | 6 episodes |
| 1969 | The Wednesday Play | Happy | Episode: "Happy" |
| 1976 | Great Performances | Bill | Episode: "The Collection" |
| 1978 | She Fell Among Thieves | Richard Chandos | Television film |
| 1980 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | Television film |
| 1983 | Faerie Tale Theatre[1] | Reginald Von Lupin, The Wolf | Episode: "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| 1985 | Merlin and the Sword[1] | King Arthur | Television film |
| 1986 | Monte Carlo | Christopher Quinn | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt[1] | Donald Longtooth | Episode: "The Reluctant Vampire" |
| 1993–1995 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Zarm | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die[1] | Bernard Drake, Ian Morrissey | Television film |
| 1994 | Seasons of the Heart[1] | Alfred McGuinness | Television film |
| 1994 | Frasier[1] | Dr. Bruga | Voice, episode: "Give Him the Chair!"[2] |
| 1994 | Aladdin | Shaman | Voice, episode: "Raiders of the Lost Shark" |
| 1995 | Batman: The Animated Series | Arkady Duvall | Voice, episode: "Showdown"[2] |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century | Czar Nicholas II, Charles Stockwell, Stephen Graham | Voice, documentary |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Benny Barratt | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | Spider-Man | Abraham Whistler | Voice, 2 episodes[2] |
| 1996 | The Little Riders[1] | Capt. Kessel | Television film |
| 1996 | Yesterday's Target[1] | Holden | Television film |
| 1996 | Biker Mice from Mars | Dominic T. Stilton | Voice, episode: "Once Upon a Time on Mars: |
| 1996–1997 | Pearl | Professor Stephen Pynchon | 22 episodes |
| 1996 | Wing Commander Academy | Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn | Voice, 13 episodes |
| 1996–1997 | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | Rhesus 2 | Voice, 2 episodes[2] |
| 1996–1999 | Superman: The Animated Series | John Corben/Metallo | Voice, 6 episodes[2] |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Indra | Voice, episode: "Loyality" |
| 1997 | Lexx[1] | Yottskry | Episode "Giga Shadow" |
| 1997 | The Magic School Bus | Mr. McClean | Voice, episode: "Gets Programmed"[2] |
| 1998–1999 | Fantasy Island[1] | Mr. Roarke | 13 episodes |
| 1999 | Can of Worms | Barnabus | Voice, television film[2] |
| 1999 | The Outer Limits | Ship | Voice, episode: "The Human Operators" |
| 2000 | The David Cassidy Story[1] | Jack Cassidy | Television film |
| 2000 | St. Patrick: The Irish Legend[1] | Quentin | Television film |
| 2000 | Island of the Dead[1] | Rupert King | Television film |
| 2000 | South Park[1] | A British Person | Episode: "Pip" |
| 2001 | Princess of Thieves[1] | Sheriff of Nottingham | Television film |
| 2002 | Firestarter: Rekindled[1] | John Rainbird | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Night Visions[1] | Martin Hudson | Episode: "Patterns" |
| 2003–2004 | Teen Titans | Mad Mod | Voice, 2 episodes[2] |
| 2004 | ChalkZone | Barney the Encyclocentipedia | Voice, episode: "The Big Blow Up" |
| 2005–2011 | Entourage[1] | Terrance McQuewick | 11 episodes |
| 2005 | Justice League Unlimited | John Corben/Metallo | Voice, episode: "Chaos at the Earth's Core"[2] |
| 2005 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Baron Von Ghoulish | Voice, episode: "Billy and Mandy Save Christmas"[2] |
| 2006 | Monk[1] | Julian Hodge | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent[1] | Jonas Slaughter | Episode: "Proud Flesh" |
| 2006 | The Curse of King Tut's Tomb[1] | Nathan Cairns | Television film |
| 2006–2007 | Heroes[1] | Daniel Linderman | 10 episodes |
| 2007 | War and Peace | Prince Bolkonsky | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars | Orientation Instructor | Voice, television short |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction[1] | Tibor Cargrew | Episode: "Jerry Was a Man" |
| 2007 | Robot Chicken | 1776 Announcer, Reporter | Voice, episode: "Moesha Poppins" |
| 2007–2012 | Metalocalypse[1] | Vater Orlaag, News Anchor, Kloketteer | Voice, 37 episodes |
| 2008–2014 | Phineas and Ferb | Grandpa Reginald "Reg" Fletcher | Voice, 8 episodes[2] |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel[1] | Marc Bouchier | Television film |
| 2010–2012 | Hero Factory | Akiyama Makuhero | Voice, 4 episodes[2] |
| 2010–2012 | CSI: Miami[1] | Darren Vogel | 3 episodes |
| 2010–2013 | The Mentalist[1] | Bret Stiles | 5 episodes |
| 2011–2014 | Franklin & Bash[1] | Stanton Infeld | 40 episodes |
| 2011 | Psych[1] | Ambassador Fanshaw | Episode: "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader" |
| 2012 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Shirong | Voice, episode: "Father Crime"[2][4] |
| 2012 | The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | The Dark Knight | Voice, episode: "Sir Juice-A-Lot" |
| 2012 | Home Alone: The Holiday Heist[1] | Sinclair | Television film |
| 2012 | The Philadelphia Experiment[1] | Morton Salinger | Television film |
| 2013 | Community[1] | Professor Noel Cornwallis | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem | Vater Orlaag | Voice, television film |
| 2014–2018 | Mozart in the Jungle[1] | Thomas Pembridge | 34 episodes |
| 2015 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Lord Fathom | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Wallykazam! | Flouse | Voice, episode: "A Flouse in the House" |
| 2015–2016 | TripTank[1] | Priest, Cloud, Fart Philosopher | Voice, 4 episodes[2] |
| 2017 | Jeff & Some Aliens | Zib Zog, Grandfather | Voice, 3 episodes[2] |
| 2017–2018 | We Bare Bears[1] | Professor Lampwick | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Dawn of the Croods | Skermiggleflop | Voice, episode: "They Might Be Sky Giants"[2] |
| 2017 | Welcome to the Wayne | Furton Binklemurton | Voice, episode: "Beeping the Binklemobile" |
| 2018 | Star Wars Rebels | Minister Hydan | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Chicago Med[1] | Marvin Jaffrey | Episode: "On Shaky Ground" |
| 2020 | Teen Titans Go! | Baxtory | Voice, episode: "Mission to Find the Lost Stems"[2] |
| 2020 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Himself | Voice, episode: "A Run Cycle Through Time!" |
| 2020 | Truth Seekers[1] | Richard | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | Castlevania | Varney/Death | Voice, 7 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Gossip Girl[1] | Roger Menzies | 4 episodes |
| 2022–present | Son of a Critch[5][6] | Patrick "Pop" Critch | Nomination: Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series - 2022 |
| 2023 | Everybody Loves Diamonds | Gerald Khan | 3 episodes |
| TBA | Ark: The Animated Series | Senator Lucius Cassius Virilis | Voice[7] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | Adm. Geoffrey Tolwyn |
| 1996 | Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom | |
| Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh | Stuart Davenport | |
| 1997 | Star Trek Generations | Dr. Tolian Soran |
| 1999 | Superman | Metallo |
| 2002 | Superman: Shadow of Apokolips[2] | |
| 2004 | Champions of Norrath | Pelys |
| 2008 | Fallout 3 | Pres. John Henry Eden[2] |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising | EU Pres. Rupert Thornley |
| Wet | Rupert Pelham[2] | |
| Bolt | Dr. Calico | |
| 2010 | God of War III | Daedalus[2] |
| 2011 | Killzone 3 | Jorhan Stahl[2] |
| 2014 | The Elder Scrolls Online | Molag Bal |
| 2015 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited | |
| 2016 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Dr. Monty |
| 2017 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind | Molag Bal |
| 2018 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset | |
| 2019 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr | |
| 2020 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor | |
| 2021 | The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood |
Music videos
edit| Year | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "At the Bottom of Everything" | Bright Eyes |
| 2009 | "Snuff"[8] | Slipknot |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Henry V | Unknown | Aldwych Theatre |
| The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew | Peasant | ||
| 1966 | Henry IV, Part 2 | Duke of Clarence | Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
| Henry IV, Part 1 | Unknown | ||
| Hamlet | Messenger 2 | ||
| Henry V | Duke of Clarence | ||
| 1968 | Twelfth Night | Sebastian | Royal Court Theatre |
| 1975 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Mr. Sloane | Royal Court Theatre Duke of York's Theatre |
| 1980 | Look Back in Anger | Jimmy Porter | 23rd Street Theater |
| 1984 | In Celebration | Andrew Shaw | New York City Center |
| 1987 | Holiday | Johnny Case | The Old Vic |
| 1987 | Hunting Cockroaches | Janek | Mark Taper Forum |
| 1993 | Another Time | Ike Lands, Leonard Lands | American Jewish Theater |
References
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- ^ Del Rosario, Alexandra (11 December 2020). "'Ark: The Animated Series': Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh & Elliot Page Among Voice Cast Members In New Video Game-Inspired Show".
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