Malcolm McDowell is an English actor who has starred in A Clockwork Orange, Time After Time and Caligula. He recently starred in the remake of the film Halloween and Doomsday.
Early Career
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, in the middle of the Second World War, McDowell worked in a pub owned by his parents during his youth, and began acting in the theatre before landing his first film role in the 1968 film If.... Director Stanley Kubrick saw McDowell's performance in If... and decided to cast him as the infamous sociopath Alex de Large in the 1971 adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange. McDowell has often been typecast as a villain, primarily as a result of his early successes in A Clockwork Orange and as the depraved title character in Caligula.
Recent Work
McDowell's easily recognizable English accent is highly sought after for voiceover work, and he has voiced characters in South Park and in Superman: The Animated Series. In the film Star Trek Generations, McDowell played the scientist Dr. Tolian Soran who kills Captain Kirk.
Fast Facts:
- Born: June 13, 1943
- Spouse (1): Margot Bennett, 1975-1980
- Spouse (2): Mary Steenburgen, 1981-1990
- Spouse (3): Kelley Kuhr, 1991 to present
- Children: 4; Lily (born 1981), Charles (born 1983), Beckett (born 2004), and Finn
- Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire
- Birth name: Malcolm John Taylor
- No relation to Roddy McDowall
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Malcolm McDowell Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1943: Born on June 13
1971: A Clockwork Orange - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1979: CaligolaIMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1979: Time After Time - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1983: Blue Thunder - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1997: Star Trek: Generations - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1998-99: Fantasy Island - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2006-?: Heroes - IMDb Listing
2007: Halloween - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2007: The List - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2008: Doomsday - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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