1. Malcolm McDowell was born on Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943 and is an English actor.
53 Facts About Malcolm McDowell
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Malcolm McDowell first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's if.
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Malcolm McDowell played Dr Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake of Halloween and its sequel, Halloween II.
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On television, Malcolm McDowell appeared as Dornford Yates's gentleman hero Richard Chandos in the 1978 BBC adaptation of She Fell Among Thieves.
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Malcolm McDowell has voiced characters in various animated shows, films and video games, including Metallo on Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited, Vater Orlaag in Metalocalypse, Dr Calico in Bolt, President Eden in Fallout 3, Molag Bal in The Elder Scrolls Online, and Dr Monty in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
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Malcolm McDowell is the recipient of an Evening Standard British Film Award, alongside nominations for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
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Malcolm McDowell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.
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Malcolm McDowell has an older sister named Gloria and a younger sister named Judy.
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Gloria later had a son, actor Alexander Siddig, alongside whom Malcolm McDowell would appear in the film Doomsday.
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The family moved to Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, where Malcolm McDowell's father was stationed at the nearby RAF Carnaby.
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Malcolm McDowell began taking acting classes while in school, later moving to London in order to train as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Malcolm McDowell initially secured work as an extra with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Malcolm McDowell made his film debut as school rebel Mick Travis in if.
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Malcolm McDowell gained massive acclaim for his performance as Alex DeLarge, a young, antisocial hoodlum who undergoes brainwashing by the British government in a near future society.
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Malcolm McDowell was nominated for a Golden Globe, a National Society of Film Critics Award, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award as Best Actor.
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Malcolm McDowell regularly appeared on British television productions in the 1970s in adaptations of theatre classics, one example being with Laurence Olivier in The Collection, as part of the series Laurence Olivier Presents.
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Malcolm McDowell starred in Aces High and co-starred in Voyage of the Damned, and as Dornford Yates' gentleman hero Richard Chandos in She Fell Among Thieves and the title character in Caligula.
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Malcolm McDowell made his Hollywood debut as H G Wells in Time After Time.
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Malcolm McDowell has often portrayed antagonists, later remarking on his career playing film villains: "I suppose I'm primarily known for that but in fact, that would only be half of my career if I was to top it all up".
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Also in 1983, Malcolm McDowell starred as the Wolf in Faerie Tale Theatres rendition of "Little Red Riding Hood".
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Malcolm McDowell appeared in several computer games, most notably as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn in the Wing Commander series of computer games.
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Malcolm McDowell appeared in a 2000 episode of the animated series South Park, which was a comedic retelling of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations.
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Malcolm McDowell played himself in Robert Altman's The Player, in which he chastises protagonist Griffin Mill for badmouthing him behind his back.
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Malcolm McDowell's character was based on real-life director Gerald Arpino.
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Malcolm McDowell had a brief but memorable role as the psychopathic Gangster in the British crime film Gangster No 1.
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Malcolm McDowell starred in Jerry Was a Man, which appeared as an episode of Masters of Science Fiction on Sky.
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Malcolm McDowell portrayed Terrence McQuewick on Entourage, and he made a special guest appearance as the icy fashion designer Julian Hodge in the Monk season 4 episode, "Mr Monk Goes to a Fashion Show".
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Never Apologize is a 2007 documentary film of Malcolm McDowell's one-man show about his experiences working with film director Lindsay Anderson.
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Malcolm McDowell appeared as Dr Samuel Loomis in Rob Zombie's remakes of Halloween and Halloween II.
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Malcolm McDowell played Desmond LaRochette in Robert Whitlow's The List, and Irish patriarch Enda Doyle in Red Roses and Petrol.
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Malcolm McDowell appears, uncredited, as the curator Lombardi, in the film The Book of Eli.
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Malcolm McDowell portrayed Satan in the Christian comedy thriller film Suing the Devil.
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In 2012, Malcolm McDowell appeared in the horror films Vamps and Silent Hill: Revelation.
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Malcolm McDowell portrayed Father Murder in the 2016 Rob Zombie film 31.
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Malcolm McDowell played Boogeyman in Abnormal Attraction co-starring Gilbert Gottfried, Bruce Davison, Tyler Mane and Leslie Easterbrook.
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Since 2022, Malcolm McDowell has played the grandfather of the protagonist in the Canadian TV series Son of a Critch.
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Malcolm McDowell was the featured narrator in the documentary The Compleat Beatles, released in 1982.
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Malcolm McDowell voiced Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After, Zarm in the cartoon Captain Planet and the Planeteers, the Superman villain Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series, Mad Mod on Teen Titans, Merlyn in DC Showcase: Green Arrow, Arkady Duvall on Batman: The Animated Series and as the voice of a Death Star commander on a Robot Chicken episode parodying Star Wars.
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Malcolm McDowell is a regular on the second season of the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse as Vater Orlaag and other characters.
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In 2008, Malcolm McDowell began a recurring role as Grandpa Fletcher on Phineas and Ferb.
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Malcolm McDowell narrated the award-winning documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars.
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Malcolm McDowell reprised his role of Metallo in the video game Superman: Shadow of Apokolips and an episode of Justice League Unlimited.
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Malcolm McDowell provided his voice for the character President John Henry Eden in the video game Fallout 3, Rupert Pelham in the game WET, Solomon in the Word of Promise Audio Bible, and the CEO of Stahl Arms in Killzone 3, Jorhan Stahl.
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Malcolm McDowell is the voice for the primary antagonist Molag Bal in the MMO The Elder Scrolls Online.
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Malcolm McDowell is the voice of Dr Monty in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
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Malcolm McDowell is the host of Fangoria's Dreadtime Stories, a monthly series of radio dramas with a mystery, horror, science fiction and dark humour theme.
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Malcolm McDowell provided the voice for Triton in the 2015 science-fiction short film, Oceanus: Act One.
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Malcolm McDowell guest-starred in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Pet the Rock" as Pervical.
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Malcolm McDowell refused the degree of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1984 and to be a Knight Bachelor in 1995.
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Malcolm McDowell met actress and publicist Margot Bennett in March 1969, and they married in April 1975.
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Malcolm McDowell met actress Mary Steenburgen in 1978 while filming Time After Time, and they married in September 1980.
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Malcolm McDowell and his third wife, Kelley Kuhr, had three sons in the 2000s, with the youngest born in 2009.
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Malcolm McDowell became a fan of Liverpool FC after moving to Liverpool as a child; he spent much of his childhood at Anfield.