1. Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961 and is a Welsh character actor having appeared in many films, including Robin Hood, The Hawk, King Arthur, The Last Legion, Tolkien, and Dream Horse.
17 Facts About Owen Teale
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In 1997, Owen Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
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Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and Louise Teale.
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Owen Teale attended Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill; he was suspended from the school for disciplinary offences, and credits one of the teachers Mr Davis, with awakening his interest in acting.
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In 1997, Owen Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
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In 1984, Owen Teale made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys a film about the Falklands War.
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Owen Teale later appeared in Knights of God, Great Expectations, The Fifteen Streets and Boon before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 film Robin Hood.
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Owen Teale went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel, The Thin Blue Line and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law.
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Owen Teale later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev.
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Owen Teale played the infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler in Conspiracy.
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Owen Teale did voice over narration for "Tales from the Green Valley", one of several farm series he has done for the BBC.
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Owen Teale reprised this role in Season 4, Season 5, and Season 6.
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Owen Teale played Chief Constable Osborne in the BBC police drama Line of Duty.
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In 2023, Owen Teale starred as Lars Hutton, causing problems on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig in The Rig, in a cast that included Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, Mark Addy, and Martin Compston.
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Owen Teale has worked as a voiceover artist for television advertisements.
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In 1986, Owen Teale married actress Dilys Watling, with whom he has a son, Ion.
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Owen Teale won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Torvald opposite Janet McTeer in Ibsen's A Doll's House.