Malcolm McDowell

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Malcolm McDowell
McDowell in 2011
Born
Malcolm John Taylor

(1943-06-13) 13 June 1943 (age 80)
Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1964–present
WorksFull list
Spouses
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    (m. 1975; div. 1980)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1980; div. 1990)​
  • Kelley Kuhr
    ​
    (m. 1991)​
Children5, including Charlie McDowell
RelativesAlexander Siddig (nephew)
Lily Collins (daughter-in-law)

Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; 13 June 1943)[1][2] is an English actor. He is known for portraying Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange (1971), and as the central character in Lindsay Anderson's Mick Travis trilogy: if.... (1968), O Lucky Man! (1973), and Britannia Hospital (1982). It was his performance as a rebel schoolboy in if.... that prompted Stanley Kubrick to cast him in A Clockwork Orange.

Other notable film credits include The Raging Moon (1971), 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), Evilenko (2004), 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 appeared as

She Fell Among Thieves. He had recurring roles on Entourage (2005–2011) and Heroes (2006–2007), starring roles on Franklin & Bash (2011–2014) and Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018), and 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, 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
.

McDowell is the recipient of an Evening Standard British Film Award, alongside nominations for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.[3]

Early life

McDowell was born Malcolm John Taylor on 13 June 1943 in

Burscough, Lancashire.[7] He 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 (LAMDA).[8]

Career

Acting

McDowell in Voyage of the Damned (1976)

McDowell initially secured work as an extra with the

Golden Globe, a National Society of Film Critics Award, and a New York Film Critics Circle
Award as Best Actor.

He worked with Anderson again for

Channel 5".[11]

McDowell appeared in the action film

Captain Kirk", appearing in the film Star Trek Generations (1994) in which he played the mad scientist Dr. Tolian Soran, and several overzealous Star Trek fans even issued death threats for this.[12] McDowell appeared in several computer games, most notably as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn in the Wing Commander series of computer games. His appearance in Wing Commander III marked the series transition from 2D pre-rendered cutscenes to live-action cutscenes. His appearance in Wing Commander IV
was during the final days of video game live action cutscenes.

McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)

In 1995, he co-starred with actress and artist Lori Petty in the science fiction/action comedy film Tank Girl. Here, he played the villain Dr. Kesslee, the evil director of the global Water and Power Company, whose main goal in the story was to control the planet's entire water supply on a future desert-like, post-apocalyptic Earth.

McDowell appeared

Masterpiece Theatre, and its ex-host, Alistair Cooke.[13]

McDowell played himself in

Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. His character was based on real-life director Gerald Arpino. McDowell had a brief but memorable role as the psychopathic Gangster in the British crime film Gangster No. 1 (2000). In the film I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003), he played a straight married man who rapes a young drug dealer to "teach him a lesson". The film also starred Clive Owen
as the victim's elder brother.

McDowell at the 2006 Traverse City Film Festival

In 2006, McDowell portrayed radio mogul Jonas Slaughter on

Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show". Never Apologize is a 2007 documentary film of Malcolm McDowell's one-man show about his experiences working with film director Lindsay Anderson.[15][16]

McDowell appeared as Dr. Samuel Loomis in Rob Zombie's remakes of Halloween and Halloween II (in 2007 and 2009, respectively).[17] Although the films were not well received critically, they performed better at the box office and McDowell was widely praised.[18][19] He also played Desmond LaRochette in Robert Whitlow's The List (2007), and Irish patriarch Enda Doyle in Red Roses and Petrol (2003).[20] His next film was the Canadian vampire comedy rock and roll film Suck (2009) with actor/director Rob Stefaniuk and the Alex Wright film Two Wolves.[21] In December 2009, he made an appearance in the music video "Snuff" by the heavy metal band Slipknot.[22] He appears, uncredited, as the curator Lombardi, in the film The Book of Eli (2010). McDowell portrayed Satan in the Christian comedy thriller film Suing the Devil (2011).[23]

In 2011, McDowell was cast in the role of Stanton Infeld on the

British pub on Hollywood Boulevard. His fellow British actor Gary Oldman was in attendance and paid tribute to McDowell for inspiring him to become an actor.[7]

In 2013, he appeared as the title character in the psychological thriller

King Henry II of England in the film Richard the Lionheart, with Gregory Chandler as the title character. He portrayed Father Murder in the 2016 Rob Zombie film 31.[25][26] McDowell also played Boogeyman in Abnormal Attraction (2018) co-starring Gilbert Gottfried, Bruce Davison, Tyler Mane and Leslie Easterbrook.[27]

Voice acting

McDowell in 2016

McDowell was the featured narrator in the documentary

Vater Orlaag and other characters. McDowell also voiced Dr. Calico in Disney's Bolt (2008) and the henchman Reeses II in the animated series Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, a show laced with references to many films, including his own role in A Clockwork Orange.[citation needed
]

In 2006–07, he contributed spoken word to two Pink Floyd tribute albums produced by Billy Sherwood: Back Against the Wall and Return to the Dark Side of the Moon. He has also provided voice-over work for Borgore on his album #NEWGOREORDER (2014). In 2008, McDowell began a recurring role as Grandpa Fletcher on Phineas and Ferb. He also narrated the award-winning documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars.[citation needed]

McDowell reprised his role of Metallo in the video game

WET, Solomon in the Word of Promise Audio Bible, and the CEO of Stahl Arms in Killzone 3, Jorhan Stahl.[28] He also voiced Daedalus in God of War III. He is the voice for the primary antagonist Molag Bal in the MMO The Elder Scrolls Online. He is also the voice of Dr. Monty in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.[citation needed
]

McDowell portrayed

RSV-CE
translation.

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. Each month, a new episode is available for download, and scripts, as used by McDowell and the supporting actors, are also available at the Fangoria website.[29]

In 2020, he interpreted

National Roman Museum.[30]

Personal life

McDowell met actress and publicist Margot Bennett in March 1969,[31] and they married in April 1975. The couple divorced in September 1980.[32] He met actress Mary Steenburgen in 1978 while filming Time After Time, and they married in September 1980. They had two children together, Lilly (born 1981) and filmmaker Charlie McDowell (born 1983). The couple divorced in 1990.[32] He and his third wife, Kelley Kuhr, had three sons in the 2000s, with the youngest born in 2009.[33]

McDowell became a fan of Liverpool F.C. after moving to Liverpool as a child, spending much of his childhood at Anfield, and continues to support the team.[34][35]

List of performances

Main article: List of Malcolm McDowell performances

References

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  2. ^ "Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 11-17". The Independent. Associated Press. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ "British Actor Malcom McDowell Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame". Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Malcolm McDowell profile at". Filmreference.com. 13 June 1943. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. ^ MacKenzie, Suzie (24 April 2004). "What if". The Guardian. London.
  6. ^ "2005 Philadelphia Film Festival – Artistic Achievement Award – Malcolm McDowell". 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^
    Huffington Post
    . 17 March 2012.
  8. ^ "One on One with Malcolm McDowell". HoboTrashcan. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  9. ^ British Film Institute – Top 100 British Films (1999). Retrieved 27 August 2016
  10. ^ "Malcolm McDowell on Linderman and Dr. Loomis". CraveOnline. 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 10 October 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  11. ^ [Roger Lewis, Anthony Burgess: A Life, published 2002]
  12. ^ "Malcolm McDowell Killed Kirk... But Hated It, Part II". Star Trek. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  13. ^ Reesman, Bryan (3 June 2011). "Malcolm McDowell: Ultraviolent Past, Satanic Future". Attention Deficit Delirium. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  14. ^ Zap2It.com (4 August 2006). "Cast Set for 'Masters of Sci Fi'". Zap2it.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (14 August 2008). "An Actor's Playful Tribute to a Dissident Director". The New York Times.
  16. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2 November 2007). "Never Apologise: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  17. ^ TRINITY OF TERRORS Guest Profile: Malcolm McDowell Archived 14 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Turner, Matthew (28 September 2007). "Halloween review". The View London. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  19. ^ Newman, Kim (4 October 2007). "Halloween Review". Empire. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Red Roses and Petrol". Redrosesandpetrol.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  21. ^ "Malcom McDowell Scores Starring Role in 'Two Wolves'". Bloody Disgusting. 26 October 2009.
  22. ^ "AOL.com Video – Housewife of NYC Jill Zarin Offends Southern Ladies". Video.aol.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  23. ^ "Funny 'Devil': Malcolm McDowell Talks Playing the Dark One in New Film". Bloody Disgusting. 28 June 2010.
  24. ^ "List of 2013 Los Angeles Movie Award Winners". Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  25. ^ "Rob Zombie's '31′ Begins Filming With…Malcolm McDowell". 10 March 2015.
  26. ^ "Malcolm McDowell Joins Rob Zombie's 31". 10 March 2015.
  27. ^ "Abnormal Attraction (2018) – IMDb". IMDb.
  28. ^ "Malcolm McDowell to play the scheming Stahl Arms CEO". 6 January 2011.
  29. ^ Fangoria's Dreadtime Stories, Vols. 1 and 2 by Malcolm McDowell – Ebook. Retrieved 1 January 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  30. ^ "Malcolm McDowell reads Canti di Pietra – Incipit Tragoedia by Gabriele Tinti". Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Italy). 24 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  31. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  32. ^ a b "Malcolm in middle age". Evening Standard. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  33. ^ "Evil villain, murderous thug and family man". Los Angeles Times. 29 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  34. ^ "Malcolm McDowell – Maxim Interview". Maxim. Retrieved 9 January 2013
  35. ^ "Never Apologize – An interview with Malcolm McDowell" Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Movie Mail. Retrieved 9 January 2013

Interviews

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