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Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Highest Rated: 100% Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023)

Lowest Rated: 0% Free Lunch Express (2020)

Birthday: Jun 13, 1943

Birthplace: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Of his four decades on screen, Malcolm McDowell's most notorious performance was inarguably that of the twisted, disturbingly jubilant sociopath at the center of Stanley Kubrick's surreal satire, "A Clockwork Orange" (1971). When the popularity of pointed, edgy British filmmaking faded, the young spokesman of a generation was unconcerned with parlaying his acclaim into mainstream movie stardom. McDowell's habit of fielding offers both good and bad led him to rival only countryman Michael Caine in sheer amount of screen time. His "Clockwork" breakout led to career-long castings as bad guys in many lesser artistic achievements, ranging from John Badham's actioner "Blue Thunder" (1983) to a high profile role as "the man who killed Captain Kirk" in "Star Trek: Generations" (1994). With his low voice and early head of snow white hair, McDowell was cast as professors, military men, doctors, and megalomaniacs, generally favoring offbeat projects like Paul Schrader's unsettling "Cat People" (1982) and the post-apocalyptic "Tank Girl" (1995). With the exception of his leading role in the rock-n-roll comedy "Get Crazy" (1983) and a hilarious run on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Pearl" (1996-97), McDowell was underappreciated for his sharp comic skills, and into his senior years the actor's high profile roles in Rob Zombie's "Halloween" films (2007, 2009) and a stint as a manipulative Hollywood player on the HBO drama "Entourage" (HBO, 2004-11) ensured that a new generation of audiences also came also to associate him with the villainous and sinister.

Highest rated movies

98% 83% Thelma 95% 87% The Artist
90% 87% If...
88% 71% Time After Time
86% 33% Roger Corman's Death Race 2050
86% 61% Excision
86% 93% A Clockwork Orange
85% 51% She Will

Filmography

Movies

Credit
98% 83% Thelma Harvey (Character) $9.0M 2024
66% No Score Yet Caligula: The Ultimate Cut Caligula (Character) - 2023
No Score Yet 40% Cellphone Bob (Character) - 2023
100% 84% Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar Vater Orlaag (Voice) - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Metalocalypse: The Army of the Doomstar Vader Orlag (Voice) - 2023
75% 70% Moving On Howard (Character) $2.1M 2022
27% 58% The Walk McLaughlin (Character) - 2022
85% 51% She Will Unknown (Character) - 2021
No Score Yet 38% A Forbidden Orange Unknown (Voice) - 2021
No Score Yet 42% Pups Alone Oliver (Voice) - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Wonderful Kingdom Narrator - 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blood on the Crown Colonel Saville (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 79% Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove Captain Lynch (Character) - 2020
0% 40% Free Lunch Express Narrator (Character) - 2020
41% 80% The Big Ugly Harris (Character),
Executive Producer
$502.4K 2020
68% 84% Bombshell Rupert Murdoch (Character) $31.7M 2019
No Score Yet 82% Abnormal Attraction Boogeyman (Character) - 2018
20% 54% Corbin Nash Blind Prophet (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dreams I Never Had Judge Messner (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 71% Yamasong: March of the Hollows Lord Geer (Voice) - 2017
78% 79% American Satan Mr. Capricorn (Character) $226.2K 2017
No Score Yet 72% Grow House Dr. Doobie (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 35% Walk of Fame Evan Polus (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mississippi Murder McGowen (Character) - 2017
86% 33% Roger Corman's Death Race 2050 Chairman (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Search for Life in Space Narrator - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Because I'm a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti Self - 2016
47% 36% 31 Father Murder (Character) $779.8K 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bereave Garvey (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul of the Spy Henry (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 38% Lady Psycho Killer Gerald (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 43% Kids vs Monsters Boss Monster (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mind's Eye Mr. Simms (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 69% Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness Sly Baron (Voice) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tbilisi, I Love You Mr. M (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death for Hire Harold Weintraub (Character) - 2014
6% 30% Some Kind of Beautiful Gordon (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 15% Free Fall Thaddeus Gault (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 26% Mischief Night Mr. Smiles (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 16% Zombex Dr. Soulis (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 60% Shock Value Edmund Dean Huntley (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 0% Richard: The Lionheart King Henry II (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 35% The Employer The Employer (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 75% Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi) Unknown (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Santiago Files Narrator - 2012
No Score Yet 26% Home Alone: The Holiday Heist Sinclair (Character) - 2012
66% 40% Antiviral Dr. Abendroth (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 17% The Philadelphia Experiment Morton Salinger (Character) - 2012
17% 60% A Green Story Barton (Character) $12.5K 2012
58% 32% Silent Night Sheriff Cooper (Character) $9.7K 2012
58% 35% Vamps Vlad (Character) - 2012
8% 35% Silent Hill: Revelation Leonard Wolf (Character) $17.5M 2012
86% 61% Excision Mr. Cooper (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vamps: Official Trailer Unknown (Character),
Director,
Writer
- 2012
No Score Yet 36% The Unleashed Narrator - 2011
95% 87% The Artist The Butler (Character) $44.7M 2011
No Score Yet 39% Suing the Devil Satan (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Invocation Self - 2010
No Score Yet 37% Golf in the Kingdom Julian Lange (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pound of Flesh Noah Melville (Character) - 2010
47% 37% Barry Munday Mr. Farley (Character) - 2010
85% 77% Easy A Principal Gibbons (Character) $58.4M 2010
No Score Yet 59% Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes Professor Moriarity (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet 100% What If Cannabis Cured Cancer? Kurt Cannibus (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 68% LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 75% DC Showcase: Green Arrow Merlyn the Magnificent (Voice) - 2010
No Score Yet 52% Super Rhino Dr. Calico (Voice) - 2009
50% 53% Suck Eddie Van Helsing (Character) - 2009
25% 44% Halloween II Dr. Samuel Loomis (Character) $33.4M 2009
No Score Yet 66% Coco Chanel Unknown (Character) - 2008
No Score Yet 85% Blue Gold: World Water Wars Narrator - 2008
12% 26% Delgo Raius (Voice) $511.9K 2008
90% 74% Bolt Dr. Calico (Voice) $114.1M 2008
50% 44% Doomsday Kane (Character) $11.0M 2008
67% 58% Never Apologize Unknown (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 25% The List Desmond Larochette (Character) $132.9K 2007
28% 59% Halloween Dr. Sam Loomis (Character) $58.3M 2007
No Score Yet 9% Cut Off James Burton (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Curse of King Tut's Tomb Nathan Cairns (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rag Tale Richard Morton (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 32% Mirror Wars: Reflection One Murdock (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 36% Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone Ogthar (Voice) - 2005
29% 43% Rag Tale Unknown (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 48% Evilenko Andrej Romanovic Evilenko (Character) - 2004
27% 62% Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius O. B. Keeler (Character) $2.7M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tempesta Paul Valenzin (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 28% P3K: Pinocchio 3000 Scamboli (Voice) - 2004
7% 67% Red Roses and Petrol Unknown (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 14% Tempo Walter Shrenger (Character) - 2003
45% 35% I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Boad (Character) $358.8K 2003
72% 49% The Company Alberto Antonell (Character) $2.3M 2003
No Score Yet 22% Inhabited Dr. Werner (Character) - 2003
25% 46% Between Strangers Alan (Character) - 2002
15% 33% I Spy Arnold Gundars (Character) $33.1M 2002
No Score Yet 38% Firestarter 2: Rekindled Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Realm Martin Hudson (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 21% Dorian Henry (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 54% Princess of Thieves Sheriff of Nottingham (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 24% The Void Dr. Thomas Abernathy (Character) - 2001
33% 53% Just Visiting Wizard (Character) $4.8M 2001
No Score Yet 59% The Barber Dexter Miles (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 2% Island of the Dead Rupert King (Character) - 2000
71% 77% Gangster No. 1 Gangster 55 (Character) $30.9K 2000
No Score Yet 54% St. Patrick, the Irish Legend Quentin (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The David Cassidy Story Jack Cassidy (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 42% Can of Worms Barnabus (Voice) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Southern Cross Felipe Solano (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Y2K General Seward (Character) - 1999
70% 53% My Life So Far Uncle Morris (Character) $616.3K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love Lies Bleeding Malcolm Mead (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 33% The First 9 1/2 Weeks Francois Dubois (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Gardener Ben Carter (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 23% 2103: The Deadly Wake Captain Sean Murdoch (Character) - 1997
9% 24% Mr. Magoo Austin Cloquet (Character) $21.4M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales From a Parallel Universe: Giga Shadow Yottskry (Character) - 1997
29% 45% Hugo Pool Henry Dugay (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 0% Yesterday's Target Holden (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 20% Where Truth Lies Dr. Vernon Renquist (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 19% Asylum Sullivan Rane/Doc (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ringer Noel (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 77% Superman: The Last Son of Krypton John Corben (Voice) - 1996
No Score Yet 100% The Little Riders Capt. Kessel (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 10% Cyborg III Lord Talon (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 60% Kids of the Round Table Merlin (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 27% Fist of the North Star Ryuken (Character) - 1995
45% 62% Tank Girl Kesslee (Character) $3.8M 1995
No Score Yet 19% Exquisite Tenderness Dr. Stein (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 44% The Man Who Wouldn't Die Bernard Drake (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 0% Fatal Pursuit Bechtel (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seasons of the Heart Alfred McGuinness (Character) - 1994
12% 37% Milk Money Waltzer (Character) $17.0M 1994
48% 57% Star Trek Generations Soran (Character) $74.6M 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dangerous Indiscretion Roger Everett (Character) - 1994
82% 67% Bopha! De Villiers (Character) $180.0K 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet East Wind General Smyslovsky (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet In the Eye of the Snake Prof. Baldwin (Character) - 1993
40% 51% Happily Ever After Lord Malice (Voice) $3.2M 1993
No Score Yet 13% Night Train to Venice Stranger (Character) - 1993
60% No Score Yet Chain of Desire Hubert Bailey (Character) $3.1K 1993
No Score Yet 63% Assassin of the Tsar Timofeyev/Yurovsky (Character) - 1991
17% 31% Moon 44 Major Lee (Character) - 1990
63% 50% Class of 1999 Dr. Miles Langford (Character) $1.4M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Out of Darkness Albert Schweitzer (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 43% Disturbed Dr. Derrick "Derek" Russell (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Schweitzer Albert Schweitzer (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Light in the Jungle Albert Schweitzer (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jezebel's Kiss Benjamin J. Faberson (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Il Maestro Walter Goldberg (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mortacci Edmondo (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 40% The Fairy King of Ar Ian (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 40% Buy & Cell Warden Tennant (Character) - 1988
21% 30% Sunset Alfie Alperin (Character) $3.4M 1988
No Score Yet 32% The Caller The Caller (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Monte Carlo Christopher Quinn (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Merlin and the Sword King Arthur (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 36% Arthur the King King Arthur (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 58% Gulag The Englishman (Character) - 1985
59% 77% Cross Creek Max Perkins (Character) - 1983
78% 53% Blue Thunder Col. F.E. Cochrane (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 66% Get Crazy Reggie Wanker (Character) - 1983
50% 54% Britannia Hospital Mick Travis (Character) - 1982
65% 45% Cat People Paul Gallier (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Fell Among Thieves Richard Chandos (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 39% The Passage Capt. Von Berkow (Character) - 1979
88% 71% Time After Time H. G. Wells (Character) - 1979
21% 38% Caligula Caligula (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 66% Aces High Maj. John Gresham (Character) - 1976
77% 52% Voyage of the Damned Max Gunter (Character) - 1976
50% 63% Royal Flash Captain Harry Flashman (Character) - 1975
81% 87% O Lucky Man! Michael Arnold Travis/Plantation thief (Character) - 1973
86% 93% A Clockwork Orange Alex DeLarge (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 92% Long Ago Tomorrow Bruce Pritchard (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 47% Figures in a Landscape Ansell (Character) - 1970
90% 87% If... Mick Travis (Character) - 1968

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 92% Son of a Critch Patrick Critch (Character) 2022-2024
No Score Yet 54% ARK: The Animated Series Senator Lucius Casius Virilis (Voice) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody Loves Diamonds Unknown (Character) 2023
75% 81% Truth Seekers Richard (Character) 2020
95% 90% Mozart in the Jungle Thomas (Character) 2014 2016 2018
No Score Yet 75% Chicago Med Dr. Marvin Jaffrey (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 86% We Bare Bears Professor Lampwick (Guest Voice) 2017-2018
61% 84% Franklin & Bash Stanton Infeld (Character) 2011-2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Metalocalypse Vater Orlaag (Voice) 2006-2010 2012-2014
No Score Yet 89% The Mentalist Bret Stiles (Guest Star) 2010 2012-2013
88% 88% Community Professor Cornwallis (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 65% CSI: Miami Unknown (Guest Star) 2010 2012
65% 82% Entourage Terrance McQuewick (Guest Star) 2005-2006 2009-2010
52% 65% Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 2007-2008
No Score Yet 85% Robot Chicken Unknown (Guest Voice) 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stephen Hawking's Sci Fi Masters Tibor Cargrew (Character) 2007
No Score Yet 72% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
89% 88% Monk Julian Hodge (Guest Star) 2006
80% 87% South Park A British Person (Guest Voice) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Ship (Guest Voice) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Character) 1998-1999
73% No Score Yet Pearl Profesor Stephen Pynchon (Character) 1996-1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wing Commander Academy Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn (Voice) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Friends in the North Benny Barratt (Character) 1966 1996
No Score Yet 78% The New Adventures of Captain Planet Zarm (Guest Voice) 1993 1995
95% 94% Frasier Dr. Bruga (Guest Star) 1994
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1991
No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Host 1980