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Timothy Dalton

Timothy Dalton

Highest Rated: 100% Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (2012)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

Birthday: Mar 21, 1944

Birthplace: Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK

After establishing himself on stage as an accomplished Shakespearean performer, actor Timothy Dalton forged a successful career on screen, typically in roles as dashing period men, until he reached international stardom as the fourth person to play James Bond. While his tenure as 007 was short-lived, Dalton was credited with returning the character to his roots following a decade of campy humor during the reign of Roger Moore. After first being offered and ultimately turning down the role in the late 1960s following Sean Connery's first departure, he made his first appearance as Bond in "The Living Daylights" (1987), which helped bring the franchise back to box office prominence after a steady decline earlier in the decade. Dalton followed with the decidedly darker "License to Kill" (1989). Prior to his stint as England's most famous fictional spy, Dalton excelled in stage productions of "Coriolanus" (1964), "As You Like It" (1966) and "King Lear" (1972), while making his onscreen mark in "The Lion in Winter" (1968), "Flash Gordon" (1980) and "Jane Eyre" (BBC, 1983). Following a legal dispute between the production company behind Bond and the studio, Dalton left the franchise due to an expired contract and focused once again on leading roles in period films like "Scarlett" (CBS, 1994) and "Cleopatra" (ABC, 1999). Having displayed his creative diversity with "Hot Fuzz" (2007) and "Toy Story 3" (2010), Dalton proved that he was one of cinema's great, often underappreciated, performers.

Highest rated movies

91% 89% Hot Fuzz
91% 90% The Lion in Winter
83% 69% Flash Gordon
80% 61% Licence to Kill
73% 66% The Living Daylights
71% 51% Agatha
67% 65% The Rocketeer
67% 55% Mary, Queen of Scots

Filmography

Movies

Credit
94% 84% Toy Story of Terror! Mr. Pricklepants (Voice) - 2013
100% 86% Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 Self - 2012
62% 78% Secret of the Wings Lord Milori (Voice) - 2012
No Score Yet 78% Small Fry Mr. Pricklepants (Voice) - 2011
21% 42% The Tourist Chief Inspector Jones (Character) $67.6M 2010
98% 90% Toy Story 3 Mr. Pricklepants (Voice) $415.0M 2010
91% 89% Hot Fuzz Simon Skinner (Character) $23.6M 2007
No Score Yet 73% Sittaford Mystery Clive Trevelyan (Character) - 2006
38% 46% Tales From Earthsea Sparrowhawk (Voice) - 2006
57% 50% Looney Tunes: Back in Action Damian Drake (Character) $21.0M 2003
13% 67% American Outlaws Allan Pinkerton (Character) $13.3M 2001
No Score Yet 61% Time Share Matthew "Matt" Farragher (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 40% Possessed Fr. Willam Bowden (Character) - 2000
20% 49% Made Men Sheriff Dex Drier (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 67% Cleopatra Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 43% The Informant DCI Rennie (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 57% The Reef Charles Darrow (Character) - 1997
22% 46% The Beautician and the Beast Boris Pochenko (Character) $11.5M 1997
No Score Yet 54% Salt Water Moose Lester Parnell (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lie Down With Lions Jack Carver (Character) - 1994
42% 39% Naked in New York Elliot Price (Character) $1.0M 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Framed Eddie Myers (Character) - 1992
67% 65% The Rocketeer Neville Sinclair (Character) $46.5M 1991
No Score Yet 62% The King's Whore Le Roi Vittorio Amadeo (Character) - 1990
80% 61% Licence to Kill James Bond (Character) $34.7M 1989
No Score Yet 84% Hawks Bancroft (Character) $21.7K 1988
73% 66% The Living Daylights James Bond (Character) $51.2M 1987
No Score Yet 33% Brenda Starr Basil St. John (Character) $45.1K 1986
No Score Yet 50% Florence Nightingale Richard Milnes (Character) - 1985
0% 40% The Doctor and the Devils Doctor Thomas Rock (Character) $147.1K 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Antony and Cleopatra Marc Antony (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 71% Mistral's Daughter Perry Kilkullen (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 100% Chanel Solitaire Boy Capel (Character) - 1981
83% 69% Flash Gordon Prince Barin (Character) - 1980
71% 51% Agatha Col. Archibald Christie (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flame Is Love Marquis de Guaita (Character) - 1979
25% 32% Sextette Sir Michael Barrington (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Permission to Kill Charles Lord (Character) - 1975
67% 55% Mary, Queen of Scots Henry, Lord Darnley (Character) - 1971
64% 62% Wuthering Heights Heathcliff (Character) - 1970
43% 69% Cromwell Prince Rupert (Character) - 1970
91% 90% The Lion in Winter King Philip of France (Character) $17.9K 1968

TV

Credit
98% 77% Doom Patrol Niles Caulder/The Chief (Character) 2019-2023
90% 56% 1923 Donald Whitfield (Character) 2022-2023
No Score Yet 80% Tangled: The Series Demanitus (Guest Voice) 2019
91% 90% Penny Dreadful Sir Malcolm Murray (Character) 2014-2016
90% 91% Chuck Unknown (Guest Star) 2010-2011
90% 64% Doctor Who Lord President (Guest Star) 2009-2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scarlett Rhett Butler (Character) 1994
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sins - Del 1 Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jane Eyre Edward Fairfax Rochester (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Centennial Oliver Seccombe (Character) 1978-1979