
Malcolm McDowell
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Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films Caligula, If...., O Lucky Man! and A Clockwork Orange. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II. He is also well known for his narration of the seminal 1982 documentary, The Compleat Beatles.
Known for
Credits

A Clockwork Orange (1971)
as Alex

Bolt (2008)
as Dr. Calico (voice)

Psycho Killer (2026)
as Mr. Pendleton

Caligula (1979)
as Caligula

Easy A (2010)
as Principal Gibbons

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
as Leonard Wolf

The Book of Eli (2010)
as Lombardi

Coco Chanel (2008)
as Marc Bouchier

Halloween (2007)
as Dr. Samuel Loomis

Halloween II (2009)
as Dr. Samuel Loomis

Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)
as Gordon

The Artist (2011)
as The Butler

The Player (1992)
as Malcolm McDowell

Doomsday (2008)
as Dr. Marcus Kane

Cat People (1982)
as Paul Gallier

Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Milk Money (1994)
as Waltzer

Bombshell (2019)
as Rupert Murdoch

Hidalgo (2004)
as Major Davenport

Father Stu (2022)
as Monsignor Kelly

Tank Girl (1995)
as Kesslee

I Spy (2002)
as Gundars

Blue Thunder (1983)
as Cochrane

Star Trek: Generations (1994)
as Dr. Tolian Soran

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
as Sinclair

Mr. Magoo (1997)
as Austin Cloquet

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
as Hakan

31 (2016)
as Father Murder

In Good Company (2004)
as Teddy K (uncredited)

The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)
as Morton Salinger

Thelma (2024)
as Harvey

The Partisan (2025)
as Trench coat

Just Visiting (2001)
as Wizard

The Big Ugly (2020)
as Harris

Vamps (2012)
as Vlad Tepish

Class of 1999 (1990)
as Dr. Miles Langford

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
as Professor Moriarity (voice)

O Lucky Man! (1973)
as Michael Arnold Travis / Plantation Thief

Time After Time (1979)
as H. G. Wells

if.... (1968)
as Mick Travis

Fist of the North Star (1995)
as Ryuken

Moon 44 (1990)
as Major Lee

Last Train to Fortune (2025)
as Cecil Peachtree

Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Max Gunter

Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)
as Orientation Instructor (voice)

Antiviral (2012)
as Dr. Abendroth

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023)
as Vader Orlag (voice)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)

Excision (2012)
as Mr. Cooper

Get Crazy (1983)
as Reggie Wanker

Aces High (1976)
as Maj. John Gresham

Moving On (2023)
as Howard

Barry Munday (2010)
as Mr. Farley

Princess of Thieves (2001)
as Sheriff of Nottingham

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
as Self

Pups Alone (2021)
as Oliver (voice)

The Company (2003)
as Alberto Antonelli

Pinocchio 3000 (2004)
as Scamboli (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015)
as Sly Baron (voice)

DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010)
as Merlyn the Magnificent (segment "Green Arrow") (voice)

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
as O.B. Keeler

Gangster No. 1 (2000)
as Gangster 55

Super Rhino (2009)
as Dr. Calico (voice)

Hugo Pool (1997)
as Henry Dugay

Silent Night (2012)
as Sheriff Cooper

Free Fall (2014)
as Thaddeus Gault

The List (2007)
as Desmond Larochette

Walk of Fame (2017)
as Evan Polus

Shadow Realm (2002)
as Martin Hudson

Death Race 2050 (2017)
as Chairman

Delgo (2008)
as Raius (voice)

The Passage (1979)
as Capt. Von Berkow

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)
as John Corben (voice)

Corbin Nash (2018)
as Blind Prophet

The Barber (2002)
as Dexter Miles

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
as Self

Royal Flash (1975)
as Captain Harry Flashman / Prince Karl Magnus

Grow House (2017)
as Dr. Doobie

American Satan (2017)
as Mr. Capricorn

Happily Ever After (1989)
as Lord Maliss (voice)

Can of Worms (1999)
as Barnabus (voice)

The Caller (1987)
as The Caller

A Forbidden Orange (2021)
as Narrator (voice) / Alex DeLarge

Ringer (1996)
as Noel

The Walk (2022)
as McLaughlin

She Will (2022)
as Hathbourne

Rag Tale (2005)
as Richard Morton

Gulag (1985)
as The Englishman

Evilenko (2004)
as Andrej 'Romanovic' Evilenko

Sunset (1988)
as Alfie Alperin

Suck (2009)
as Eddie Van Helsing

The Employer (2013)
as The Employer

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003)
as Boad

Mischief Night (2014)
as Mr. Smiles

Cross Creek (1983)
as Max Perkins

The First 9½ Weeks (1998)
as Francois Dubois

Buy & Cell (1989)
as Warden Tennant

Britannia Hospital (1982)
as Mick Travis

The Void (2001)
as Dr. Thomas Abernathy

My Life So Far (1999)
as Uncle Morris MacIntosh

DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010)
as Merlyn the Magnificent (voice)

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (2006)
as Nathan Cairns

Cut Off (2006)
as James Burton

Arthur the King (1985)
as King Arthur

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)
as Self

Lady Psycho Killer (2015)
as Gerald Portersen

Jezebel's Kiss (1990)
as Benjamin J. Faberson

The Invocation (2010)
as Self
Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012)
as Self

Y2K (1999)
as Seward

Bopha! (1993)
as De Villiers

The Soul of a Spy (2015)
Actor

The Fairy King (1998)
as Ian

Bye Bye Benjamin (2006)
as Mr. Coleman

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005)
as Ogthar (voice)

Tempesta (2004)
as Paul Valenzin

Et Tu (2025)
as The Janitor

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! (2009)
as Grandpa Fletcher (voice)

Pound of Flesh (2011)
as Professor Noah Melville

Between Strangers (2002)
as Alan Baxter

Tempo (2003)
as Shrenger

Chain of Desire (1992)
as Hubert Bailey

LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies (2010)
as Mr. Makuro (voice)

Ever After (—)
as The Frog King (voice)

Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)
as Lord Geer (voice)

Southern Cross (1999)
as Felipe Solano

Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
as Dick Murdoch

The Gardener (1998)
as Ben Carter

East Wind (1993)
as General Smyslovsky

LEGO Hero Factory: Ordeal of Fire (2011)
as Mr. Makuro (voice)

Inhabited (2003)
as Dr. Werner

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000)
as Quentin

The Black Hole (2015)
as Mr. Simms

The Raging Moon (1971)
as Bruce Pritchard

Figures in a Landscape (1970)
as Ansell

Dangerous Indiscretion (1995)
as Roger Everett

Stanley and Us (1999)
as Self

The Surgeon (1995)
as Dr. Stein

Sanitarium (2013)
as Dr. Stenson

Island of the Dead (2000)
as Rupert King

Day of the Full Moon (1998)
Actor

The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994)
as Bernard Drake / Ian Morrissey

TimeCrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove (2020)
as Captain Lynch

Suing The Devil (2011)
as Satan

Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem - A Klok Opera (2013)
as Vater Orlagg (voice)

Night Train to Venice (1996)
as Stranger

Dorian (2003)
as Henry

Trick and Treats (2025)
as Trick (Voice)

Asylum (1997)
as Sullivan Rane / Doc

Heroes Manufactured (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

L.A., I Hate You (2011)
as Harold Weintraub

Billy and Mandy Save Christmas (2005)
as Baron Von Ghoulish (voice)

A Green Story (2013)
as Barton

Cyborg 3: The Recycler (1995)
as Lord Talon

Kids vs Monsters (2015)
as Boss Monster

Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self

Mortacci (1989)
as Edmondo

Dreams I Never Had (2018)
as Judge Messner

Yesterday's Target (1996)
as Holden

Fatal Pursuit (1995)
as Bechtel

Giga Shadow (1997)
as Yottskry

2103: The Deadly Wake (1997)
as Captain Sean Murdoch

Shock Value (2014)
as Edmund Dean Huntley

The Panic (—)
as Stanford White

Blood on the Crown (2021)
as Colonel Saville

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)
as Self

Abnormal Attraction (2018)
as Boogeyman

Zombex (2013)
as Dr. Soulis
Dog & Bull (—)
Actor

Il maestro (1989)
as Walter Goldberg

The Mystery of Casa Matusita (2016)
as Supay

Where Truth Lies (1996)
as Dr. Vernon Renquist

Bereave (2015)
as Garvey

Cellphone (2024)
Actor

Robot Dracula (2026)
as Robot Dracula

Once Upon a Time… A Clockwork Orange (2011)
as Self
Lindsay Anderson: Lucky Man? (2004)
as Self

The Compleat Beatles (1982)
as Narrator

Tbilisi, I Love You (2014)
as Mr. M
The Spider (—)
as Von Wessel
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil (2009)
as Self

Anatomy of Catastrophe: The Making of 'Doomsday' (2008)
as Self

Golf in the Kingdom (2011)
as Julian Lange

Masterpiece: Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns (2013)
as Narrator (voice)

Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations (1993)
as Self

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007)
as Narrator (voice)

Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy (1998)
as Narrator (voice)

O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
as Self
The Little Riders (1996)
as Capt. Kessel

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween (2008)
as Self

The Anatomy of a Virus: The Making of Antiviral (2013)
as Himself

A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' (1981)
as Self / Caligula

She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
as Richard Chandos

Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip (1979)
as Self

Richard The Lionheart (2013)
as King Henry II

Cast & Crew: If.... (2004)
as Self - Interviewee

Little Red Riding Hood (1983)
as The Wolf a.k.a. Reginald Von Lupin / Narrator

Behind The Scenes of Caligula (2009)
Actor

Assassin of the Tsar (1991)
as Timofeyev / Yurovsky

Mississippi Murder (2017)
as McGowen

The Making of Fallout 3: The Vault-Tec Files (2008)
as Self

Free Lunch Express (2020)
as Narrator

Look Back in Anger (1980)
as Jimmy Porter

Disturbed (1990)
as Dr. Derrick Russell

The Making of Easy A (2010)
as Self

Kids of the Round Table (1995)
as Merlin

Seasons of the Heart (1994)
as Alfred McGuinness

Venins (1991)
as Prof. Baldwin

Exitz (2007)
as Percy

What If Cannabis Cured Cancer (2010)
as himself

Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)
as Narrator
Cowboys & Engines (2015)
as Dr. Clay

Turning Like Clockwork (2011)
as Self

Because I Am a Genius! Lorenza Mazzetti (2016)
as Himself

Elwood (2014)
as Narrator (voice)

A Natural Selection (2025)
as Duncan Carlysle

The Collection (1976)
as Bill

Still Tickin': The Return of 'A Clockwork Orange' (2000)
as Self
The Gillian Hills Trilogy (2013)
Actor

An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
as Self

The Artist: The Making of an American Romance (2012)
as Self

Oceanus: Act One (2015)
as Triton (Ship's Computer)

O Lucky Man! Innovations in Entertainment (1973)
as Himself

The David Cassidy Story (2000)
as Jack Cassidy

Love Lies Bleeding (1999)
as Malcolm

Red Roses and Petrol (2003)
as Enda Doyle

No Rest for the Wicked: A Basil & Moebius Adventure (2011)
as Mr. Bloome
Herbert West: Reanimator (—)
Actor

A Wonderful Kingdom (2021)
as Narrator
Summerhouse (—)
Actor

Meet the Small Potatoes (2013)
as Lester Koop (voice)

Jaws of the Pacific (2005)
as Narrator (voice)

Maggio musicale (1990)
as Pier Francesco Ferraioli
Dirt (—)
Actor

Santiago Files (2011)
as Narrator

Conspiracy of Fear (2017)
as Evo

Wizardream (2025)
as The Wizard Mangodor

Monster Butler (2010)
as Roy Fontaine

Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist (2012)
as Himself
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner (2007)
as Self - Archive Footage

Sharks of the Deep Blue (1999)
as Narrator

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996)
as Self

The Search for Life in Space (2016)
as Narrator

Schweitzer (1990)
as Albert Schweitzer

Never Apologize (2007)
as Self

Dreaming of Stars: An ASMR Feature Film (2021)
as Self (voice)





