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Malcolm McDowell(I)

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Malcolm McDowell
Two old friends reconnect at a funeral and decide to revenge on the widower who messed with them decades before.
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Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943 in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Edna (McDowell), a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican. His father was an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at age 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school, he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his wayward behavior. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger.

His first big-screen role was in Poor Cow (1967), although his two-minute scene was ultimately cut from the completed film. Soon after, he caught the attention of director Lindsay Anderson who cast him in the role of a rebellious student in his film If.... (1968). The film catapulted Malcolm to stardom in Britain but failed everywhere else. He was so enthusiastic about the film's success that he wanted to do another right away. He began writing what would become the semi-autobiographical O Lucky Man! (1973). Then he starred as Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork Orange (1971), a role that gave him world fame, and legendary status (although typecasting him as a in villainous roles). In early 1976, he spent nearly a year working on what would later be one of the most infamous films of all time, the semi-pornographic Caligula (1979), financed by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione. Around that time, the British film industry collapsed, forcing him to flee to America to continue working. His first American film was Time After Time (1979). He then did Britannia Hospital (1982), the last part of Lindsay Anderson's working-class trilogy that started with If.... (1968).

In the mid-1980s, the years of alcohol and drug abuse, including $1000 a week on cocaine, caught up with him. Years of abuse took its toll on him; his black hairs were now gray. Looking older than he really was, nobody wanted to cast him for playing younger roles. The big roles having dried up, he did many B-rated movies. The 1990s were kinder to him, though. In 1994, he was cast as Dr. Tolian Soran, the man who killed Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was back on the track, playing villains again. He played another in the classic BBC miniseries Our Friends in the North (1996). Today, with more than 100 films under his belt, he is one of the greatest actors in America. He still does not have American citizenship, but he likes the no-nonsense American ways. He resides in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles, California.
BornJune 13, 1943
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Malcolm McDowell in Cat People (1982)
Malcolm McDowell, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Susan Wokoma, Samson Kayo, and Emma D'Arcy in Truth Seekers (2020)
Malcolm McDowell in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell and Madolyn Smith Osborne in The Caller (1987)
Malcolm McDowell in Mozart in the Jungle (2014)

Known for

Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange
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  • Alex
  • 1971
William Shatner and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: Generations
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  • Soran
  • 1994
Time After Time (1979)
Time After Time
7.1
  • H.G. Wells
  • 1979
Brad Dourif, Malcolm McDowell, Danny Trejo, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Lew Temple, and Daeg Faerch in Halloween (2007)
Halloween
6.0
  • Dr. Samuel Loomis
  • 2007

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Actor

  • Everybody Loves Diamonds
    • Post-production
  • ARK: The Animated Series
    • (voice)
    • In Production
  • Trick and Treats
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
  • Et Tu
    • Completed
  • The Mystery of Casa Matusita
    • Pre-production
  • Thelma
    • Post-production
  • Robot Dracula
    • In Production
  • Wizardream
    • Completed
  • Criminality
    • In Development
  • Deep Focus
    • In Development
  • Malcolm McDowell, Mark Critch, Claire Rankin, Colton Gobbo, and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in Son of a Critch (2022)
    Son of a Critch
  • Gossip Girl (2021)
    Gossip Girl
  • Moving On (2022)
    Moving On
  • Father Stu: Deleted Scenes (2022)
    Father Stu: Deleted Scenes
  • Malcolm McDowell, Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Don E. FauntLeRoy, Daniel Adams, Justin Chatwin, Michael Mailer, Timotheus Davis, Robert ToTeras, Katie Douglas, Justin Williams, Tedrick Martin, Lovie Simone, and Anastasiya Mitrunen in The Walk (2022)
    The Walk
  • Mark Wahlberg in Father Stu (2022)
    Father Stu
  • Dolph Lundgren, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rob Schneider, Jerry O'Connell, Tyler Hollinger, and Isadora Swann in Pups Alone (2021)
    Pups Alone
    • (voice)
  • Alice Krige in She Will (2021)
    She Will
  • Castlevania (2017)
    Castlevania
    • (voice)
  • Blood on the Crown (2021)
    Blood on the Crown
  • Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove (2020)
    Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate's Cove
  • Free Lunch Express (2020)
    Free Lunch Express
  • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
    The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
    • (voice)
  • Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Samson Kayo, and Emma D'Arcy in Truth Seekers (2020)
    Truth Seekers
  • Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman, Vinnie Jones, Nicholas Braun, Lenora Crichlow, and Leven Rambin in The Big Ugly (2020)
    The Big Ugly

Producer

  • Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman, Vinnie Jones, Nicholas Braun, Lenora Crichlow, and Leven Rambin in The Big Ugly (2020)
    The Big Ugly
  • Malcolm McDowell, Robin Givens, Iyad Hajjaj, and Fidelia Grace in Dreams I Never Had (2017)
    Dreams I Never Had
  • Malcolm McDowell, Keith Carradine, Jane Seymour, and Vinessa Shaw in Bereave (2015)
    Bereave
  • Malcolm McDowell, Michael DeLorenzo, Matthew Willig, and Paige Howard in The Employer (2013)
    The Employer
  • Suing the Devil (2011)
    Suing the Devil
  • Red Roses and Petrol (2003)
    Red Roses and Petrol
  • O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
    • (uncredited)

Writer

  • Rag Tale (2005)
    Rag Tale
  • Malcolm McDowell in Caligula (1979)
    Caligula
    • (uncredited)
  • O Lucky Man! (1973)
    O Lucky Man!
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Malcolm McDowell: The IMDb Original Interview
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Malcolm McDowell: The IMDb Original Interview
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Personal details

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    • June 13, 1943
    • Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Kelley McDowellNovember 12, 1991 - present (3 children)
    • Charlie McDowell
    • Alexander Siddig(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Andrew") in "In Celebration" by David Storey. Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 9 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 6 Magazine Cover Photos

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    As a schoolboy, Malcolm was so bored having to listen to long, tedious speeches by minor local dignitaries at official school functions, when he became a star, he took his revenge. Asked to give the keynote speech at Cannock School's annual Open Day in 1969, he flew all the way from the United States to attend. Before a packed assembly, he simply announced "I hereby pronounce this Open Day open" and sat down.
  • Quotes
    The best thing I did was abuse myself when younger - I dabbled in everything, cocaine, booze, women - because now I don't have to do it anymore.
    • Raspy deep-throated voice
    • If....
      (1968)
      £90 per week

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