Acting
David Warner
Born 1941-07-29
Manchester, England, UK
Department: Acting
Biography
David Hattersley Warner (July 29, 1941 – July 24, 2022) was an English actor. Born in Manchester, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Warner portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters across a range of media, including The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, Cross of Iron, The Omen, Holocaust, The Thirty Nine Steps, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, A Christmas Carol, Portrait in Evil, Titanic, Mary Poppins Returns and various characters in the Star Trek franchise, in the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1981, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his portrayal of Pomponius Falco in the television miniseries Masada.
Known For
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Titanic
1997
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Scream 2
1997
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Planet of the Apes
2001
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Doctor Who
2005
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Twin Peaks
1990
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Mary Poppins Returns
2018
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Tron
1982
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The Omen
1976
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
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Batman: The Animated Series
1992
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (224 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | TRON: Ares | Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Elliott from Earth | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Mary Poppins Returns | Admiral Boom | Movie | 2018 |
 | Providence | Himself | Movie | 2018 |
 | His Picture In Little | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2018 |
 | You, Me and Him | Michael Miller | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Alienist | Professor Cavanaugh | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Blue Borsalino | Ernie Child | Movie | 2016 |
| Blue Borsalino | Executive Producer | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge | Sir Andrew Pike | Movie | 2015 |
 | Amicus Vault of Horrors | Himself | Movie | 2015 |
 | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command | Gul Madred | Movie | 2014 |
 | Inside No. 9 | Sir Andrew Pike | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Before I Sleep | Eugene Devlin | Movie | 2013 |
 | Teen Titans Go! | The Lobe (voice) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Ripper Street | Rabbi Max Steiner | TV Series | 2012 |
 | The Secret of Crickley Hall | Elderly Percy Judd | TV Series | 2012 |
 | A Thousand Kisses Deep | Max | Movie | 2012 |
 | Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War | Self | Movie | 2011 |
| Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War | Thanks | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Amazing World of Gumball | Dr. Wrecker (voice) | TV Series | 2011 |
 | TRON: The Next Day | Ed Dillinger / MCP | Movie | 2011 |
 | A History of Horror | Self | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Black Death | Abbot | Movie | 2010 |
 | Albert's Memorial | Frank | Movie | 2009 |
 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | Lord Azlok (voice) | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Wallander | Povel Wallander | TV Series | 2008 |
 | In Love with Barbara | Lord Mountbatten | Movie | 2008 |
 | Hogfather | Lord Downey | Movie | 2007 |
 | Perfect Parents | Father Thomas | Movie | 2006 |
 | Hogfather | Lord Downey | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Pulcher | TV Series | 2006 |
| Sam Peckinpah: Portrait | Self | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Bacon's Arena | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Mr. Loveday's Little Outing | Lord Moping | Movie | 2006 |
 | Sweeney Todd | Fielding | Movie | 2006 |
 | Sensitive Skin | Robert Ringwald | TV Series | 2005 |
 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Dr. Erasmus Pea | Movie | 2005 |
 | Doctor Who | Professor Grisenko | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Luther Crackenthorpe | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Ladies in Lavender | Dr Mead | Movie | 2004 |
 | Conviction | Lenny Fairburn | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Cyber Wars | Joseph Lau | Movie | 2004 |
 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock | Landon (voice) | Movie | 2004 |
 | Straight Into Darkness | Deacon | Movie | 2004 |
 | Kiss of Life | Pap | Movie | 2003 |
 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Sir Danvers Carew | Movie | 2003 |
 | Hearts of Gold | Dr. Theo John | Movie | 2003 |
 | Daredevil vs. Spider-Man | Landon (voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Little Unicorn | Ted Regan | Movie | 2002 |
 | Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin | Landon (voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Code Conspiracy | Professor | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Investigation | Superint. Bruce Northorp | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Omen Legacy | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Superstition | Judge Padovani | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Nergal (voice) | TV Series | 2001 |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Planet of the Apes | Sandar | Movie | 2001 |
 | Hornblower: Retribution | Capt. James Sawyer | Movie | 2001 |
 | Hornblower: Mutiny | Captain James Sawyer | Movie | 2001 |
 | In the Beginning | Eliezer | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Lord Angstrom (voice) | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Back to the Secret Garden | Dr. Snodgrass | Movie | 2000 |
 | Cinderella | Martin | Movie | 2000 |
 | Shergar | Eammon Garrity | Movie | 1999 |
 | Wing Commander | Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn | Movie | 1999 |
 | Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
 | Batman Beyond | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Total Recall 2070 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Houdini | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Movie | 1998 |
 | A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving | Narrator | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Last Leprechaun | Simpson | Movie | 1998 |
 | Hornblower | Captain Sawyer | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Toonsylvania | Dr. Vic Frankenstein | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Three | The Man | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Titanic | Spicer Lovejoy | Movie | 1997 |
 | Scream 2 | Gus Gold | Movie | 1997 |
 | Men in Black: The Series | Alpha (voice) | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Money Talks | Barclay | Movie | 1997 |
 | Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Danielle Steel's Zoya | Prince Vladmir | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Hunger | Vassu | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Perversions of Science | Dr. Nordhoff | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Midsomer Murders | Peter Fossett | TV Series | 1997 |
 | The Leading Man | Tod | Movie | 1996 |
 | Seven Servants | Blade | Movie | 1996 |
 | Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys | The Glyph (voice) | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Superman: The Animated Series | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
| Corwin | Self | Movie | 1996 | |
 | Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus | Lord Agon | Movie | 1996 |
 | Naked Souls | Everett Longstreet | Movie | 1996 |
 | Rasputin | Dr. Botkin | Movie | 1996 |
 | Felony | Cooper | Movie | 1996 |
 | Final Equinox | Shilow | Movie | 1995 |
 | Freakazoid! | The Lobe (voice) | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Ice Cream Man | Reverend Langley | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Outer Limits | Bill Trenton | TV Series | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Inspector Harold Langford | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Choir | Alexander Troy | TV Series | 1995 |
 | In the Mouth of Madness | Dr. Wrenn | Movie | 1995 |
 | Signs and Wonders | Reverend Timothy Palmore | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Inner Sanctum II | Dr. Lamont | Movie | 1994 |
 | The American Revolution | King George III | TV Series | 1994 |
 | A Mind to Kill | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Spider-Man | Landon (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Tryst | Jason | Movie | 1994 |
 | Gargoyles | Archmage (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Iron Man | Arthur Dearborn (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Babylon 5 | Aldous Gajic | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Loving Deadly | Grant / Grant's Twin | Movie | 1994 |
 | Pretty Princess | principe Massimiliano | Movie | 1993 |
 | Necronomicon | Dr. Madden | Movie | 1993 |
 | Quest of the Delta Knights | Lord Vultare | Movie | 1993 |
 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Jor-El | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Winston Smiles | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Body Bags | Dr. Lock | Movie | 1993 |
 | Wild Palms | Eli Levitt | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal | Harley Griswold | Movie | 1993 |
| Taking Liberty | Sir Leopold Linwood | Movie | 1993 | |
 | The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter | Chancellor Thayer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Dark at Noon | Ellic | Movie | 1992 |
 | Spies, Inc. | Cleague | Movie | 1992 |
 | Blood and Dust | Tripoli | Movie | 1992 |
 | Batman: The Animated Series | Ra's al Ghul (voice) | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Larry Sanders Show | Richard Germain | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street | Dr. Lloyd Stern | Movie | 1992 |
 | Return to the Lost World | Professor Leo Summerlee | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Lost World | Summerlee | Movie | 1992 |
 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Chancellor Gorkon | Movie | 1991 |
 | Uncle Vanya | Vanya | Movie | 1991 |
 | Performance | Vanya | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Blue Tornado | Commander | Movie | 1991 |
 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Amos Hackshaw | Movie | 1991 |
 | Drive | The Driver | Movie | 1991 |
 | Dinosaurs | Spirit of the Tree (voice) | TV Series | 1991 |
 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Professor Jordon Perry | Movie | 1991 |
 | Twin Peaks | Thomas Eckhardt | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | Adm. Godfrey | Movie | 1990 |
 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen | Bradley Thompson | Movie | 1990 |
 | Tripwire | Josef Szabo | Movie | 1989 |
 | Mortal Passions | Doctor Terrence Powers | Movie | 1989 |
 | Hostile Takeover | Eugene Brackin | Movie | 1989 |
 | Grave Secrets | Dr. Carl Farnsworth | Movie | 1989 |
 | Tales from the Crypt | Dr. Alan Goetz | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | St. John Talbot | Movie | 1989 |
 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Sir Arthur wedgeworth | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Hansel and Gretel | Father Stephan | Movie | 1988 |
 | Magdalene | Baron von Seidl | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Evil Clergyman | Evil Clergyman | Movie | 1988 |
 | Mr. North | Doctor Angus McPherson | Movie | 1988 |
 | Waxwork | Waxwork Man | Movie | 1988 |
 | Hanna's War | Captain Julian Simon | Movie | 1988 |
 | Pulse Pounders | Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage) | Movie | 1988 |
 | Keys to Freedom | Nigel Heath | Movie | 1988 |
 | My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Professor Leopold McCarthy | Movie | 1987 |
 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Gul Madred | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Crossbow | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Desperado | Ballard, Company Police Chief | Movie | 1987 |
 | Worlds Beyond | Ken Larkin | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Hold the Back Page | Ken Wordsworth | TV Series | 1985 |
| Summer Lightning | George Millington | Movie | 1985 | |
 | Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil | Reinhard Heydrich | Movie | 1985 |
 | Love's Labour's Lost | Don Armado | Movie | 1985 |
 | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit | Movie | 1984 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Insp. McLaughlin | TV Series | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Justin Hunnicut | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The Company of Wolves | Father | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers | Zandor, the Inkeeper | Movie | 1984 |
 | Frankenstein | Creature | Movie | 1984 |
 | Charlie | Charlie Alexander | TV Series | 1984 |
 | The Man with Two Brains | Dr. Alfred Necessiter | Movie | 1983 |
 | Marco Polo | Rustichello da Pisa | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Remington Steele | Alexander Sebastien | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Zandor, The Innkeeper | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Tron | Ed Dillinger / Sark | Movie | 1982 |
 | Nancy Astor | Philip Kerr | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Contact | Self - Narrator (Synchronisation) | Movie | 1982 |
 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Murphy | Movie | 1981 |
 | Time Bandits | Evil Genius | Movie | 1981 |
 | Masada | Senator Pomponius Falco | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Island | David Nau | Movie | 1980 |
 | S.O.S. Titanic | Laurence Beesley | Movie | 1980 |
 | Time After Time | Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson | Movie | 1979 |
 | Hart to Hart | Mr. Bowlly | TV Series | 1979 |
 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Peter O'Neill | Movie | 1979 |
 | Nightwing | Phillip Payne | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Sir Edmund Appleton | Movie | 1978 |
| Clouds of Glory | William Wordsworth | TV Series | 1978 | |
 | Holocaust | Heydrich | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Disappearance | Burbank | Movie | 1977 |
 | Silver Bears | Agha Firdausi | Movie | 1977 |
 | Age of Innocence | Henry Buchanan | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Blue Hotel | Swede | Movie | 1977 |
 | Cross of Iron | Hauptmann Kiesel | Movie | 1977 |
 | Providence | Kevin Woodford | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Omen | Jennings | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Sampson Brass | Movie | 1975 |
| Three Comedies of Marriage | Bobby | TV Series | 1975 | |
 | Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs | Dennis Charles Nipple | Movie | 1974 |
 | From Beyond the Grave | Edward Charlton | Movie | 1974 |
 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | Movie | 1973 |
 | Straw Dogs | Henry Niles (uncredited) | Movie | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | Perfect Friday | Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Joshua | Movie | 1970 |
 | Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel | Michael Kohlhaas | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Sea Gull | Konstantin Treplev | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Fixer | Count Odoevsky | Movie | 1968 |
 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lysander | Movie | 1968 |
 | Work Is a 4-Letter Word | Valentine Brose | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Bofors Gun | Lance Bombardier Terry Evans | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Deadly Affair | Edward II (in Edward II) | Movie | 1967 |
 | Opus | Hamlet | Movie | 1967 |
 | Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment | Morgan Delt | Movie | 1966 |
 | The Wars of the Roses | King Henry VI | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Wars of the Roses | Henry VI | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Tom Jones | Mr. Blifil | Movie | 1963 |
 | We Joined the Navy | Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited) | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Madhouse on Castle Street | Lennie | Movie | 1963 |
 | The King's Breakfast | 1st Trumpeter | Movie | 1963 |
 | Z-Cars | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1962 |