David Warner
Acting
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.
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movieTRON: Ares
2025
Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
movieMary Poppins Returns
2018
Admiral Boom
movieProvidence
2018
Himself
movieYou, Me and Him
2018
Michael Miller
tvThe Alienist
2018
Professor Cavanaugh
movieBlue Borsalino
2016
Ernie Child
movieThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
Sir Andrew Pike
tvInside No. 9
2014
Sir Andrew Pike
movieBefore I Sleep
2013
Eugene Devlin
tvTeen Titans Go!
2013
The Lobe (voice)
tvRipper Street
2012
Rabbi Max Steiner
tvThe Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
Elderly Percy Judd
tvThe Amazing World of Gumball
2011
Dr. Wrecker (voice)
movieTRON: The Next Day
2011
Ed Dillinger / MCP
movieBlack Death
2010
Abbot
tvDoctor Who: Dreamland
2009
Lord Azlok (voice)
tvWallander
2008
Povel Wallander
movieIn Love with Barbara
2008
Lord Mountbatten
movieHogfather
2007
Lord Downey
moviePerfect Parents
2006
Father Thomas
tvHogfather
2006
Lord Downey
movieBacon's Arena
2006
Narrator (voice)
movieMr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
Lord Moping
movieSweeney Todd
2006
Fielding
tvSensitive Skin
2005
Robert Ringwald
movieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
Dr. Erasmus Pea
tvDoctor Who
2005
Professor Grisenko
tvAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
Luther Crackenthorpe
movieLadies in Lavender
2004
Dr Mead
tvConviction
2004
Lenny Fairburn
movieCyber Wars
2004
Joseph Lau
movieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003
Sir Danvers Carew
movieHearts of Gold
2003
Dr. Theo John
movieThe Little Unicorn
2002
Ted Regan
movieThe Code Conspiracy
2002
Professor
movieThe Investigation
2002
Superint. Bruce Northorp
movieSuperstition
2001
Judge Padovani
tvThe Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
Nergal (voice)
movieHornblower: Retribution
2001
Capt. James Sawyer
movieHornblower: Mutiny
2001
Captain James Sawyer
tvIn the Beginning
2000
Eliezer
tvBuzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
Lord Angstrom (voice)
movieBack to the Secret Garden
2000
Dr. Snodgrass
movieCinderella
2000
Martin
movieShergar
1999
Eammon Garrity
movieWing Commander
1999
Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
movieWinnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999
Narrator (voice)
tvBatman Beyond
1999
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
movieHoudini
1998
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
movieThe Last Leprechaun
1998
Simpson
tvHornblower
1998
Captain Sawyer
tvToonsylvania
1998
Dr. Vic Frankenstein
tvThree
1998
The Man
movieTitanic
1997
Spicer Lovejoy
movieScream 2
1997
Gus Gold
tvMen in Black: The Series
1997
Alpha (voice)
movieMoney Talks
1997
Barclay
movieDanielle Steel's Zoya
1997
Prince Vladmir
tvThe Hunger
1997
Vassu
tvPerversions of Science
1997
Dr. Nordhoff
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Peter Fossett
tvCaptain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
The Glyph (voice)
tvSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
movieNaked Souls
1996
Everett Longstreet
movieRasputin
1996
Dr. Botkin
movieFelony
1996
Cooper
movieFinal Equinox
1995
Shilow
tvFreakazoid!
1995
The Lobe (voice)
movieIce Cream Man
1995
Reverend Langley
tvThe Outer Limits
1995
Bill Trenton / Inspector Harold Langford
tvThe Choir
1995
Alexander Troy
movieIn the Mouth of Madness
1995
Dr. Wrenn
tvSigns and Wonders
1995
Reverend Timothy Palmore
movieInner Sanctum II
1994
Dr. Lamont
tvThe American Revolution
1994
King George III
tvSpider-Man
1994
Landon (voice)
movieTryst
1994
Jason
tvGargoyles
1994
Archmage (voice)
tvIron Man
1994
Arthur Dearborn (voice)
tvBabylon 5
1994
Aldous Gajic
movieLoving Deadly
1994
Grant / Grant's Twin
moviePretty Princess
1993
principe Massimiliano
movieNecronomicon
1993
Dr. Madden
movieQuest of the Delta Knights
1993
Lord Vultare
tvThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Winston Smiles
movieBody Bags
1993
Dr. Lock
tvWild Palms
1993
Eli Levitt
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
Harley Griswold
Taking Liberty
1993
Sir Leopold Linwood
movieThe Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
1992
Chancellor Thayer
movieSpies, Inc.
1992
Cleague
movieBlood and Dust
1992
Tripoli
tvBatman: The Animated Series
1992
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
tvThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
Richard Germain
movieDiagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
1992
Dr. Lloyd Stern
movieReturn to the Lost World
1992
Professor Leo Summerlee
movieThe Lost World
1992
Summerlee
movieStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Chancellor Gorkon
movieUncle Vanya
1991
Vanya
tvPerformance
1991
Vanya
movieBlue Tornado
1991
Commander
movieCast a Deadly Spell
1991
Amos Hackshaw
movieDrive
1991
The Driver
tvDinosaurs
1991
Spirit of the Tree (voice)
movieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
Professor Jordon Perry
tvTwin Peaks
1990
Thomas Eckhardt
movieThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
Adm. Godfrey
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990
Bradley Thompson
movieTripwire
1989
Josef Szabo
movieMortal Passions
1989
Doctor Terrence Powers
movieHostile Takeover
1989
Eugene Brackin
movieGrave Secrets
1989
Dr. Carl Farnsworth
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Dr. Alan Goetz
movieStar Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
St. John Talbot
tvFather Dowling Mysteries
1989
Sir Arthur wedgeworth
movieHansel and Gretel
1988
Father Stephan
movieMagdalene
1988
Baron von Seidl
movieThe Evil Clergyman
1988
Evil Clergyman
movieMr. North
1988
Doctor Angus McPherson
movieWaxwork
1988
Waxwork Man
movieHanna's War
1988
Captain Julian Simon
moviePulse Pounders
1988
Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
movieKeys to Freedom
1988
Nigel Heath
movieMy Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987
Professor Leopold McCarthy
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Gul Madred
movieDesperado
1987
Ballard, Company Police Chief
tvWorlds Beyond
1986
Ken Larkin
Summer Lightning
1985
George Millington
movieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
Reinhard Heydrich
movieLove's Labour's Lost
1985
Don Armado
movieA Christmas Carol
1984
Bob Cratchit
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Insp. McLaughlin / Justin Hunnicut
movieThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
Zandor, the Inkeeper
movieFrankenstein
1984
Creature
tvCharlie
1984
Charlie Alexander
movieThe Man with Two Brains
1983
Dr. Alfred Necessiter
tvMarco Polo
1982
Rustichello da Pisa
tvRemington Steele
1982
Alexander Sebastien
tvFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
Zandor, The Innkeeper
movieTron
1982
Ed Dillinger / Sark
tvNancy Astor
1982
Philip Kerr
movieContact
1982
Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)
movieTime Bandits
1981
Evil Genius
tvMasada
1981
Senator Pomponius Falco
movieThe Island
1980
David Nau
movieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
Laurence Beesley
movieTime After Time
1979
Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
tvHart to Hart
1979
Mr. Bowlly
movieThe Concorde... Airport '79
1979
Peter O'Neill
movieNightwing
1979
Phillip Payne
movieThe Thirty Nine Steps
1978
Sir Edmund Appleton
Clouds of Glory
1978
William Wordsworth
tvHolocaust
1978
Heydrich
movieThe Disappearance
1977
Burbank
movieSilver Bears
1977
Agha Firdausi
movieAge of Innocence
1977
Henry Buchanan
movieCross of Iron
1977
Hauptmann Kiesel
movieProvidence
1977
Kevin Woodford
movieThe Omen
1976
Keith Jennings
movieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975
Sampson Brass
movieLittle Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974
Dennis Charles Nipple
movieFrom Beyond the Grave
1974
Edward Charlton
movieA Doll's House
1973
Torvald Helmer
movieStraw Dogs
1971
Henry Niles (uncredited)
moviePerfect Friday
1970
Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
movieMichael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969
Michael Kohlhaas
movieThe Sea Gull
1968
Konstantin Treplev
movieThe Fixer
1968
Count Odoevsky
movieWork Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
Valentine Brose
movieThe Bofors Gun
1968
Lance Bombardier Terry Evans
movieThe Deadly Affair
1967
Edward II (in Edward II)
movieOpus
1967
Hamlet
movieThe Wars of the Roses
1965
King Henry VI
tvThe Wars of the Roses
1965
Henry VI
movieTom Jones
1963
Mr. Blifil
movieWe Joined the Navy
1963
Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
movieThe King's Breakfast
1963
1st Trumpeter
Crew1
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movieBlue Borsalino
2016
Executive Producer