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Malcolm McDowell Biography
Birth Name:
Malcolm John Taylor
Birth Place:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Profession
Actor, director
Fast Facts
- Studied at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964 with Patrick Stewart (his co-star in 1994's Star Trek: Generations) and David Warner (his co-star in 1979's Time After Time)
- Made his TV debut in the first season of long-running British drama Crossroads
- His portrayal of Alex in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 classic A Clockwork Orange was ranked No
- 100 in Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time
- Played a character named Mick Travis in three films directed by Lindsay Anderson: If
- (1968), O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982)
- Performed a one-man show in 2004 called Lindsay Anderson: A Personal Remembrance in honor of the director, who died in 1994
- Played the recurring role of Daniel Linderman during the first season of Heroes
Awards
- 2019Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
- 1972Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: nominated
Relationships
- Charles Taylor -- Father
- Edna Taylor -- Mother
- Beckett Taylor McDowell -- Son
- Finnian Anderson McDowell -- Son
- Seamus Hudson McDowell -- Son
- Kelley Kuhr -- Wife