David Warner

Acting

David Warner

Born July 29, 1941Manchester, England, UK213 credits

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

Filmography

TRON: Ares
2025TRON: Ares
as Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)Movie
Mary Poppins Returns
2018Mary Poppins Returns
as Admiral BoomMovie
Providence
2018Providence
as HimselfMovie
You, Me and Him
2018You, Me and Him
as Michael MillerMovie
The Alienist
2018The Alienist
as Professor CavanaughTV
Blue Borsalino
2016Blue Borsalino
as Ernie ChildMovie
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
as Sir Andrew PikeMovie
Inside No. 9
2014Inside No. 9
as Sir Andrew PikeTV
Before I Sleep
2013Before I Sleep
as Eugene DevlinMovie
Teen Titans Go!
2013Teen Titans Go!
as The Lobe (voice)TV
Ripper Street
2012Ripper Street
as Rabbi Max SteinerTV
The Secret of Crickley Hall
2012The Secret of Crickley Hall
as Elderly Percy JuddTV
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011The Amazing World of Gumball
as Dr. Wrecker (voice)TV
TRON: The Next Day
2011TRON: The Next Day
as Ed Dillinger / MCPMovie
Black Death
2010Black Death
as AbbotMovie
Doctor Who: Dreamland
2009Doctor Who: Dreamland
as Lord Azlok (voice)TV
Wallander
2008Wallander
as Povel WallanderTV
In Love with Barbara
2008In Love with Barbara
as Lord MountbattenMovie
Hogfather
2007Hogfather
as Lord DowneyMovie
Perfect Parents
2006Perfect Parents
as Father ThomasMovie
Hogfather
2006Hogfather
as Lord DowneyTV
Bacon's Arena
2006Bacon's Arena
as Narrator (voice)Movie
Sweeney Todd
2006Sweeney Todd
as FieldingMovie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who
as Professor GrisenkoTV
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004Agatha Christie's Marple
as Luther CrackenthorpeTV
Ladies in Lavender
2004Ladies in Lavender
as Dr MeadMovie
Conviction
2004Conviction
as Lenny FairburnTV
Cyber Wars
2004Cyber Wars
as Joseph LauMovie
Kiss of Life
2003Kiss of Life
as PapMovie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Sir Danvers CarewMovie
Hearts of Gold
2003Hearts of Gold
as Dr. Theo JohnMovie
The Little Unicorn
2002The Little Unicorn
as Ted ReganMovie
The Code Conspiracy
2002The Code Conspiracy
as ProfessorMovie
The Investigation
2002The Investigation
as Superint. Bruce NorthorpMovie
Superstition
2001Superstition
as Judge PadovaniMovie
Hornblower: Retribution
2001Hornblower: Retribution
as Capt. James SawyerMovie
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001Hornblower: Mutiny
as Captain James SawyerMovie
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
as Lord Angstrom (voice)TV
Back to the Secret Garden
2000Back to the Secret Garden
as Dr. SnodgrassMovie
Cinderella
2000Cinderella
as MartinMovie
Shergar
1999Shergar
as Eammon GarrityMovie
Wing Commander
1999Wing Commander
as Admiral Geoffrey TolwynMovie
Batman Beyond
1999Batman Beyond
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)TV
Houdini
1998Houdini
as Sir Arthur Conan DoyleMovie
Hornblower
1998Hornblower
as Captain SawyerTV
Toonsylvania
1998Toonsylvania
as Dr. Vic FrankensteinTV
Three
1998Three
as The ManTV
Titanic
1997Titanic
as Spicer LovejoyMovie
Scream 2
1997Scream 2
as Gus GoldMovie
Money Talks
1997Money Talks
as BarclayMovie
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Prince VladmirMovie
The Hunger
1997The Hunger
as VassuTV
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murders
as Peter FossettTV
Seven Servants
1996Seven Servants
as BladeMovie
Superman: The Animated Series
1996Superman: The Animated Series
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)TV
C
1996Corwin
as SelfMovie
Naked Souls
1996Naked Souls
as Everett LongstreetMovie
Rasputin
1996Rasputin
as Dr. BotkinMovie
Felony
1996Felony
as CooperMovie
Final Equinox
1995Final Equinox
as ShilowMovie
Freakazoid!
1995Freakazoid!
as The Lobe (voice)TV
Ice Cream Man
1995Ice Cream Man
as Reverend LangleyMovie
The Outer Limits
1995The Outer Limits
as Bill TrentonTV
The Choir
1995The Choir
as Alexander TroyTV
Signs and Wonders
1995Signs and Wonders
as Reverend Timothy PalmoreTV
Inner Sanctum II
1994Inner Sanctum II
as Dr. LamontMovie
The American Revolution
1994The American Revolution
as King George IIITV
Spider-Man
1994Spider-Man
as Landon (voice)TV
Tryst
1994Tryst
as JasonMovie
Gargoyles
1994Gargoyles
as Archmage (voice)TV
Iron Man
1994Iron Man
as Arthur Dearborn (voice)TV
Babylon 5
1994Babylon 5
as Aldous GajicTV
Loving Deadly
1994Loving Deadly
as Grant / Grant's TwinMovie
Pretty Princess
1993Pretty Princess
as principe MassimilianoMovie
Necronomicon
1993Necronomicon
as Dr. MaddenMovie
Quest of the Delta Knights
1993Quest of the Delta Knights
as Lord VultareMovie
Body Bags
1993Body Bags
as Dr. LockMovie
Wild Palms
1993Wild Palms
as Eli LevittTV
T
1993Taking Liberty
as Sir Leopold LinwoodMovie
Dark at Noon
1992Dark at Noon
as EllicMovie
Spies, Inc.
1992Spies, Inc.
as CleagueMovie
Blood and Dust
1992Blood and Dust
as TripoliMovie
Batman: The Animated Series
1992Batman: The Animated Series
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)TV
The Larry Sanders Show
1992The Larry Sanders Show
as Richard GermainTV
Return to the Lost World
1992Return to the Lost World
as Professor Leo SummerleeMovie
The Lost World
1992The Lost World
as SummerleeMovie
Uncle Vanya
1991Uncle Vanya
as VanyaMovie
Performance
1991Performance
as VanyaTV
Blue Tornado
1991Blue Tornado
as CommanderMovie
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991Cast a Deadly Spell
as Amos HackshawMovie
Drive
1991Drive
as The DriverMovie
Dinosaurs
1991Dinosaurs
as Spirit of the Tree (voice)TV
Twin Peaks
1990Twin Peaks
as Thomas EckhardtTV
Tripwire
1989Tripwire
as Josef SzaboMovie
Mortal Passions
1989Mortal Passions
as Doctor Terrence PowersMovie
Hostile Takeover
1989Hostile Takeover
as Eugene BrackinMovie
Grave Secrets
1989Grave Secrets
as Dr. Carl FarnsworthMovie
Tales from the Crypt
1989Tales from the Crypt
as Dr. Alan GoetzTV
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989Father Dowling Mysteries
as Sir Arthur wedgeworthTV
Hansel and Gretel
1988Hansel and Gretel
as Father StephanMovie
Magdalene
1988Magdalene
as Baron von SeidlMovie
The Evil Clergyman
1988The Evil Clergyman
as Evil ClergymanMovie
Mr. North
1988Mr. North
as Doctor Angus McPhersonMovie
Waxwork
1988Waxwork
as Waxwork ManMovie
Hanna's War
1988Hanna's War
as Captain Julian SimonMovie
Pulse Pounders
1988Pulse Pounders
as Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)Movie
Keys to Freedom
1988Keys to Freedom
as Nigel HeathMovie
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987My Best Friend Is a Vampire
as Professor Leopold McCarthyMovie
Desperado
1987Desperado
as Ballard, Company Police ChiefMovie
Worlds Beyond
1986Worlds Beyond
as Ken LarkinTV
S
1985Summer Lightning
as George MillingtonMovie
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Reinhard HeydrichMovie
Love's Labour's Lost
1985Love's Labour's Lost
as Don ArmadoMovie
A Christmas Carol
1984A Christmas Carol
as Bob CratchitMovie
Murder, She Wrote
1984Murder, She Wrote
as Insp. McLaughlinTV
Frankenstein
1984Frankenstein
as CreatureMovie
Charlie
1984Charlie
as Charlie AlexanderTV
The Man with Two Brains
1983The Man with Two Brains
as Dr. Alfred NecessiterMovie
Marco Polo
1982Marco Polo
as Rustichello da PisaTV
Remington Steele
1982Remington Steele
as Alexander SebastienTV
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982Faerie Tale Theatre
as Zandor, The InnkeeperTV
Tron
1982Tron
as Ed Dillinger / SarkMovie
Nancy Astor
1982Nancy Astor
as Philip KerrTV
Contact
1982Contact
as Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)Movie
Time Bandits
1981Time Bandits
as Evil GeniusMovie
Masada
1981Masada
as Senator Pomponius FalcoTV
The Island
1980The Island
as David NauMovie
S.O.S. Titanic
1980S.O.S. Titanic
as Laurence BeesleyMovie
Time After Time
1979Time After Time
as Jack the Ripper - John Leslie StevensonMovie
Hart to Hart
1979Hart to Hart
as Mr. BowllyTV
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979The Concorde... Airport '79
as Peter O'NeillMovie
Nightwing
1979Nightwing
as Phillip PayneMovie
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978The Thirty Nine Steps
as Sir Edmund AppletonMovie
Clouds of Glory
1978Clouds of Glory
as William WordsworthTV
Holocaust
1978Holocaust
as HeydrichTV
The Disappearance
1977The Disappearance
as BurbankMovie
Silver Bears
1977Silver Bears
as Agha FirdausiMovie
Age of Innocence
1977Age of Innocence
as Henry BuchananMovie
The Blue Hotel
1977The Blue Hotel
as SwedeMovie
Cross of Iron
1977Cross of Iron
as Hauptmann KieselMovie
Providence
1977Providence
as Kevin WoodfordMovie
The Omen
1976The Omen
as Keith JenningsMovie
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975The Old Curiosity Shop
as Sampson BrassMovie
From Beyond the Grave
1974From Beyond the Grave
as Edward CharltonMovie
A Doll's House
1973A Doll's House
as Torvald HelmerMovie
Straw Dogs
1971Straw Dogs
as Henry Niles (uncredited)Movie
Perfect Friday
1970Perfect Friday
as Lord Nicholas "Nick" DorsetMovie
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
as Michael KohlhaasMovie
The Sea Gull
1968The Sea Gull
as Konstantin TreplevMovie
The Fixer
1968The Fixer
as Count OdoevskyMovie
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Valentine BroseMovie
The Bofors Gun
1968The Bofors Gun
as Lance Bombardier Terry EvansMovie
The Deadly Affair
1967The Deadly Affair
as Edward II (in Edward II)Movie
Opus
1967Opus
as HamletMovie
The Wars of the Roses
1965The Wars of the Roses
as King Henry VIMovie
The Wars of the Roses
1965The Wars of the Roses
as King Henry VITV
Tom Jones
1963Tom Jones
as Mr. BlifilMovie
We Joined the Navy
1963We Joined the Navy
as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)Movie
The King's Breakfast
1963The King's Breakfast
as 1st TrumpeterMovie