David Warner
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, UK
- Died
- July 24, 2022
- Active Years
- 1962–2025 (64 Years)
- Total Credits
- 223 credits in database
Acting Born Jul 29, 1941 Died Jul 24, 2022 Manchester, England, UK 223 credits
Biography
David Warner was an English actor born in Manchester, England, UK. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before gaining prominence in the early 1960s. Warner's film career spanned a range of genres, including lead roles in Karel Reisz's film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment and other notable films such as The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, and The Omen. He also appeared in a variety of other films, including Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tron, A Christmas Carol, and Titanic, among others. Warner's acting credits include 219 known works, and he passed away on July 24, 2022, at the age of 80.
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Career overview
David Warner was an English actor born in Manchester. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before gaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s. Warner's early success was marked by his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment.
Warner's career spanned a range of media, including film and television. He portrayed both romantic leads and villainous characters in various productions. Some of his notable roles include appearances in 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, and Mary Poppins Returns.
Warner accumulated a significant number of credits throughout his career, with over 219 known credits to his name. He worked extensively in the film and television industries, leaving a lasting impact on the world of acting.
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Career timeline
TRON: Ares
Elliott from Earth
The AlienistMary Poppins ReturnsYou, Me and HimProvidenceHis Picture In Little
Blue BorsalinoBlue Borsalino · Executive Producer
The Trial of Elizabeth GadgeAmicus Vault of Horrors
Inside No. 9Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
Teen Titans Go!Before I Sleep
Ripper StreetA Thousand Kisses DeepThe Secret of Crickley Hall
The Amazing World of GumballTRON: The Next DayPassion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's WarPassion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War · Thanks
Black DeathA History of Horror
Doctor Who: DreamlandAlbert's Memorial
WallanderIn Love with Barbara
Hogfather
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an EmpireSam Peckinpah: PortraitHogfatherBacon's ArenaSweeney Todd
Doctor WhoSensitive SkinPassion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam PeckinpahThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Agatha Christie's MarpleLadies in LavenderSpider-Man vs. Doc OckSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeConviction
Daredevil vs. Spider-ManHearts of GoldDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeKiss of Life
The InvestigationSpider-Man: The Return of the Green GoblinThe Little UnicornThe Code Conspiracy
The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyThe Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyPlanet of the ApesSuperstitionHornblower: Retribution
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandIn the BeginningCinderellaBack to the Secret Garden
Batman BeyondTotal Recall 2070Wing CommanderWinnie the Pooh: A Valentine for YouShergar
HornblowerToonsylvaniaThreeHoudiniThe Last Leprechaun
Midsomer MurdersTitanicThe HungerScream 2Men in Black: The Series
Superman: The Animated SeriesCaptain Simian & the Space MonkeysSiegfried & Roy: Masters of the ImpossibleNaked SoulsThe Leading Man
The Outer LimitsThe Outer LimitsIn the Mouth of MadnessFreakazoid!Ice Cream Man
Babylon 5Spider-ManGargoylesIron ManA Mind to Kill
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Wild PalmsPerry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep ScandalPretty Princess
Batman: The Animated SeriesThe Larry Sanders ShowDark at NoonReturn to the Lost WorldThe Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
DinosaursPerformanceStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryUncle VanyaTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Twin PeaksThe Secret Life of Ian FlemingPerry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
Full Filmography
223 titles- TRON: Ares (2025) as Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
- Elliott from Earth (2021)
- The Alienist (2018) as Professor Cavanaugh
- Mary Poppins Returns (2018) as Admiral Boom
- You, Me and Him (2018) as Michael Miller
- Providence (2018) as Himself
- His Picture In Little (2018)
- Blue Borsalino (2016) as Ernie Child
- Blue Borsalino (2016) Executive Producer
- The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge (2015) as Sir Andrew Pike
- Amicus Vault of Horrors (2015) as Himself
- Inside No. 9 (2014) as Sir Andrew Pike
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command (2014)
- Teen Titans Go! (2013) as The Lobe (voice)
- Before I Sleep (2013) as Eugene Devlin
- Ripper Street (2012) as Rabbi Max Steiner
- A Thousand Kisses Deep (2012) as Max
- The Secret of Crickley Hall (2012) as Elderly Percy Judd
- The Amazing World of Gumball (2011) as Dr. Wrecker (voice)
- TRON: The Next Day (2011) as Ed Dillinger / MCP
- Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011) as Self
- Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011) Thanks
- Black Death (2010) as Abbot
- A History of Horror (2010) as Self
- Doctor Who: Dreamland (2009) as Lord Azlok (voice)
- Albert's Memorial (2009) as Frank
- Wallander (2008) as Povel Wallander
- In Love with Barbara (2008) as Lord Mountbatten
- Hogfather (2007) as Lord Downey
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006) as Pulcher
- Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006) as Self
- Hogfather (2006) as Lord Downey
- Bacon's Arena (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Sweeney Todd (2006) as Fielding
- Mr. Loveday's Little Outing (2006) as Lord Moping
- Perfect Parents (2006) as Father Thomas
- Doctor Who (2005) as Professor Grisenko
- Sensitive Skin (2005) as Robert Ringwald
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005) as Self
- The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) as Dr. Erasmus Pea
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Luther Crackenthorpe
- Ladies in Lavender (2004) as Dr Mead
- Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock (2004) as Landon (voice)
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- Conviction (2004) as Lenny Fairburn
- Cyber Wars (2004) as Joseph Lau
- Straight Into Darkness (2004) as Deacon
- Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (2003) as Landon (voice)
- Hearts of Gold (2003) as Dr. Theo John
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003) as Sir Danvers Carew
- Kiss of Life (2003) as Pap
- The Investigation (2002) as Superint. Bruce Northorp
- Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin (2002) as Landon (voice)
- The Little Unicorn (2002) as Ted Regan
- The Code Conspiracy (2002) as Professor
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001) as Nergal (voice)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001)
- Planet of the Apes (2001) as Sandar
- Superstition (2001) as Judge Padovani
- Hornblower: Retribution (2001) as Capt. James Sawyer
- The Omen Legacy (2001) as Self
- Hornblower: Mutiny (2001) as Captain James Sawyer
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000) as Lord Angstrom (voice)
- In the Beginning (2000) as Eliezer
- Cinderella (2000) as Martin
- Back to the Secret Garden (2000) as Dr. Snodgrass
- Batman Beyond (1999) as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- Total Recall 2070 (1999)
- Wing Commander (1999) as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
- Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (1999) as Narrator (voice)
- Shergar (1999) as Eammon Garrity
- Hornblower (1998) as Captain Sawyer
- Toonsylvania (1998) as Dr. Vic Frankenstein
- Three (1998) as The Man
- Houdini (1998) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Last Leprechaun (1998) as Simpson
- A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (1998) as Narrator
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Peter Fossett
- Titanic (1997) as Spicer Lovejoy
- The Hunger (1997) as Vassu
- Scream 2 (1997) as Gus Gold
- Men in Black: The Series (1997) as Alpha (voice)
- Perversions of Science (1997) as Dr. Nordhoff
- Money Talks (1997) as Barclay
- Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997) as Narrator (voice)
- Danielle Steel's Zoya (1997) as Prince Vladmir
- Superman: The Animated Series (1996) as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (1996) as The Glyph (voice)
- Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996)
- Naked Souls (1996) as Everett Longstreet
- The Leading Man (1996) as Tod
- Seven Servants (1996) as Blade
- Rasputin (1996) as Dr. Botkin
- Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996) as Lord Agon
- Felony (1996) as Cooper
- Corwin (1996) as Self
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Bill Trenton
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Inspector Harold Langford
- In the Mouth of Madness (1995) as Dr. Wrenn
- Freakazoid! (1995) as The Lobe (voice)
- Ice Cream Man (1995) as Reverend Langley
- Final Equinox (1995) as Shilow
- The Choir (1995) as Alexander Troy
- Signs and Wonders (1995) as Reverend Timothy Palmore
- Babylon 5 (1994) as Aldous Gajic
- Spider-Man (1994) as Landon (voice)
- Gargoyles (1994) as Archmage (voice)
- Iron Man (1994) as Arthur Dearborn (voice)
- A Mind to Kill (1994)
- Inner Sanctum II (1994) as Dr. Lamont
- Tryst (1994) as Jason
- The American Revolution (1994) as King George III
- Loving Deadly (1994) as Grant / Grant's Twin
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Jor-El
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) as Winston Smiles
- Wild Palms (1993) as Eli Levitt
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993) as Harley Griswold
- Pretty Princess (1993) as principe Massimiliano
- Body Bags (1993) as Dr. Lock
- Necronomicon (1993) as Dr. Madden
- Quest of the Delta Knights (1993) as Lord Vultare
- Taking Liberty (1993) as Sir Leopold Linwood
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
- The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Richard Germain
- Dark at Noon (1992) as Ellic
- Return to the Lost World (1992) as Professor Leo Summerlee
- The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1992) as Chancellor Thayer
- The Lost World (1992) as Summerlee
- Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street (1992) as Dr. Lloyd Stern
- Spies, Inc. (1992) as Cleague
- Blood and Dust (1992) as Tripoli
- Dinosaurs (1991) as Spirit of the Tree (voice)
- Performance (1991) as Vanya
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Chancellor Gorkon
- Uncle Vanya (1991) as Vanya
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) as Professor Jordon Perry
- Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) as Amos Hackshaw
- Drive (1991) as The Driver
- Blue Tornado (1991) as Commander
- Twin Peaks (1990) as Thomas Eckhardt
- The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) as Adm. Godfrey
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990) as Bradley Thompson
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Dr. Alan Goetz
- Father Dowling Mysteries (1989) as Sir Arthur wedgeworth
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) as St. John Talbot
- Hostile Takeover (1989) as Eugene Brackin
- Grave Secrets (1989) as Dr. Carl Farnsworth
- Mortal Passions (1989) as Doctor Terrence Powers
- Tripwire (1989) as Josef Szabo
- Mr. North (1988) as Doctor Angus McPherson
- Hansel and Gretel (1988) as Father Stephan
- Waxwork (1988) as Waxwork Man
- Pulse Pounders (1988) as Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
- Keys to Freedom (1988) as Nigel Heath
- The Evil Clergyman (1988) as Evil Clergyman
- Hanna's War (1988) as Captain Julian Simon
- Magdalene (1988) as Baron von Seidl
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Gul Madred
- Crossbow (1987)
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987) as Professor Leopold McCarthy
- Desperado (1987) as Ballard, Company Police Chief
- Worlds Beyond (1986) as Ken Larkin
- Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) as Reinhard Heydrich
- Love's Labour's Lost (1985) as Don Armado
- Summer Lightning (1985) as George Millington
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Insp. McLaughlin
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Justin Hunnicut
- The Company of Wolves (1984) as Father
- A Christmas Carol (1984) as Bob Cratchit
- Charlie (1984) as Charlie Alexander
- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) as Zandor, the Inkeeper
- Frankenstein (1984) as Creature
- The Man with Two Brains (1983) as Dr. Alfred Necessiter
- Remington Steele (1982) as Alexander Sebastien
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Zandor, The Innkeeper
- Tron (1982) as Ed Dillinger / Sark
- Marco Polo (1982) as Rustichello da Pisa
- Nancy Astor (1982) as Philip Kerr
- Contact (1982) as Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)
- Masada (1981) as Senator Pomponius Falco
- Time Bandits (1981) as Evil Genius
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Murphy
- S.O.S. Titanic (1980) as Laurence Beesley
- The Island (1980) as David Nau
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Mr. Bowlly
- Time After Time (1979) as Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
- The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) as Peter O'Neill
- Nightwing (1979) as Phillip Payne
- Holocaust (1978) as Heydrich
- The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) as Sir Edmund Appleton
- Clouds of Glory (1978) as William Wordsworth
- Cross of Iron (1977) as Hauptmann Kiesel
- Providence (1977) as Kevin Woodford
- Silver Bears (1977) as Agha Firdausi
- The Disappearance (1977) as Burbank
- Age of Innocence (1977) as Henry Buchanan
- The Blue Hotel (1977) as Swede
- The Omen (1976) as Keith Jennings
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1975) as Sampson Brass
- Three Comedies of Marriage (1975) as Bobby
- From Beyond the Grave (1974) as Edward Charlton
- Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974) as Dennis Charles Nipple
- A Doll's House (1973) as Torvald Helmer
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Straw Dogs (1971) as Henry Niles (uncredited)
- Perfect Friday (1970) as Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) as Joshua
- Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel (1969) as Michael Kohlhaas
- The Fixer (1968) as Count Odoevsky
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) as Lysander
- The Sea Gull (1968) as Konstantin Treplev
- The Bofors Gun (1968) as Lance Bombardier Terry Evans
- Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968) as Valentine Brose
- The Deadly Affair (1967) as Edward II (in Edward II)
- Opus (1967) as Hamlet
- Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) as Morgan Delt
- The Wars of the Roses (1965) as King Henry VI
- The Wars of the Roses (1965) as Henry VI
- We Joined the Navy (1963) as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
- Tom Jones (1963) as Mr. Blifil
- The King's Breakfast (1963) as 1st Trumpeter
- The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) as Lennie
- Z-Cars (1962)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is David Warner best known for?
David Warner is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including TRON: Ares (2025), Ice Bound (2003), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), You, Me and Him (2018).
When and where was David Warner born?
David Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, UK. They passed away on July 24, 2022.
How many credits does David Warner have?
David Warner has accumulated over 223 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1962 to 2025.
What is David Warner's background in cinema and television?
David Warner was an English actor born in Manchester, England, UK. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before gaining prominence in the early 1960s. Warner's film career spanned a range of genres, including lead roles in Karel Reisz's film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment and ot...
David Warner by the numbers
223credits
153films
70TV series
1962–2025active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as Ra's al Ghul (voice) — aged about 50
- The Amazing World of Gumball (2011) as Dr. Wrecker (voice) — aged about 69
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as Gul Madred — aged about 45
- Spider-Man (1994) as Landon (voice) — aged about 52
- Twin Peaks (1990) as Thomas Eckhardt — aged about 48
- Batman Beyond (1999) as Ra's al Ghul (voice) — aged about 57
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