David Warner

Actor

David Warner

Born July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, UKDied July 24, 2022139 films

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.

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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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Time After Time poster6.8Time After Time1979From Beyond the Grave poster6.7From Beyond the Grave1974Tron poster6.6Tron1982Providence poster6.6Providence1977In the Mouth of Madness poster7.2In the Mouth of Madness1995The Island poster5.2The Island1980The Company of Wolves poster6.3The Company of Wolves1984The Man with Two Brains poster6.2The Man with Two Brains1983

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Filmography

139 films as actor
  1. 2025TRON: AresMaster Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
  2. 2018Mary Poppins ReturnsAdmiral Boom
  3. 2018His Picture In Little
  4. 2018You, Me and HimMichael Miller
  5. 2016Blue BorsalinoErnie Child
  6. 2015The Trial of Elizabeth GadgeSir Andrew Pike
  7. 2013Before I SleepEugene Devlin
  8. 2012A Thousand Kisses DeepMax
  9. 2011TRON: The Next DayEd Dillinger / MCP
  10. 2010Black DeathAbbot
  11. 2009Albert's MemorialFrank
  12. 2008In Love with BarbaraLord Mountbatten
  13. 2007HogfatherLord Downey
  14. 2006Perfect ParentsFather Thomas
  15. 2006Mr. Loveday's Little OutingLord Moping
  16. 2006Sweeney ToddFielding
  17. 2005The League of Gentlemen's ApocalypseDr. Erasmus Pea
  18. 2004Ladies in LavenderDr Mead
  19. 2004Cyber WarsJoseph Lau
  20. 2004Spider-Man vs. Doc OckLandon (voice)
  21. 2004Straight Into DarknessDeacon
  22. 2003Kiss of LifePap
  23. 2003Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeSir Danvers Carew
  24. 2003Hearts of GoldDr. Theo John
  25. 2003Daredevil vs. Spider-ManLandon (voice)
  26. 2002The Little UnicornTed Regan
  27. 2002Spider-Man: The Return of the Green GoblinLandon (voice)
  28. 2002The Code ConspiracyProfessor
  29. 2002The InvestigationSuperint. Bruce Northorp
  30. 2001SuperstitionJudge Padovani
  31. 2001Planet of the ApesSandar
  32. 2001Hornblower: RetributionCapt. James Sawyer
  33. 2001Hornblower: MutinyCaptain James Sawyer
  34. 2000Back to the Secret GardenDr. Snodgrass
  35. 2000CinderellaMartin
  36. 1999ShergarEammon Garrity
  37. 1999Wing CommanderAdmiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
  38. 1999Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for YouNarrator (voice)
  39. 1998HoudiniSir Arthur Conan Doyle
  40. 1998A Winnie the Pooh ThanksgivingNarrator
  41. 1998The Last LeprechaunSimpson
  42. 1997TitanicSpicer Lovejoy
  43. 1997Scream 2Gus Gold
  44. 1997Money TalksBarclay
  45. 1997Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher RobinNarrator (voice)
  46. 1997Danielle Steel's ZoyaPrince Vladmir
  47. 1996The Leading ManTod
  48. 1996Seven ServantsBlade
  49. 1996Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
  50. 1996Beastmaster III: The Eye of BraxusLord Agon
  51. 1996Naked SoulsEverett Longstreet
  52. 1996RasputinDr. Botkin
  53. 1996FelonyCooper
  54. 1995Final EquinoxShilow
  55. 1995Ice Cream ManReverend Langley
  56. 1995In the Mouth of MadnessDr. Wrenn
  57. 1994Inner Sanctum IIDr. Lamont
  58. 1994TrystJason
  59. 1994Loving DeadlyGrant / Grant's Twin
  60. 1993Pretty Princessprincipe Massimiliano
  61. 1993NecronomiconDr. Madden
  62. 1993Quest of the Delta KnightsLord Vultare
  63. 1993Body BagsDr. Lock
  64. 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep ScandalHarley Griswold
  65. 1993Taking LibertySir Leopold Linwood
  66. 1992Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of CommandGul Madred
  67. 1992The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph CarterChancellor Thayer
  68. 1992Dark at NoonEllic
  69. 1992Spies, Inc.Cleague
  70. 1992Blood and DustTripoli
  71. 1992Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore StreetDr. Lloyd Stern
  72. 1992Return to the Lost WorldProfessor Leo Summerlee
  73. 1992The Lost WorldSummerlee
  74. 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryChancellor Gorkon
  75. 1991Uncle VanyaVanya
  76. 1991Blue TornadoCommander
  77. 1991Cast a Deadly SpellAmos Hackshaw
  78. 1991DriveThe Driver
  79. 1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the OozeProfessor Jordon Perry
  80. 1990The Secret Life of Ian FlemingAdm. Godfrey
  81. 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned PenBradley Thompson
  82. 1989TripwireJosef Szabo
  83. 1989Mortal PassionsDoctor Terrence Powers
  84. 1989Hostile TakeoverEugene Brackin
  85. 1989Grave SecretsDr. Carl Farnsworth
  86. 1989Star Trek V: The Final FrontierSt. John Talbot
  87. 1988Hansel and GretelFather Stephan
  88. 1988MagdaleneBaron von Seidl
  89. 1988The Evil ClergymanEvil Clergyman
  90. 1988Mr. NorthDoctor Angus McPherson
  91. 1988WaxworkWaxwork Man
  92. 1988Hanna's WarCaptain Julian Simon
  93. 1988Keys to FreedomNigel Heath
  94. 1987My Best Friend Is a VampireProfessor Leopold McCarthy
  95. 1987DesperadoBallard, Company Police Chief
  96. 1985Summer LightningGeorge Millington
  97. 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilReinhard Heydrich
  98. 1985Love's Labour's LostDon Armado
  99. 1984A Christmas CarolBob Cratchit
  100. 1984The Company of WolvesFather
  101. 1984The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the ShiversZandor, the Inkeeper
  102. 1984FrankensteinCreature
  103. 1983The Man with Two BrainsDr. Alfred Necessiter
  104. 1982TronEd Dillinger / Sark
  105. 1981The French Lieutenant's WomanMurphy
  106. 1981Time BanditsEvil Genius
  107. 1980The IslandDavid Nau
  108. 1980S.O.S. TitanicLaurence Beesley
  109. 1979Time After TimeJack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
  110. 1979The Concorde... Airport '79Peter O'Neill
  111. 1979NightwingPhillip Payne
  112. 1978The Thirty Nine StepsSir Edmund Appleton
  113. 1977The DisappearanceBurbank
  114. 1977Silver BearsAgha Firdausi
  115. 1977Age of InnocenceHenry Buchanan
  116. 1977The Blue HotelSwede
  117. 1977Cross of IronHauptmann Kiesel
  118. 1977ProvidenceKevin Woodford
  119. 1976The OmenJennings
  120. 1975The Old Curiosity ShopSampson Brass