Malcolm McDowell Biography
Malcolm McDowell is known as an English actor. Likewise, he is known for portraying Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange and also the title character in the “Mick Travis trilogy”. Besides, McDowell is the recipient of an Evening Standard British Film Award, together with nominations for Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
How old is Malcolm McDowell? – Age
The English actor is 80 years old as of 2023. He was born on 13 June 1943, in Horsforth, United Kingdom, where he also grew up.
How tall is Malcolm McDowell? – Height
McDowell is 5 feet 8 inches (1.74 m) tall.
Malcolm McDowell Mother, Father – Family
McDowell was born the son of hotelier Edna (née McDowell) and RAF officer (and later pub owner) Charles Taylor. In addition, he has an older sister named Gloria and also a younger sister named Judy. Later Gloria had a son, actor Alexander Siddig, together with whom McDowell would appear in the film Doomsday in 2008.
Malcolm McDowell Education
The Actor started taking acting classes while in school, later moved to London in order to train as an actor at the London Academy of Music and also Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Is Malcolm McDowell Married? – Wife
In March 1969, McDowell met actress and publicist Margot Bennett and later they got married in April 1975. Later, the couple divorced in September 1980. He as well met actress Mary Steenburgen in 1978 while filming Time After Time, and they again got married in September 1980. Likewise, they had two children together, Lilly (born 1981) and filmmaker Charlie McDowell in born 1983.
Malcolm McDowell Career
He served together with Anderson again for O Lucky Man! (1973, also wrote), which became inspired by McDowell’s experience serving as a coffee salesman, and Britannia Hospital (1982). In addition, McDowell regularly appeared on British television productions in the 1970s in adaptations of theatre classics, one example being together with Laurence Olivier in The Collection in 1976, as part of the series Laurence Olivier Presents.
Furthermore, McDowell was the featured narrator in the documentary The Compleat Beatles, released in 1982. Besides, he voiced Lord Maliss in Happily Ever After (1989), Zarm in the cartoon Captain Planet and also the Planeteers, the Superman villain Metallo in Superman: The Animated Series, Merlyn in DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010), Mad Mod on Teen Titans, Arkady Duvall (son of Ra’s al Ghul) on Batman: Likewise, The Animated Series and also as the voice of a Death Star commander on a Robot Chicken episode parodying Star Wars.
Voice acting
In addition, he is a regular on the second season of the Adult Swim cartoon Metalocalypse as Vater Orlaag and other characters. McDowell as well voiced Dr. Calico in Disney’s Bolt (2008) and also the henchman Reeses II in the animated series Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, a show laced together with references to many films, such as his own role in A Clockwork Orange.
Likewise, McDowell is the host of Fangoria’s Dreadtime Stories, a monthly series of radio dramas along with a mystery, horror, science fiction and also dark humour theme. Later each month, a new episode is available for download, and also scripts, as used by McDowell and the supporting actors, are as well available at the Fangoria website.
Malcolm McDowell Net Worth
Citing his career, Malcolm sits at an estimated net worth of $40 million..
Malcolm McDowell Instagram
You can find and follow McDowell on Instagram using the account name: @malcolm_mcdowell