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David Warner

David Warner

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

TRON: Ares
TRON: Ares
2025 • Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 • Admiral Boom
Providence
Providence
2018 • Himself
His Picture In Little
His Picture In Little
2018
You, Me and Him
You, Me and Him
2018 • Michael Miller
Blue Borsalino
Blue Borsalino
2016 • Ernie Child
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015 • Sir Andrew Pike
Amicus Vault of Horrors
Amicus Vault of Horrors
2015 • Himself

Full filmography

TRON: Ares
TRON: Ares
2025 • Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
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Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 • Admiral Boom
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Providence
Providence
2018 • Himself
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You, Me and Him
You, Me and Him
2018 • Michael Miller
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Blue Borsalino
Blue Borsalino
2016 • Ernie Child
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Before I Sleep
Before I Sleep
2013 • Eugene Devlin
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TRON: The Next Day
TRON: The Next Day
2011 • Ed Dillinger / MCP
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Black Death
Black Death
2010 • Abbot
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In Love with Barbara
In Love with Barbara
2008 • Lord Mountbatten
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Hogfather
Hogfather
2007 • Lord Downey
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Perfect Parents
Perfect Parents
2006 • Father Thomas
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Bacon's Arena
Bacon's Arena
2006 • Narrator (voice)
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Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
2006 • Fielding
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Cyber Wars
Cyber Wars
2004 • Joseph Lau
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003 • Sir Danvers Carew
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Hearts of Gold
Hearts of Gold
2003 • Dr. Theo John
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The Investigation
The Investigation
2002 • Superint. Bruce Northorp
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Superstition
Superstition
2001 • Judge Padovani
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Hornblower: Retribution
Hornblower: Retribution
2001 • Capt. James Sawyer
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Hornblower: Mutiny
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001 • Captain James Sawyer
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Cinderella
Cinderella
2000 • Martin
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Shergar
Shergar
1999 • Eammon Garrity
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Wing Commander
Wing Commander
1999 • Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
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Houdini
Houdini
1998 • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Titanic
Titanic
1997 • Spicer Lovejoy
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Scream 2
Scream 2
1997 • Gus Gold
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Money Talks
Money Talks
1997 • Barclay
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Danielle Steel's Zoya
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997 • Prince Vladmir
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Corwin
1996 • Self
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Naked Souls
Naked Souls
1996 • Everett Longstreet
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Rasputin
Rasputin
1996 • Dr. Botkin
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Ice Cream Man
Ice Cream Man
1995 • Reverend Langley
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Inner Sanctum II
Inner Sanctum II
1994 • Dr. Lamont
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Tryst
Tryst
1994 • Jason
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Felony
Felony
1994 • Cooper
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Loving Deadly
Loving Deadly
1994 • Grant / Grant's Twin
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Pretty Princess
Pretty Princess
1993 • principe Massimiliano
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Necronomicon
Necronomicon
1993 • Dr. Madden
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Body Bags
Body Bags
1993 • Dr. Lock
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Taking Liberty
1993 • Sir Leopold Linwood
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Spies, Inc.
Spies, Inc.
1992 • Cleague
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Blood and Dust
Blood and Dust
1992 • Tripoli
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Return to the Lost World
Return to the Lost World
1992 • Professor Leo Summerlee
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The Lost World
The Lost World
1992 • Summerlee
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Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
1991 • Vanya
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Blue Tornado
Blue Tornado
1991 • Commander
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Cast a Deadly Spell
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991 • Amos Hackshaw
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Drive
Drive
1991 • The Driver
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Tripwire
Tripwire
1989 • Josef Szabo
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Mortal Passions
Mortal Passions
1989 • Doctor Terrence Powers
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Hostile Takeover
Hostile Takeover
1989 • Eugene Brackin
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Grave Secrets
Grave Secrets
1989 • Dr. Carl Farnsworth
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Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
1988 • Father Stephan
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Magdalene
Magdalene
1988 • Baron von Seidl
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The Evil Clergyman
The Evil Clergyman
1988 • Evil Clergyman
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Mr. North
Mr. North
1988 • Doctor Angus McPherson
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Waxwork
Waxwork
1988 • Waxwork Man
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Hanna's War
Hanna's War
1988 • Captain Julian Simon
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Pulse Pounders
Pulse Pounders
1988 • Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
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Keys to Freedom
Keys to Freedom
1988 • Nigel Heath
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987 • Professor Leopold McCarthy
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Desperado
Desperado
1987 • Ballard, Company Police Chief
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Summer Lightning
1985 • George Millington
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985 • Reinhard Heydrich
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1984 • Bob Cratchit
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Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1984 • Creature
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The Man with Two Brains
The Man with Two Brains
1983 • Dr. Alfred Necessiter
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Tron
Tron
1982 • Ed Dillinger / Sark
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Contact
Contact
1982 • Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)
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Time Bandits
Time Bandits
1981 • Evil Genius
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The Island
The Island
1980 • David Nau
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S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 • Laurence Beesley
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Time After Time
Time After Time
1979 • Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
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Nightwing
Nightwing
1979 • Phillip Payne
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The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978 • Sir Edmund Appleton
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Silver Bears
Silver Bears
1977 • Agha Firdausi
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Age of Innocence
Age of Innocence
1977 • Henry Buchanan
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Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron
1977 • Hauptmann Kiesel
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Providence
Providence
1977 • Kevin Woodford
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The Omen
The Omen
1976 • Keith Jennings
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The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975 • Sampson Brass
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From Beyond the Grave
From Beyond the Grave
1974 • Edward Charlton
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A Doll's House
A Doll's House
1973 • Torvald Helmer
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Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs
1971 • Henry Niles (uncredited)
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Perfect Friday
Perfect Friday
1970 • Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
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The Sea Gull
The Sea Gull
1968 • Konstantin Treplev
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The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 • Count Odoevsky
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968 • Valentine Brose
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The Bofors Gun
The Bofors Gun
1968 • Lance Bombardier Terry Evans
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The Deadly Affair
The Deadly Affair
1967 • Edward II (in Edward II)
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Opus
Opus
1967 • Hamlet
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The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses
1965 • King Henry VI
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Tom Jones
Tom Jones
1963 • Mr. Blifil
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We Joined the Navy
We Joined the Navy
1963 • Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
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The King's Breakfast
The King's Breakfast
1963 • 1st Trumpeter
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