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David Warner

David Warner

Born: 1941-07-29 • Manchester, England, UK

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.

Filmography
TRON: Ares poster
TRON: Ares
2025 • Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
Mary Poppins Returns poster
Mary Poppins Returns
2018 • Admiral Boom
Providence poster
Providence
2018 • Himself
His Picture In Little poster
His Picture In Little
2018
You, Me and Him poster
You, Me and Him
2018 • Michael Miller
Blue Borsalino poster
Blue Borsalino
2016 • Ernie Child
Amicus Vault of Horrors poster
Amicus Vault of Horrors
2015 • Himself
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command poster
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
Before I Sleep poster
Before I Sleep
2013 • Eugene Devlin
A Thousand Kisses Deep poster
A Thousand Kisses Deep
2012 • Max
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War poster
Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011 • Self
TRON: The Next Day poster
TRON: The Next Day
2011 • Ed Dillinger / MCP
Black Death poster
Black Death
2010 • Abbot
Albert's Memorial poster
Albert's Memorial
2009 • Frank
In Love with Barbara poster
In Love with Barbara
2008 • Lord Mountbatten
Hogfather poster
Hogfather
2007 • Lord Downey
Perfect Parents poster
Perfect Parents
2006 • Father Thomas
No Image
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006 • Self
Bacon's Arena poster
Bacon's Arena
2006 • Narrator (voice)
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing poster
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006 • Lord Moping
Sweeney Todd poster
Sweeney Todd
2006 • Fielding
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse poster
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005 • Dr. Erasmus Pea
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 • Self
Ladies in Lavender poster
Ladies in Lavender
2004 • Dr Mead
Cyber Wars poster
Cyber Wars
2004 • Joseph Lau
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 • Self (archive footage)
Straight Into Darkness poster
Straight Into Darkness
2004 • Deacon
Kiss of Life poster
Kiss of Life
2003 • Pap
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003 • Sir Danvers Carew
Hearts of Gold poster
Hearts of Gold
2003 • Dr. Theo John
The Little Unicorn poster
The Little Unicorn
2002 • Ted Regan
The Code Conspiracy poster
The Code Conspiracy
2002 • Professor
The Investigation poster
The Investigation
2002 • Superint. Bruce Northorp
The Omen Legacy poster
The Omen Legacy
2001 • Self
Superstition poster
Superstition
2001 • Judge Padovani
Planet of the Apes poster
Planet of the Apes
2001 • Sandar
Hornblower: Retribution poster
Hornblower: Retribution
2001 • Capt. James Sawyer
Hornblower: Mutiny poster
Hornblower: Mutiny
2001 • Captain James Sawyer
Back to the Secret Garden poster
Back to the Secret Garden
2000 • Dr. Snodgrass
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
2000 • Martin
Shergar poster
Shergar
1999 • Eammon Garrity
Wing Commander poster
Wing Commander
1999 • Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You poster
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999 • Narrator (voice)
Houdini poster
Houdini
1998 • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving poster
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998 • Narrator
The Last Leprechaun poster
The Last Leprechaun
1998 • Simpson
Titanic poster
Titanic
1997 • Spicer Lovejoy
Scream 2 poster
Scream 2
1997 • Gus Gold
Money Talks poster
Money Talks
1997 • Barclay
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin poster
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997 • Narrator (voice)
Danielle Steel's Zoya poster
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997 • Prince Vladmir
The Leading Man poster
The Leading Man
1996 • Tod
Seven Servants poster
Seven Servants
1996 • Blade
Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible poster
Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible
1996
No Image
Corwin
1996 • Self
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus poster
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
1996 • Lord Agon
Naked Souls poster
Naked Souls
1996 • Everett Longstreet
Rasputin poster
Rasputin
1996 • Dr. Botkin
Final Equinox poster
Final Equinox
1995 • Shilow
Ice Cream Man poster
Ice Cream Man
1995 • Reverend Langley
In the Mouth of Madness poster
In the Mouth of Madness
1995 • Dr. Wrenn
Inner Sanctum II poster
Inner Sanctum II
1994 • Dr. Lamont
Tryst poster
Tryst
1994 • Jason
Felony poster
Felony
1994 • Cooper
Loving Deadly poster
Loving Deadly
1994 • Grant / Grant's Twin
Pretty Princess poster
Pretty Princess
1993 • principe Massimiliano
Necronomicon poster
Necronomicon
1993 • Dr. Madden
Quest of the Delta Knights poster
Quest of the Delta Knights
1993 • Lord Vultare
Body Bags poster
Body Bags
1993 • Dr. Lock
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal poster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 • Harley Griswold
No Image
Taking Liberty
1993 • Sir Leopold Linwood
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter poster
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
1992 • Chancellor Thayer
Dark at Noon poster
Dark at Noon
1992 • Ellic
Spies, Inc. poster
Spies, Inc.
1992 • Cleague
Blood and Dust poster
Blood and Dust
1992 • Tripoli
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street poster
Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
1992 • Dr. Lloyd Stern
Return to the Lost World poster
Return to the Lost World
1992 • Professor Leo Summerlee
The Lost World poster
The Lost World
1992 • Summerlee
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country poster
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 • Chancellor Gorkon
Uncle Vanya poster
Uncle Vanya
1991 • Vanya
Blue Tornado poster
Blue Tornado
1991 • Commander
Cast a Deadly Spell poster
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991 • Amos Hackshaw
Drive poster
Drive
1991 • The Driver
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze poster
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991 • Professor Jordon Perry
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming poster
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990 • Adm. Godfrey
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen poster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990 • Bradley Thompson
Tripwire poster
Tripwire
1989 • Josef Szabo
Mortal Passions poster
Mortal Passions
1989 • Doctor Terrence Powers
Hostile Takeover poster
Hostile Takeover
1989 • Eugene Brackin
Grave Secrets poster
Grave Secrets
1989 • Dr. Carl Farnsworth
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier poster
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989 • St. John Talbot
Hansel and Gretel poster
Hansel and Gretel
1988 • Father Stephan
Magdalene poster
Magdalene
1988 • Baron von Seidl
The Evil Clergyman poster
The Evil Clergyman
1988 • Evil Clergyman
Mr. North poster
Mr. North
1988 • Doctor Angus McPherson
Waxwork poster
Waxwork
1988 • Waxwork Man
Hanna's War poster
Hanna's War
1988 • Captain Julian Simon
Pulse Pounders poster
Pulse Pounders
1988 • Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
Keys to Freedom poster
Keys to Freedom
1988 • Nigel Heath
My Best Friend Is a Vampire poster
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987 • Professor Leopold McCarthy