Who is
David Warner? David Warner has been
Hamlet, David Warner has been
the Doctor,
David Warner has been in movies... but if you grew up in the 90s, you'll probably recognise his voice as that of at least one
Wicked Cultured-sounding cartoon supervillain. His voice is so distinctive that we could easily rename the
Evil Brit in his honour.
He pulled triple-duty in
TRON as Edward Dillinger, his program counterpart Sark and
Big Bad MCP. His performance as Sark heavily influenced
Corey Burton's
Shockwave voice (so three guesses who got to voice Sark in
Kingdom Hearts II). His other roles include...
- Ra's al Ghul in Batman The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond.
- The Archmage in Gargoyles, who was elevated from one-shot character to major villain solely due to his performance.
- Herbert Landon in Spider-Man The Animated Series.
- Evil in Time Bandits.
"Forty-three species of parrot! Nipples for men! SLUGS! Are we not in the hands of a lunatic?"
- Dr. Vic Frankenstein on Steven Spielberg's short-lived FOX series, Toonsylvania (which everyone remembers as a Playstation game rather than a TV show).
- Nergal in The Grim Adventures Of Billy And Mandy (he was later replaced by another voice actor).
- Alpha in Men In Black: The Series
- The Lobe in Freakazoid.
- Lord Angstrom in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- Lovejoy (Billy Zane's valet/bodyguard) in Titanic.
- Professor Jordan Perry in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
- Jack the Ripper in Time After Time.
- Jon Irenicus in Baldur's Gate.
- Gul Madred, Picard's torturer in Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Chain of Command"
"Tell me how many lights you see."
- Chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Playing Against Type as a peace-maker.
- Jor-El in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
- Kurt Wallander's father Povel in the English language adaptations of Wallander.
- An alternative third incarnation of the Doctor in two of Big Finish Productions' What If? Doctor Who Unbound audio dramas, "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Masters Of War". Quite possibly the best Doctor we never had.
- Bob Cratchitt in the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Very much Playing Against Type, as you can imagine if you've been reading over this list.
- He was an antagonist of a crazy captain in "Mutiny" and "Retribution" in the Horatio Hornblower miniseries. Hilariously put by one snarky commentator (Catherine, website Archieology 101)
"You see, the captain, James Sawyer, bears an uncanny resemblance to David Warner. This of necessity means that he's either a) a villain, b) mad as a balloon, or c) both."
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