"The best thing I did was abuse myself when younger - I dabbled in everything, cocaine, booze, women - because now I don't have to do it anymore."
Malcolm John Taylor, better known as
Malcolm McDowell (born in 1943) is an English actor with a reputation for playing villainous characters, including his
Star-Making Role of Alex in
A Clockwork Orange, the title role in
Caligula, the guy who
dropped a bridge on Captain Kirk in
Star Trek: Generations (and only took the part because
the producers let him drop that bridge), Metallo in
Superman The Animated Series, and the villain of the
Show Within a Show in
Bolt.
Non-villainous roles include Major Gresham in
Aces High and
H. G. Wells in
Time After Time. Somewhere in between are
Harry Flashman in the film version of
Royal Flash and Mr. Roarke in the remake of
Fantasy Island.
He made his film debut in
if...., and his performance in that film convinced
Stanley Kubrick to cast him in
A Clockwork Orange.
Works featuring Malcolm McDowell with their own trope pages include:
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