Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell gave cinema one of its most indelible faces, and my take is that Alex in A Clockwork Orange both made and shadowed him. Few actors could survive being that iconic that young, yet McDowell turned it into a six-decade career as a character actor, voice artist, and screen villain of choice. What I respect most is his total lack of preciousness; he works constantly, in projects grand and modest, bringing the same unnerving glint to each. The line from Lindsay Anderson's If.... to Kubrick is film history itself, but his longevity since is the quieter, more impressive achievement.

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Name (English)

Malcolm McDowell

Name (Japanese)

マルコム・マクダウェル

Reading

まるこむ・まくだうぇる

Born

June 13, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Horsforth, United Kingdom

Height

174 cm

Occupation

television actor / voice actor / film actor / character actor / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Awards & achievements

• Saturn Awards
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2009 Sitges Grand Honorary Award

• Official sitehttps://malcolmmcdowellonline.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/malcolm_mcdowell/
• Xhttps://x.com/McDowellMalc
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20McDowell
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117392

Tags

• television actor
• voice actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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