Acting · Manchester, England, UK · Born July 29, 1941
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.
MovieTRON: Ares
2025
as Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
TVElliott from Earth
2021
MovieMary Poppins Returns
2018
as Admiral Boom
MovieProvidence
2018
as Himself
MovieHis Picture In Little
2018
MovieYou, Me and Him
2018
as Michael Miller
TVThe Alienist
2018
as Professor Cavanaugh
MovieBlue Borsalino
2016
as Ernie Child
MovieThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
as Sir Andrew Pike
MovieAmicus Vault of Horrors
2015
as Himself
MovieStar Trek: The Next Generation - Chain of Command
2014
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Sir Andrew Pike
MovieBefore I Sleep
2013
as Eugene Devlin
TVTeen Titans Go!
2013
as The Lobe (voice)
TVRipper Street
2012
as Rabbi Max Steiner
TVThe Secret of Crickley Hall
2012
as Elderly Percy Judd
MovieA Thousand Kisses Deep
2012
as Max
MoviePassion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
2011
as Self
TVThe Amazing World of Gumball
2011
as Dr. Wrecker (voice)
MovieTRON: The Next Day
2011
as Ed Dillinger / MCP
TVA History of Horror
2010
as Self
MovieBlack Death
2010
as Abbot
MovieAlbert's Memorial
2009
as Frank
TVDoctor Who: Dreamland
2009
as Lord Azlok (voice)
TVWallander
2008
as Povel Wallander
MovieIn Love with Barbara
2008
as Lord Mountbatten
MovieHogfather
2007
as Lord Downey
MoviePerfect Parents
2006
as Father Thomas
TVHogfather
2006
as Lord Downey
TVAncient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
as Pulcher
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
as Self
MovieBacon's Arena
2006
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMr. Loveday's Little Outing
2006
as Lord Moping
MovieSweeney Todd
2006
as Fielding
TVSensitive Skin
2005
as Robert Ringwald
MovieThe League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
as Dr. Erasmus Pea
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Professor Grisenko
MoviePassion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
TVAgatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Luther Crackenthorpe
MovieLadies in Lavender
2004
as Dr Mead
TVConviction
2004
as Lenny Fairburn
MovieCyber Wars
2004
as Joseph Lau
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSpider-Man vs. Doc Ock
2004
as Landon (voice)
MovieStraight Into Darkness
2004
as Deacon
MovieKiss of Life
2003
as Pap
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2003
as Sir Danvers Carew
MovieHearts of Gold
2003
as Dr. Theo John
MovieDaredevil vs. Spider-Man
2003
as Landon (voice)
MovieThe Little Unicorn
2002
as Ted Regan
MovieSpider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin
2002
as Landon (voice)
MovieThe Code Conspiracy
2002
as Professor
MovieThe Investigation
2002
as Superint. Bruce Northorp
MovieThe Omen Legacy
2001
as Self
MovieSuperstition
2001
as Judge Padovani
TVThe Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
as Nergal (voice)
MoviePlanet of the Apes
2001
as Sandar
MovieHornblower: Retribution
2001
as Capt. James Sawyer
MovieHornblower: Mutiny
2001
as Captain James Sawyer
TVIn the Beginning
2000
as Eliezer
TVBuzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
as Lord Angstrom (voice)
MovieBack to the Secret Garden
2000
as Dr. Snodgrass
MovieCinderella
2000
as Martin
MovieShergar
1999
as Eammon Garrity
MovieWing Commander
1999
as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
MovieWinnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TVBatman Beyond
1999
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
TVTotal Recall 2070
1999
MovieHoudini
1998
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
MovieA Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998
as Narrator
MovieThe Last Leprechaun
1998
as Simpson
TVHornblower
1998
as Captain Sawyer
TVToonsylvania
1998
as Dr. Vic Frankenstein
TVThree
1998
as The Man
MovieTitanic
1997
as Spicer Lovejoy
MovieScream 2
1997
as Gus Gold
TVMen in Black: The Series
1997
as Alpha (voice)
MovieMoney Talks
1997
as Barclay
MoviePooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDanielle Steel's Zoya
1997
as Prince Vladmir
TVThe Hunger
1997
as Vassu
TVPerversions of Science
1997
as Dr. Nordhoff
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Peter Fossett
MovieThe Leading Man
1996
as Tod
MovieSeven Servants
1996
as Blade
TVCaptain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1996
as The Glyph (voice)
TVSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
MovieSiegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible
1996
Corwin
1996
as Self
MovieBeastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
1996
as Lord Agon
MovieNaked Souls
1996
as Everett Longstreet
MovieRasputin
1996
as Dr. Botkin
MovieFelony
1996
as Cooper
MovieFinal Equinox
1995
as Shilow
TVFreakazoid!
1995
as The Lobe (voice)
MovieIce Cream Man
1995
as Reverend Langley
TVThe Outer Limits
1995
as Bill Trenton
TVThe Choir
1995
as Alexander Troy
MovieIn the Mouth of Madness
1995
as Dr. Wrenn
TVSigns and Wonders
1995
as Reverend Timothy Palmore
MovieInner Sanctum II
1994
as Dr. Lamont
TVThe American Revolution
1994
as King George III
TVA Mind to Kill
1994
TVSpider-Man
1994
as Landon (voice)
MovieTryst
1994
as Jason
TVGargoyles
1994
as Archmage (voice)
TVIron Man
1994
as Arthur Dearborn (voice)
TVBabylon 5
1994
as Aldous Gajic
MovieLoving Deadly
1994
as Grant / Grant's Twin
MoviePretty Princess
1993
as principe Massimiliano
MovieNecronomicon
1993
as Dr. Madden
MovieQuest of the Delta Knights
1993
as Lord Vultare
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Jor-El
TVThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Winston Smiles
MovieBody Bags
1993
as Dr. Lock
TVWild Palms
1993
as Eli Levitt
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
as Harley Griswold
Taking Liberty
1993
as Sir Leopold Linwood
MovieThe Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter
1992
as Chancellor Thayer
MovieDark at Noon
1992
as Ellic
MovieSpies, Inc.
1992
as Cleague
MovieBlood and Dust
1992
as Tripoli
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as Ra's al Ghul (voice)
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Richard Germain
MovieDiagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street
1992
as Dr. Lloyd Stern
MovieReturn to the Lost World
1992
as Professor Leo Summerlee
MovieThe Lost World
1992
as Summerlee
MovieStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Chancellor Gorkon
MovieUncle Vanya
1991
as Vanya
TVPerformance
1991
as Vanya
MovieBlue Tornado
1991
as Commander
MovieCast a Deadly Spell
1991
as Amos Hackshaw
MovieDrive
1991
as The Driver
TVDinosaurs
1991
as Spirit of the Tree (voice)
MovieTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991
as Professor Jordon Perry
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Thomas Eckhardt
MovieThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
as Adm. Godfrey
MoviePerry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen
1990
as Bradley Thompson
MovieTripwire
1989
as Josef Szabo
MovieMortal Passions
1989
as Doctor Terrence Powers
MovieHostile Takeover
1989
as Eugene Brackin
MovieGrave Secrets
1989
as Dr. Carl Farnsworth
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Dr. Alan Goetz
MovieStar Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
as St. John Talbot
TVFather Dowling Mysteries
1989
as Sir Arthur wedgeworth
MovieHansel and Gretel
1988
as Father Stephan
MovieMagdalene
1988
as Baron von Seidl
MovieThe Evil Clergyman
1988
as Evil Clergyman
MovieMr. North
1988
as Doctor Angus McPherson
MovieWaxwork
1988
as Waxwork Man
MovieHanna's War
1988
as Captain Julian Simon
MoviePulse Pounders
1988
as Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
MovieKeys to Freedom
1988
as Nigel Heath
MovieMy Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987
as Professor Leopold McCarthy
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Gul Madred
TVCrossbow
1987
MovieDesperado
1987
as Ballard, Company Police Chief
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Ken Larkin
Summer Lightning
1985
as George Millington
MovieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Reinhard Heydrich
MovieLove's Labour's Lost
1985
as Don Armado
MovieA Christmas Carol
1984
as Bob Cratchit
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Insp. McLaughlin
MovieThe Company of Wolves
1984
as Father
MovieThe Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984
as Zandor, the Inkeeper
MovieFrankenstein
1984
as Creature
TVCharlie
1984
as Charlie Alexander
MovieThe Man with Two Brains
1983
as Dr. Alfred Necessiter
TVMarco Polo
1982
as Rustichello da Pisa
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Alexander Sebastien
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Zandor, The Innkeeper
MovieTron
1982
as Ed Dillinger / Sark
TVNancy Astor
1982
as Philip Kerr
MovieContact
1982
as Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)
MovieThe French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
as Murphy
MovieTime Bandits
1981
as Evil Genius
TVMasada
1981
as Senator Pomponius Falco
MovieThe Island
1980
as David Nau
MovieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Laurence Beesley
MovieTime After Time
1979
as Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
TVHart to Hart
1979
as Mr. Bowlly
MovieThe Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Peter O'Neill
MovieNightwing
1979
as Phillip Payne
MovieThe Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Sir Edmund Appleton
Clouds of Glory
1978
as William Wordsworth
TVHolocaust
1978
as Heydrich
MovieThe Disappearance
1977
as Burbank
MovieSilver Bears
1977
as Agha Firdausi
MovieAge of Innocence
1977
as Henry Buchanan
MovieThe Blue Hotel
1977
as Swede
MovieCross of Iron
1977
as Hauptmann Kiesel
MovieProvidence
1977
as Kevin Woodford
MovieThe Omen
1976
as Keith Jennings
MovieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Sampson Brass
Three Comedies of Marriage
1975
as Bobby
MovieLittle Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs
1974
as Dennis Charles Nipple
MovieFrom Beyond the Grave
1974
as Edward Charlton
MovieA Doll's House
1973
as Torvald Helmer
MovieStraw Dogs
1971
as Henry Niles (uncredited)
Film '72
1971
as Self
MoviePerfect Friday
1970
as Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
MovieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Joshua
MovieMichael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
1969
as Michael Kohlhaas
MovieThe Sea Gull
1968
as Konstantin Treplev
MovieThe Fixer
1968
as Count Odoevsky
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Lysander
MovieWork Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Valentine Brose
MovieThe Bofors Gun
1968
as Lance Bombardier Terry Evans
MovieThe Deadly Affair
1967
as Edward II (in Edward II)
MovieOpus
1967
as Hamlet
MovieMorgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966
as Morgan Delt
MovieThe Wars of the Roses
1965
as King Henry VI
TVThe Wars of the Roses
1965
as Henry VI
MovieTom Jones
1963
as Mr. Blifil
MovieWe Joined the Navy
1963
as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)
MovieThe Madhouse on Castle Street
1963
as Lennie
MovieThe King's Breakfast
1963
as 1st Trumpeter
TVZ-Cars
1962
