David Warner Biography
Dave Warner was born David Hattersley Warner is an English actor, who has worked in film, television, audio, and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in 1966 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 has 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.
David Warner Age
David Hattersley is 80 years old as of 2021. He was born on July 29th, 1941 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. He celebrates his birthday on July 29th every year. Additionally, his birth sign is Leo.
David Warner Height and Weight
Warner measures a standing height of 6 feet 2 inches tall which is equivalent to 1.88 meters tall. However, his weight as well as his other body measurements are currently under review and will be updated as soon as it has been made publicly available.
David Warner Education
He was educated at Feldon School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London.
David Warner Family, Parents, and Siblings
Warner was born in Manchester, Lancashire, the son of Ada Doreen (née Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner, who was a nursing home proprietor. He was born out of wedlock and frequently taken to be brought up by each of his parents, eventually settling with his Russian-Jewish father and his stepmother.
David Warner Girlfriend, Wife and Children
David has not gone public with his relationship, it is not publicly known whether he is married or in a relationship. His partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.
David Warner Salary
Details pertaining to his annual salary are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.
David Warner Net Worth
David has an estimated net worth of $1 million dollars as of 2021. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
David Warner Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about David.
David Warner Wiki
- Full Names: David Hattersley Warner
- Popular As: David Warner
- Gender: Male
- Occupation / Profession: Actor
- Nationality: English
- Race / Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Not Known
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
David Warner Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 80 years old as of 2021
- Zodiac Sign: Leo
- Date of Birth: 29 July 1941
- Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire, England
- Birthday: 29 July
David Warner Body Measurements
- Body Measurements: Not Available
- Height / How Tall?: 6 feet 2 inches
- Weight: Not Available
- Eye Color: Not Available
- Hair Color: Not Available
- Shoe Size: Not Available
- Biceps Size: Not Available
- Chest Size: Not Available
- Waist Size: Not Available
David Warner Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Herbert Simon Warner
- Mother: Ada Doreen
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
- Marital Status: Not Known
- Dating /Boyfriend: Not Known
- Children: Not Known
David Warner Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $1 million
- Salary: Under Review
- Source of Income: Actor
David Warner Career
Theatre
Warner made his professional stage debut at the Royal Court Theatre in January 1962, playing Snout, a minor role in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Tony Richardson for the English Stage Company. In March 1962 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, he played Conrad in Much Ado About Nothing, following which in June he appeared as Jim in Afore Night Come at the New Arts Theatre in London.
He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1963 to play Trinculo in The Tempest and Cinna the Poet in Julius Caesar, and in July was cast as Henry VI in the John Barton adaptation of Henry VI, Parts I, II, and III, which comprised the first two plays from The Wars of the Roses trilogy.
At the Aldwych Theatre, London, in January 1964, he again played Henry VI in the complete The Wars of the Roses history cycle (1964). Returning to Stratford in April, he performed the title role in Richard II, Mouldy in Henry IV, Part 1, and Henry VI. At the Aldwych in October 1964, he was cast as Valentine Brose in the play Eh? by Henry Livings, a role he reprised in the 1968 film adaptation Work Is a Four-Letter Word.
He first played the title role in Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1965. This production was transferred to the Aldwych Theatre in December of that year. In the 1966 Stratford season, his Hamlet was revived and he also played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the Twelfth Night. Finally, at the Aldwych in January 1970, he played Julian in Tiny Alice.
According to his 2007 program CV, Warner’s other work for the theatre has included The Great Exhibition at Hampstead Theatre (February 1972); I, Claudius at the Queen’s Theatre (July 1972); A Feast of Snails at the Lyric Theatre (February 2002); Where There’s a Will at the Theatre Royal, Bath; King Lear at Chichester Festival Theatre (in 2005, see details below); and also Major Barbara on Broadway.
Film and television
In 1963, he made his film debut as the villainous Blifil in Tom Jones, and in 1965, starred as Henry VI in the BBC television version of the RSC’s The Wars of the Roses cycle of Shakespeare’s history plays. Another early television role came when he starred alongside Bob Dylan in the 1963 play Madhouse on Castle Street.
A major step in his career was the leading role in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) opposite Vanessa Redgrave, which established his reputation for playing slightly off-the-wall characters.
He also appeared as Konstantin Treplev in Sidney Lumet’s 1968 adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Sea Gull and starred alongside Jason Robards and Stella Stevens as Reverend Joshua Duncan Sloane in Sam Peckinpah’s The Ballad of Cable Hogue.
In horror films, he appeared in one of the stories of From Beyond the Grave, opposite Gregory Peck in The Omen (1976) as the ill-fated photojournalist Keith Jennings, and the 1979 thriller Nightwing. He also starred in cult classic Waxwork (1988) and featured alongside a young Viggo Mortensen in the 1990 film Tripwire.
He has often played villains, in films such as The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), Time After Time (1979), Time Bandits (1981), Tron (1982), Hanna’s War (1988), and television series such as Batman: The Animated Series playing Ra’s al Ghul, the anti-mutant scientist Herbert Landon in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, as well as rogue agent Alpha in the animated Men in Black series and the Archmage in Disney’s Gargoyles and finally The Lobe in Freakazoid.
He was also cast against type as Henry Niles in Straw Dogs (1971) and as Bob Cratchit in the 1984 telefilm A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott as Scrooge. In addition, he played German SS Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich both in the film Hitler’s SS: Portrait in Evil, and the television miniseries Holocaust; as sinister millionaire Amos Hackshaw in HBO’s original 1991 film Cast a Deadly Spell.
In 1981, Warner received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for Masada as Pomponius Falco. In 1988, he appeared in the Danny Huston film, Mr. North.
He subsequently appeared in films such as Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Avatar (known as Matrix Hunter in the USA), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Titanic (the third time he has appeared in a film that is about or includes reference to RMS Titanic) and Scream 2.
In 2001, he played Captain James Sawyer in two episodes of A&E’s adaptation of C.S. Forester’s Hornblower series. He appeared in three episodes of the second season of Twin Peaks (1991) as “Thomas Eckhardt”. He also continues to play classical roles. In “Chain of Command”, a 6th-season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, he was a Cardassian interrogator.
He based his portrayal on the evil “re-educator” from 1984. His less-spectacular roles included a double-role in the low-budget fantasy Quest of the Delta Knights (1993) which was eventually spoofed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. He also played Admiral Tolwyn in the film version of Wing Commander.
Warner’s sympathetic side had been evident in Sam Peckinpah’s Cross of Iron (1977), where he portrayed Captain Kiesel. Other “nice guy” roles include the charismatic “Aldous Gajic” in “Grail”, a first season (1994) episode of Babylon 5, and “Chancellor Gorkon” in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
In an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, he played Superman’s deceased Kryptonian father Jor-El, who appeared to his son through holographic recordings. Warner has also played “ambiguous nice guys” such as vampire bat exterminator Philip Payne in 1979’s Nightwing; and Dr. Richard Madden in 1994’s Necronomicon: Book of the Dead. In Seven Servants by Daryush Shokof, he co-starred with Anthony Quinn in 1996.
Another ‘sympathetic’ role was in 2013 when he played Professor Grisenko in the Doctor Who episode “Cold War” in which he battled a revived Ice Warrior and struck up a rapport with the Doctor’s companion Clara Oswald.
David also appeared in the second series of the Sky 1 comedy-drama Mad Dogs. In 2014 Warner starred in two episodes of the Horror series Penny Dreadful as Abraham Van Helsing.
Warner contributed “Sonnet 25” to the 2002 compilation album, When Love Speaks (EMI Classics), which consists of Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts as interpreted by famous actors and musicians. He has performed in many audio plays, starring in the Doctor Who Unbound play Sympathy for the Devil (2003) as an alternative version of the Doctor, and in a series of plays based on ITV’s Sapphire & Steel as Steel, both for Big Finish Productions.
He reprised his incarnation of the Doctor in a sequel, Masters of War (2008). In 2007, he guest-starred as Isaac Newton in the Doctor Who audio drama Circular Time and as Cuthbert in four of the seven stories in the second Fourth Doctor series. He also guest-starred in the BBC Radio 4 science fiction comedy Nebulous (2005) as Professor Nebulous’ arch-enemy Dr. Joseph Klench.
In all these productions, Warner has worked with writer and comedian Mark Gatiss of the League of Gentlemen and plays a guest role in the League’s 2005 feature film The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse. He has also performed in radio plays for the distinguished American companies L.A. Theatre Works and the Hollywood Theater of the Ear.
In 2005, Warner read a new adaptation of Oliver Twist for BBC Radio 2 (adapted by Neville Teller and directed by Neil Gardner). In 2008, he guest-starred as Mycroft Holmes in the Bernice Summerfield audio play The Adventure of the Diogenes Damsel. In 2009, he was the voice of Lord Azlok of the Viperox, an insectoid alien race in the animated Doctor Who serial “Dreamland”.
In 2016, he returned as his alternate Doctor in a series of audios where his Doctor briefly travels to the ‘prime’ universe and enlists the Seventh Doctor’s companion Benny Summerfield (Lisa Bowerman) to try and help him save his universe. Warner’s Doctor continued his travels with Benny in the second series of audios released in 2017.
He has also contributed voice acting to a number of computer games, most notably playing the villain Jon Irenicus in Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Morpheus in Fallout.
Warner also did voice work on the short-lived FOX animated series Toonsylvania as Dr. Vic Frankenstein. On the Cartoon Network animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, David provided the voice of Nergal, a demonic creature from the Earth’s core. He voiced the character until 2003 when he was replaced by Martin Jarvis. He also voiced one of Batman’s greatest enemies, Ra’s al Ghul, in Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, and an episode of Batman Beyond.
He also voiced the Lobe in Freakazoid and Teen Titans Go! respectively and Alpha in Men in Black: The Series, Herbert Landon in Spider-Man, as well as the Archmage in Gargoyles.
Warner narrated the Disney direct-to-video Pooh’s Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin. In March 2010, it was announced that Warner would be joining the cast of the Dark Shadows audio drama miniseries Kingdom of the Dead.
Return to theatre and other recent work
In 2001, Warner returned to the stage after a nearly three-decade hiatus to play Andrew Undershaft in a Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara. In May 2005, at the Chichester Festival Theatre Warner made a return to Shakespeare, playing the title role in Steven Pimlott’s production of King Lear.
Tim Walker, reviewing the performance in the Sunday Telegraph, wrote: “Warner is physically the least imposing king I have ever seen, but his slight, gaunt body serves also to accentuate the vulnerability the part requires. So, too, does the fact that he is older by decades than most of the other members of the youthful cast.”
On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, Navin Chowdhry, Saffron Burrows, and David Baddiel.
In December 2006, he starred in Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather on Sky1 as Lord Downey. And in August 2007, as an RSC Honorary Artist, he returned to Stratford for the first time in over 40 years to play Sir John Falstaff in the Courtyard Theatre revival of Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 which were part of the RSC Histories Cycle. He is one of the few actors to play Hamlet (RSC), Lear (Chichester Festival Theatre), and Falstaff (RSC).
In February 2008, Warner was heard as the popular fictional character Hugo Rune in a new 13-part audio adaptation of Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon released by Hokus Bloke Productions and BBC Audiobooks. He starred alongside some high-profile names including cult science-fiction actress and Superman star Sarah Douglas, Rupert Degas, The Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis, Harry Potter villain Jason Isaacs, Mark Wing-Davey, and Martin Jarvis (written by Elliott Stein & Neil Gardner, and produced/directed by Neil Gardner).
In October 2008, Warner played the role of Lord Mountbatten of Burma in the BBC Four television film In Love with Barbara, a biopic about the life of romantic novelist Barbara Cartland. He plays Povel Wallander, the father of Kurt Wallander, in BBC One’s Wallander.
Other work
In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Warner about his role in The Omen (1976) for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror. In November 2013, David Warner posed for Rory Lewis Photographers ‘Northerners’ Exhibition, David’s image was acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London and was the first professional portrait sitting of David since 1966.
Frequently Asked Questions About David Warner
Who is David?
David Hattersley is an English actor, who has worked in film, television, audio, and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in 1966 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.
How old is David?
He was born on July 29th, 1941 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
How tall is David?
Warner measures a standing height of 6 feet 2 inches tall which is equivalent to 1.88 meters tall.
Is David married?
David has not gone public with his relationship, it is not publicly known whether he is married or in a relationship. His partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.
How much is David worth?
David has an estimated net worth of $1 million dollars as of 2021. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as an actor. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
How much does David make?
Details pertaining to his annual salary are currently unavailable. This information is however currently under review and will soon be updated.
Where does David live?
Because of security reasons, David has not shared his precise location of residence. We will update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Is David dead or alive?
David is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is David Now?
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