Owen Teale

Owen Teale

Known for
Acting
Born
May 20, 1961 (age 65)
Birthplace
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Biography

Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh actor. Trained at the Guildford School of Acting, Teale made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys in 1984. He later appeared in Knights of God (1989), Great Expectations (1989), Waterfront Beat (1990) and Boon (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 TV movie Robin Hood. He went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law. In 2005, he played a lead role in Marian, Again—opposite Stephen Tompkinson, Samantha Beckinsale and Kelly Harrison—in which he was the abusive husband of Harrison's eponymous character. His film debut was in War Requiem in 1989. He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. His appearance in King Arthur, as Pelagius, was relegated to the DVD extended edition. He played Nazi Judge Roland Freisler in the HBO film Conspiracy. In 2006 he appeared in the Torchwood episode "Countrycide"; in 1985, he had appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos as "Maldak". In 2006 he had a role in the HBO UK TV movie Tsunami: The Aftermath. In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama The Mind's Eye. In the same year, he starred in The Last Legion. In 2011, appeared as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, called Game of Thrones. Teale has been married twice: to Dilys Watling and then to Sylvestra Le Touzel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Teale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Panic poster

Panic

Movie · as Thomas

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Monolith poster

Monolith

Movie · as Cary

2026
Something Pointless poster

Something Pointless

Movie · as Aldous Evans

2025
The Physician II poster

The Physician II

Movie · as Godwin

2025
Sandokan poster

Sandokan

TV · as Lord Guillonk · 8 eps

2025
Death Valley poster

Death Valley

TV · as Michael Mallowan · 2 eps

2025
The Revenge Club poster

The Revenge Club

TV · as Jim · 6 eps

2023
Blue poster

Blue

Movie · as Lucy's Dad

2023
The Rig poster

The Rig

TV · as Lars Hutton · 12 eps

2023
Tales of the Tardis poster

Tales of the Tardis

TV · as Maldak · 1 ep

2023
Wolf poster

Wolf

TV · as Oliver Anchor-Ferrers · 6 eps

2022
Save the Cinema poster

Save the Cinema

Movie · as Darek

2021
From A Strange Land poster

From A Strange Land

Movie · as Michael Crown

2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer poster

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer

Movie

2021
Dream Horse poster

Dream Horse

Movie · as Brian Vokes

2021
Salt Water Town poster

Salt Water Town

Movie · as Glenn

2021
The Pembrokeshire Murders poster

The Pembrokeshire Murders

TV · as Gerard Elias QC · 1 ep

2019
Tolkien poster

Tolkien

Movie · as Headmaster Gilson

2019
Traitors poster

Traitors

TV · as St John Symonds · 2 eps

2018
A Discovery of Witches poster

A Discovery of Witches

TV · as Peter Knox · 17 eps

2018
Deep State poster

Deep State

TV · as Hal Weaver · 4 eps

2017
Pulse poster

Pulse

TV · as Chad Berger · 8 eps

2016
Nocturne poster

Nocturne

Movie · as Murray

2016
National Theatre Live: No Man's Land poster

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land

Movie · as Briggs

2016
Houdini & Doyle poster

Houdini & Doyle

TV · as Professor Havensling · 1 ep

2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience poster

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Movie · as Alliser Thorne

2015
River poster

River

TV · as Marcus McDonald · 6 eps

2014
The Fold poster

The Fold

Movie · as Edward Ashton

2014
Under Milk Wood poster

Under Milk Wood

Movie · as Dai Bread

2012
Line of Duty poster

Line of Duty

TV · as Philip Osborne, CI Osborne · 7 eps

2012
Stella poster

Stella

TV · as Dai Kosh · 20 eps

2012
Ripper Street poster

Ripper Street

TV · as Felix Hackman · 1 ep

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Captain Fluellen · 1 ep

2011
Hunky Dory poster

Hunky Dory

Movie · as Davey's Dad

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Alliser Thorne · 19 eps

2011
Silk poster

Silk

TV · as Brian Frogett · 2 eps

2011
Kidnap and Ransom poster

Kidnap and Ransom

TV · as Robert Holland · 3 eps

2009
It's Alive poster

It's Alive

Movie · as Sgt. Perkins

2008
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

Movie · as Richard Newman

2008
The Children poster

The Children

TV · as Peter · 3 eps

2007
The Last Legion poster

The Last Legion

Movie · as Vatrenus

2007
The Dead Peasants Society poster

The Dead Peasants Society

Movie · as Tom Cornell

2007
Lewis poster

Lewis

TV · as Nicky Turnbull · 1 ep

2006
Torchwood poster

Torchwood

TV · as Ewan Sherman · 1 ep

2006
Tsunami: The Aftermath poster

Tsunami: The Aftermath

TV · as James Peabody · 2 eps

2005
Marian, Again poster

Marian, Again

Movie · as Bernie Sullivan

2005
Murder in Rome poster

Murder in Rome

Movie · as Erucius

2005
Tales from the Green Valley poster

Tales from the Green Valley

TV · as Narrator · 12 eps

2004
Judas poster

Judas

Movie · as Flavius

2004
King Arthur poster

King Arthur

Movie · as Pelagius (uncredited)

2004
Island at War poster

Island at War

TV · as PC Wilf Jonas · 6 eps

2004
Donovan

Donovan

TV · as Ronnie Paxton · 1 ep

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · as Tom Cornell · 1 ep

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Robert Morgan · 1 ep

2002
Ted and Alice

Ted and Alice

TV · as Barry Branch · 3 eps

2001
Conspiracy poster

Conspiracy

Movie · as Roland Freisler

2001
The Search for John Gissing poster

The Search for John Gissing

Movie · as Giles Hanagan

2001
Murphy's Law poster

Murphy's Law

TV · as Paul Allison · 6 eps

2000
Belonging poster

Belonging

TV · 1 ep

2000
Beast poster

Beast

TV · as Mr. Head · 1 ep

1999
The Cherry Orchard poster

The Cherry Orchard

Movie · as Lopahin

1999
Cleopatra poster

Cleopatra

TV · as Grattius · 2 eps

1997
Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon poster

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

Movie · as Adolph

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Little Mal Kirby · 1 ep

1996
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Happy

1996
Wilderness poster

Wilderness

Movie · as Dan Somers

1996
Ballykissangel poster

Ballykissangel

TV · as Conor Devlin

1996
Wilderness poster

Wilderness

TV · as Dan Somers · 3 eps

1995
The Vacillations of Poppy Carew poster

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

Movie · as Edmund Platt

1995
The Thin Blue Line poster

The Thin Blue Line

TV · as Gary · 1 ep

1995
Dangerous Lady poster

Dangerous Lady

TV · as Terry Patterson · 4 eps

1995
Dangerfield poster

Dangerfield

TV · as PC Dave Chapman · 1 ep

1995
L'histoire du samedi poster

L'histoire du samedi

TV · as Alan · 1 ep

1993
The Hawk poster

The Hawk

Movie · as Ken Marsh

1991
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

Movie · as Will Scarlett

1990
Waterfront Beat

Waterfront Beat

TV · as Det Sgt Mike McCarthy · 8 eps

1989
War Requiem poster

War Requiem

Movie · as The Unknown Soldier

1989
The Fifteen Streets poster

The Fifteen Streets

Movie · as John O'Brien

1989
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Mr Drummle · 2 eps

1988
Strife poster

Strife

Movie · as Youth

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Bob North · 2 eps

1987
Knights of God poster

Knights of God

TV · as Dai · 5 eps

1986
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

TV · as Ham Peggotty · 5 eps

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Phillip Braithwaite · 1 ep

1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos poster

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Movie · as Maldak

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Ken Marsh · 1 ep

1984
One by One

One by One

TV · as PC Williams · 1 ep

1982
Timewatch poster

Timewatch

TV · as Erucius · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Maldak · 2 eps