David Warner

David Warner

Known For

Titanic

Biography

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.

Movies Featuring David Warner

TRON: Ares

TRON: Ares (2025)

as Master Control Program (voice) (archival audio)
You, Me and Him

You, Me and Him (2018)

as Michael Miller
Before I Sleep

Before I Sleep (2013)

as Eugene Devlin
TRON: The Next Day

TRON: The Next Day (2011)

as Ed Dillinger / MCP
Hogfather

Hogfather (2007)

as Lord Downey
Bacon's Arena

Bacon's Arena (2006)

as Narrator (voice)
Hearts of Gold

Hearts of Gold (2003)

as Dr. Theo John
The Investigation

The Investigation (2002)

as Superint. Bruce Northorp
Superstition

Superstition (2001)

as Judge Padovani
Hornblower: Mutiny

Hornblower: Mutiny (2001)

as Captain James Sawyer
Shergar

Shergar (1999)

as Eammon Garrity
Wing Commander

Wing Commander (1999)

as Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
Houdini

Houdini (1998)

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Titanic

Titanic (1997)

as Spicer Lovejoy
Naked Souls

Naked Souls (1996)

as Everett Longstreet
Rasputin

Rasputin (1996)

as Dr. Botkin
Ice Cream Man

Ice Cream Man (1995)

as Reverend Langley
Loving Deadly

Loving Deadly (1994)

as Grant / Grant's Twin
Pretty Princess

Pretty Princess (1993)

as principe Massimiliano
No Image

Taking Liberty (1993)

as Sir Leopold Linwood
Return to the Lost World

Return to the Lost World (1992)

as Professor Leo Summerlee
Drive

Drive (1991)

as The Driver
Tripwire

Tripwire (1989)

as Josef Szabo
Mortal Passions

Mortal Passions (1989)

as Doctor Terrence Powers
Grave Secrets

Grave Secrets (1989)

as Dr. Carl Farnsworth
Magdalene

Magdalene (1988)

as Baron von Seidl
Mr. North

Mr. North (1988)

as Doctor Angus McPherson
Waxwork

Waxwork (1988)

as Waxwork Man
Hanna's War

Hanna's War (1988)

as Captain Julian Simon
Pulse Pounders

Pulse Pounders (1988)

as Evil Clergyman (The Evil Clergyman sequence) (archive footage)
My Best Friend Is a Vampire

My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)

as Professor Leopold McCarthy
Desperado

Desperado (1987)

as Ballard, Company Police Chief
No Image

Summer Lightning (1985)

as George Millington
The Man with Two Brains

The Man with Two Brains (1983)

as Dr. Alfred Necessiter
Tron

Tron (1982)

as Ed Dillinger / Sark
Contact

Contact (1982)

as Self - Narrator (Synchronisation)
S.O.S. Titanic

S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

as Laurence Beesley
Time After Time

Time After Time (1979)

as Jack the Ripper - John Leslie Stevenson
Nightwing

Nightwing (1979)

as Phillip Payne
The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)

as Sir Edmund Appleton
Silver Bears

Silver Bears (1977)

as Agha Firdausi
Cross of Iron

Cross of Iron (1977)

as Hauptmann Kiesel
Providence

Providence (1977)

as Kevin Woodford
The Omen

The Omen (1976)

as Keith Jennings
A Doll's House

A Doll's House (1973)

as Torvald Helmer
Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs (1971)

as Henry Niles (uncredited)
Perfect Friday

Perfect Friday (1970)

as Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
The Sea Gull

The Sea Gull (1968)

as Konstantin Treplev
The Fixer

The Fixer (1968)

as Count Odoevsky
The Bofors Gun

The Bofors Gun (1968)

as Lance Bombardier Terry Evans
The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair (1967)

as Edward II (in Edward II)
Tom Jones

Tom Jones (1963)

as Mr. Blifil
We Joined the Navy

We Joined the Navy (1963)

as Sailor Painting Ship (uncredited)