Owen Teale
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
All Movies (38)
- Something Pointless2026 · as Aldous Evans
- The Physician II2025 · as Godwin
- Blue2023 · as Lucy's Dad
- Save the Cinema2022 · as Darek
- From A Strange Land2021 · as Michael Crown
- Dream Horse2021 · as Brian Vokes
- Salt Water Town2021 · as Glenn
- The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer2021
- Tolkien2019 · as Headmaster Gilson
- National Theatre Live: No Man's Land2016 · as Briggs
- Nocturne2016 · as Murray
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Alliser Thorne
- Under Milk Wood2014 · as Dai Bread
- The Fold2014 · as Edward Ashton
- Hunky Dory2011 · as Davey's Dad
- It's Alive2009 · as Sgt. Perkins
- Inconceivable2008 · as Richard Newman
- The Dead Peasants Society2007 · as Tom Cornell
- The Last Legion2007 · as Vatrenus
- Marian, Again2005 · as Bernie Sullivan
- Murder in Rome2005 · as Erucius
- King Arthur2004 · as Pelagius (uncredited)
- Judas2004 · as Flavius
- The Search for John Gissing2001 · as Giles Hanagan
- Conspiracy2001 · as Roland Freisler
- The Cherry Orchard1999 · as Lopahin
- Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon1997 · as Adolph
- Death of a Salesman1996 · as Happy
- Wilderness1996 · as Dan Somers
- Dangerous Lady1995
- The Vacillations of Poppy Carew1995 · as Edmund Platt
- The Hawk1993 · as Ken Marsh
- Robin Hood1991 · as Will Scarlett
- The Fifteen Streets1989 · as John O'Brien
- War Requiem1989 · as The Unknown Soldier
- Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos1985 · as Maldak
- Panic— · as Thomas
- No Man's Land— · as Briggs
All TV Shows (41)
- Sandokan2025 · as Lord Guillonk
- Death Valley2025 · as Michael Mallowan
- Tales of the Tardis2023 · as Maldak
- Wolf2023 · as Oliver Anchor-Ferrers
- The Rig2023 · as Lars Hutton
- The Pembrokeshire Murders2021 · as Gerard Elias QC
- A Discovery of Witches2018 · as Peter Knox
- Pulse2017 · as Chad Berger
- Houdini & Doyle2016 · as Professor Havensling
- River2015 · as Marcus McDonald
- Ripper Street2012 · as Felix Hackman
- The Hollow Crown2012 · as Captain Fluellen
- Line of Duty2012 · as Philip Osborne
- Line of Duty2012 · as CI Osborne
- Line of Duty2012 · as CI Philip Osborne
- Stella2012 · as Dai Kosh
- Game of Thrones2011 · as Alliser Thorne
- Silk2011 · as Brian Frogett
- The Children2008 · as Peter
- Lewis2007 · as Nicky Turnbull
- Tsunami: The Aftermath2006 · as James Peabody
- Torchwood2006 · as Ewan Sherman
- Tales from the Green Valley2005 · as Narrator
- Island at War2004 · as PC Wilf Jonas
- Spooks2002 · as Robert Morgan
- Ted and Alice2002
- Murphy's Law2001 · as Paul Allison
- Belonging2000
- Beast2000 · as Mr. Head
- Cleopatra1999 · as Grattius
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Little Mal Kirby
- Wilderness1996 · as Dan Somers
- Ballykissangel1996
- Ballykissangel1996 · as Conor Devlin
- The Thin Blue Line1995 · as Gary
- Great Expectations1989 · as Mr Drummle
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Bob North
- David Copperfield1986 · as Ham Peggotty
- Screen Two1985 · as Ken Marsh
- Timewatch1982 · as Erucius
- Doctor Who1963 · as Maldak





