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Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor; June 13, 1943) is an English actor, producer, and television presenter. He is known for portraying Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange and Mick Travis in a trilogy of films directed by Lindsay Anderson. He was born in the Horsforth suburb of Leeds and raised in Liverpool. He later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before embarking on an acting career that has spanned over 50 years.
He is also known for playing the title character in Caligula (1979), and Mick Travis in the trilogy of if.... (1968), O Lucky Man! (1973), and Britannia Hospital (1982). He has also appeared in films such as Time After Time (1979), Cat People (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Star Trek Generations (1994), Tank Girl (1995), Gangster No. 1 (2000), Easy A (2010), The Artist (2011) and Bombshell (2019). He also appeared as Dr. Sam Loomis in the 2007 remake Halloween and its 2009 sequel, Halloween II.
He has also had a string of roles on television series such as recurring roles on Entourage (2005–2011) and Heroes (2006–2007), and starring roles on Franklin & Bash (2011–2014) and Mozart in the Jungle (2014–2018). He currently plays Patrick "Pop" Critch in the Newfoundland-based Canadian series Son of a Critch.
He is also a voice actor, having voiced Metallo on Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited, Vater Orlaag in Metalocalypse, Dr. Calico in Bolt, President Eden in Fallout 3 (2008), Molag Bal in The Elder Scrolls Online, and Dr. Monty in Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015) He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.