Owen Teale
Owen Teale | |
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Teale in 2014 | |
| Born | 20 May 1961 North Cornelly, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Alma mater | Guildford School of Acting |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor having appeared in many films, including Robin Hood (1991), The Hawk (1993), King Arthur (2004), The Last Legion (2007), Tolkien (2019), and Dream Horse (2020). On television, he has appeared in Doctor Who (1985), David Copperfield (1986), The Thin Blue Line (1995), Ballykissangel (1999), Line of Duty (2012), Stella (2012–2013), A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022), The Rig (2023), and Sandokan (2025).
Teale is best known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones (2011–2016). In 1997, Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
Early life
Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961,[1] in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and Louise Teale.[2] He attended Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill;[1] he was suspended from the school for disciplinary offences,[1] and credits one of the teachers Mr Davis, with awakening his interest in acting.[1] He trained at the Guildford School of Acting.[1] In 1997, Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
Career
In 1984, Teale made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys[1] a film about the Falklands War.[1] In 1985, he appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos as the dis-loyal guard Maldak who helps Peri escape. His film debut was in War Requiem in 1989. He later appeared in Knights of God (1989), Great Expectations (1989), The Fifteen Streets (1989) and Boon (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 film Robin Hood.[3][4]
He went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel,[1] The Thin Blue Line and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law.[1][3]
He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. He played the infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler in Conspiracy. He also had parts In Midsomer Murders and Lewis.[3]
In 2005, he played a lead role in Marian, Again, in which he was the abusive husband of Kelly Harrison's eponymous character.[5] He also did voice over narration for "Tales from the Green Valley", one of several farm series he has done for the BBC.[3]
In 2006, he appeared in the Torchwood episode "Countrycide".[6] Also 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[7] alongside Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth,[5] and was shot on location in Morocco, Tunisia and Slovakia.[5]
In 2011, Teale appeared as Ser Alliser Thorne in Game of Thrones, the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, replacing at short notice Derek Halligan.[8] He reprised this role in Season 4, Season 5, and Season 6.[9][10]
In 2012, he played Dai in the comedy-drama series Stella,[2] and Robert Holland, the fictional UK Foreign Secretary, in the drama series Kidnap and Ransom.[11] He also played Chief Constable Osborne in the BBC police drama Line of Duty. Between 2018 and 2022 he played Peter Knox in A Discovery of Witches,[3] a series based on the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness.
In 2020, he starred opposite Toni Collette and Damian Lewis in the Wales based sports comedy-drama film Dream Horse.[2]
In 2023, Teale starred as Lars Hutton, causing problems on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig in The Rig, in a cast that included Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, Mark Addy, and Martin Compston.[12]
He has also worked as a voiceover artist for television advertisements.[13]
Personal life
In 1986, Teale married actress Dilys Watling, with whom he has a son, Ion.[14] They divorced in the mid-1990s.[15] In 2001, he married actress Sylvestra Le Touzel;[15] they have two daughters, Eliza and Grace.[5] He likes to play golf, and was made an honorary member of the Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club.[5]
Awards
Teale won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Torvald opposite Janet McTeer in Ibsen's A Doll's House.[1][16]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | War Requiem | The Unknown Soldier | Derek Jarman |
| 1991 | Robin Hood | Will Scarlet | John Irvin |
| 1993 | The Hawk | Ken Marsh | David Hayman |
| 1996 | Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter | Adolph | Rafi Bukai |
| 1999 | The Cherry Orchard | Lopahin | Michael Cacoyannis |
| 2001 | The Search for John Gissing | Giles Hanagan | Mike Binder |
| 2004 | Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown | Jack Brown | Andrew Gillman |
| King Arthur | Pelagius | Antoine Fuqua | |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Vatrenus | Doug Lefler |
| 2008 | Inconceivable | Richard Newman | Mary McGuckian |
| Love Me Forever | Peter Schwarz | Åsa Faringer & Ulf Hultberg | |
| 2009 | It's Alive | Sgt. Perkins | Josef Rusnak |
| 2011 | Hunky Dory | Davy's Dad | Marc Evans |
| 2013 | The Fold | Edward Ashton | John Jencks |
| 2016 | Nocturne | Murray | Konstantinos Frangopoulos |
| 2019 | Tolkien | Headmaster Gilson | Dome Karukoski |
| 2020 | Dream Horse | Brian Vokes | Euros Lyn |
| 2022 | Save the Cinema | Darek | Sara Sugarman |
| 2023 | Caligula: The Ultimate Cut | Charea (voice) | Tinto Brass |
| 2025 | The Physician II | Godwin | Philipp Stölzl |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Production | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Doctor Who | Maldak | BBC | Episodes: "Vengeance on Varos: Parts One and Two" |
| The Mimosa Boys | Albie | BBC | Television film | |
| 1986 | David Copperfield | Ham Peggotty | BBC | 5 episodes |
| 1987 | One by One | PC Williams | BBC | Episode: "The Monkey in Between" |
| Knights of God | Dai | ITV | 5 episodes | |
| 1989 | Great Expectations | Bentley Drummie | ITV | Mini-series; 2 episodes |
| The Fifteen Streets | John O'Brien | ITV | Television film. Part of a collection of small-screen epics based on the best-selling books of Catherine Cookson | |
| 1990 | Waterfront Beat | Det. Sgt. Mike McCarthy | BBC | 8 episodes |
| Boon | Philip Braithwaite | ITV | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" | |
| 1995 | The Vacillations of Poppy Crew | Edmund Platt | ITV | Television film |
| Dangerous Lady | Terry Patterson | ITV | Mini-series; 4 episodes | |
| The Thin Blue Line | Gary | BBC | Episode: "Fire and Terror" | |
| 1996 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Bob North | ITV | Episodes: "The Secret House of Death: Parts 1 and 2" |
| Dangerfield | PC Dave Chapman | BBC | Episode: "Scars" | |
| Wilderness | Dan Somers | ITV | Mini-series; 3 episodes | |
| L'histoire du samedi | Alan | France 3 | Episode: "La guerre des moutons" | |
| Death of a Salesman | Happy | BBC | Television film | |
| 1999 | Cleopatra | Grattius | ABC | Mini-series; 2 episodes |
| Ballykissangel | Connor Devlin | BBC | Series 5; 9 episodes | |
| 2000 | The Real... | Inquisitor | ITV | Episode: "Joan of Arc" |
| 2001 | Beast | Mr. Head | BBC One | Episode: "Lamb" |
| Conspiracy | Roland Freisler | HBO | Television film | |
| 2002 | Ted and Alice | Barry Branch | BBC | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
| Posh Plots | Himself - Narrator | BBC | Documentary series | |
| 2004 | Judas | Flavius | ABC | Television film |
| Island at War | PC Wilf Jonas | ITV | Mini-series; 6 episodes | |
| Spooks | Robert Morgan | BBC | Episode: "Frequently Asked Questions" (uncredited role) | |
| 2005 | Midsomer Murders | Little Mal Kirby | ITV | Episode: "Second Sight" |
| Timewatch | Erucius | BBC | Episode: "Murder in Rome" | |
| Tales from the Green Valley | Himself - Narrator | BBC Two | Documentary series; 12 episodes | |
| Murphy's Law | Paul Allison | BBC One | Series 3; 6 episodes | |
| DoNovAn | Ronnie Paxton | ITV | Series also known as DNA. Episode: #2.1 | |
| Marian, Again | Bernie Sullivan | ITV | Television film | |
| 2006 | Torchwood | Ewan Sherman | BBC | Episode: "Countrycide" |
| Tsunami: The Aftermath | James Peabody | HBO | Mini-series; 2 episodes | |
| 2007 | Lewis | Nicky Turnbull | ITV | Episode: "Old School Ties" |
| The Last Detective | Tom Cornell | ITV | Episode: "The Dead Peasants Society" | |
| 2008 | The Children | Peter | ITV | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
| It's My Shout | Terry | ITV1 Wales | Episode: "Pleasure Park" (based on an original idea by Teale) | |
| 2011 | Silk | Brian Frogett | BBC One | Episodes: "The Bitter End" and "Three Sheets to the Wind" |
| 2011–2016 | Game of Thrones | Alliser Thorne | HBO | Recurring role, 19 episodes |
| 2012 | Kidnap and Ransom | Robert Holland | ITV1 | Series 2; 3 episodes |
| The Hollow Crown | Captain Fluellen | BBC | Episode: "Henry V, Part 1" | |
| 2012, 2021 | Line of Duty | Ch. Insp./Ch. Cons. Phillip Osborne | BBC | Series 1; 3 episodes / Series 6; 5 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Stella | Dai Kosh | Sky 1 | Series 1 and 2; 20 episodes |
| 2015 | River | Ch. Supt. Marcus McDonald | BBC One | Mini-series; 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Ripper Street | Felix Hackman | BBC Two | Episode: "Men of Iron, Men of Smoke" |
| Houdini & Doyle | Professor Havensling | ITV | Mini-series; episode: "Strigoi" | |
| 2017 | Pulse | Chad Berger | ABC TV | Mini-series; 8 episodes |
| 2018–2022 | A Discovery of Witches | Peter Knox | Sky 1 | Series 1–3; 18 episodes |
| 2019 | Traitors | St. John Symonds | Channel 4 | Episodes: "Feef" and "Hugh" |
| Deep State | Hal Weaver | Fox | Series 2; 4 episodes | |
| 2021 | The Pembrokeshire Murders | Gerard Elias QC | ITV1 | Mini-series; 1 episode |
| 2023 | Wolf | Oliver Anchor-Ferrers | BBC One | 6 episodes |
| 2023–2025 | The Rig | Lars Hutton | Amazon Prime Video | Series 1 and 2; 12 episodes |
| 2025 | The Revenge Club | Jim Eggleston | Paramount+ | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
| Sandokan | Anthony, Lord Guillonk | Rai 1 | 8 episodes | |
| 2026 | Death Valley | Michael Mallowan | BBC One | Series 2; 3 episodes |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | |
| 2003 | The Dance of Death | Kurt | |
| 2008 | Macbeth | Macbeth | |
| 2013 | Passion Play | James | [17] |
| 2014 | Under Milk Wood | Narrator | [18] |
| 2015 | The Broken Heart | Bassanes | [19] |
| 2016 | No Man's Land | Briggs | [20] |
| Gaslight | Jack Manningham | [21] | |
| 2022 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | [22] |
| 2023 | [23] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Game of Thrones' Owen Teale on his best teacher: Mr Davis". tes.com. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b c Williams, Kathryn (31 May 2021). "From Line of Duty to Game of Thrones: Owen Teale, the Welsh actor who has been in a host of the biggest shows in TV history". WalesOnline. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Owen Teale cv". independenttalent.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Owen Teale cv". tvguide.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "'No more Mr Nice Guy' says Owen Teale". walesonline.co.uk. 2 September 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Torchwood Recap: Season 1, Episode 6: "Countrycide" | The House Next Door | Slant Magazine". slantmagazine.com. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Movie Review: The Last Legion – History of the Ancient World". historyoftheancientworld.com. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Profile, winteriscoming.net; accessed 18 March 2015.
- ^ "'Game of Thrones' death: Longtime actor exits with touching interview". ew.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Game of Thrones' Owen Teale on Jon Snow, That Hanging Scene, and Why He Didn't Enjoy Playing Ser Alliser". vulture.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Game Of Thrones' Owen Teale, Helen Baxendale and Trevor Eve cast in ITV's Kidnap and Ransom | Unreality TV". primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Meet the cast of The Rig". radiotimes.com. 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Deliveroo. We get it". Red Facilities. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (31 August 2021). "Dilys Watling obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ a b D'Emilio, Isabella (1 February 2022). "ITV Midsomer Murders star Owen Teale's love life from first wife in Coronation Street and marriage to Endeavour actress". MyLondon. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "The 1997 Tony Award Winners". The New York Times. 3 June 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Owen Teale, Samantha Bond and More Join Zoe Wanamaker in London Passion Play Revival | Broadway Buzz | Theatre.com". www.theatre.com. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Game of Thrones star Owen Teale talks to Simon Lockyer about Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood". northdevonjournal.co.uk. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Shakespeare's Globe". www.shakespearesglobe.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Odds & Ends: Game of Thrones' Owen Teale Set for Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart's No Man's Land & More". broadway.com. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Sparring Game of Thrones actors a highlight of Gaslight: review | Toronto Star". thestar.com. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Owen Teale will be Scrooge in Old Vic's A Christmas Carol | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "A Christmas Carol 2023". Marriner Theatres. Marriner Group. 28 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 October 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
External links
- Owen Teale at the Internet Broadway Database
- Owen Teale at IMDb