Timothy Dalton
- Acting
- March 21, 1946 · Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Biography
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born March 21, 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He took roles in the period films Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Dalton also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Tourist (2010). On television, Dalton played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994), Rassilon in the BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who (2009–2010), Sir Malcolm Murray on the Showtime horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), and the Chief on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2021). He portrayed Peter Townsend in the fifth season of The Crown.
Known for
Filmography
- 1923 · Donald Whitfield
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act · Self
- Toy Story 4 · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Doom Patrol · Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief
- Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure · Demanitus (Voice)
- The Crown · Peter Townsend
- Toy Story That Time Forgot · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Penny Dreadful · Malcolm Murray
- Toy Story of Terror! · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars · Self
- Everything or Nothing · Self
- Partysaurus Rex · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Secret of the Wings · Lord Milori (Voice)
- Small Fry · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Hawaiian Vacation · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- The Tourist · Chief Inspector Jones
- Toy Story 3 · Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
- Doctor Who: The End of Time · Lord President/Narrator
- Unknown Sender · Miles
- Chuck · Alexei Volkoff
- Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz · Self
- Hot Fuzz · Simon Skinner
- Timothy Dalton: On Acting
- Hercules · Amphitryon
- Agatha Christie's Marple · Clive Trevelyan
- Dunkirk · Narrator
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action · Damien Drake
- American Outlaws · Allan Pinkerton
- Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn · James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Possessed · Fr. Willam Bowden
- Inside The Living Daylights · Self
- Inside 'Licence to Kill' · Self
- Time Share · Matt Farragher
- Passion's Way · Charles Darrow
- Made Men · Sheriff Dex Drier
- Cleopatra · Julius Caesar
- The Informant · DCI Rennie
- The Beautician and the Beast · Boris Pochenko
- Salt Water Moose · Lester Parnell
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross · Self / James Bond
- Scarlett · Rhett Butler
- Lie Down with Lions · Jack Carver
- Naked in New York · Elliot Price
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Framed · Eddie Myers / Phillip von Joel
- 30 Years of James Bond · Self
- The Rocketeer · Neville Sinclair
- Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air · Self
- The King's Whore · King Vittorio Amadeo
- Licence to Kill · James Bond
- Tales from the Crypt · Lokai
- Brenda Starr · Basil St. John
- Hawks · Bancroft
- Na siehste! · Self
- The Living Daylights · James Bond
- Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond · Self
- Sins · Edmund Junot
- The Emperor's New Clothes · Narrator (Voice)
- The Doctor and the Devils · Doctor Thomas Rock
- Florence Nightingale · Richard Milnes
- Mistral's Daughter · Perry Kilkullen
- The Master of Ballantrae · Col Francis Burke
- Jane Eyre · Edward Fairfax Rochester
- Antony and Cleopatra · Antony
- Nature · Host
- Faerie Tale Theatre · Narrator (Voice)
- Chanel Solitaire · Boy Capel
- Flash Gordon · Prince Barin
- The Flame Is Love · Marquis de Guaita
- Agatha · Archie Christie
- Centennial · Oliver Seccombe
- Sextette · Sir Michael Barrington
- An Audience with... · Self
- Charlie's Angels · Damien Roth
- El hombre que supo amar · Juan de Dios
- Permission to Kill · Charles Lord
- Mary, Queen of Scots · Henry, Lord Darnley
- Film '72 · Self
- Great Performances · Self
- The Voyeur · Mark