Owen Teale

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 ...

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Conspiracy (2001)

The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Led by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Kenneth Branagh  •  Stanley Tucci  •  Colin Firth  •  Ian McNeice

The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question". Led by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Pierson
CAST:  Kenneth Branagh  •  Stanley Tucci  •  Colin Firth  •  Ian McNeice

King Arthur (2004)

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Fuqua
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Ioan Gruffudd  •  Keira Knightley  •  Mads Mikkelsen

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Fuqua
CAST:  Clive Owen  •  Ioan Gruffudd  •  Keira Knightley  •  Mads Mikkelsen

The Last Legion (2007)

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Lefler
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Peter Mullan

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doug Lefler
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan  •  Peter Mullan

Inconceivable (2008)

A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McGuckian
CAST:  Andie MacDowell  •  Lothaire Bluteau  •  Colm Feore  •  Jennifer Tilly

A physician who helps his clients bring new life into the world is accused of an ethical breach that's also criminal in this independent drama. Dr. Freeman (Colm Feore) is a doctor who runs an upscale fertility clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Freeman specializes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McGuckian
CAST:  Andie MacDowell  •  Lothaire Bluteau  •  Colm Feore  •  Jennifer Tilly

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon (1997)

In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafi Bukai
CAST:  Shuli Rand  •  Avital Dicker  •  Peter Firth  •  Alon Abutbul

In the midst of a war between Venice and Genoa, Marco Polo, a citizen of Venice, is imprisoned by the inquisition and is charged with heresy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rafi Bukai
CAST:  Shuli Rand  •  Avital Dicker  •  Peter Firth  •  Alon Abutbul

The Cherry Orchard (1999)

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Alan Bates  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Owen Teale

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled aging aristocratic lady, who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihalis Kakogiannis
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Alan Bates  •  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Owen Teale

Marian, Again (2005)

School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Suddenly he sees her in a shop and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Stephen Tompkinson  •  Owen Teale  •  Samantha Beckinsale  •  Kelly Harrison

School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Suddenly he sees her in a shop and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Stephen Tompkinson  •  Owen Teale  •  Samantha Beckinsale  •  Kelly Harrison

War Requiem (1989)

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It shows the story of an Englishman soldier (Wilfred Owen) and a nurse (his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Jarman
CAST:  Nathaniel Parker  •  Tilda Swinton  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Owen Teale

A film with no spoken dialogue, just follows the music and lyrics of Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem, which include WWI soldier poet Wilfred Owen's poems reflecting the war's horrors. It shows the story of an Englishman soldier (Wilfred Owen) and a nurse (his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Jarman
CAST:  Nathaniel Parker  •  Tilda Swinton  •  Laurence Olivier  •  Owen Teale

Judas (2004)

Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Johnathon Schaech  •  Jonathan Scarfe  •  Tim Matheson  •  Rory Kinnear

Judas meets Jesus and at first doesn't know what to make of him or whether or not to trust him. A cynical city boy, Judas makes fun of the country bumpkin disciples who follow Jesus but eventually decides to join the band, as well. He and Jesus become good friends, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Robert Carner
CAST:  Johnathon Schaech  •  Jonathan Scarfe  •  Tim Matheson  •  Rory Kinnear

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995)

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Owen Teale  •  Daniel Massey  •  Samuel West

Adaptation of the novel by Mary Wesley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Tara Fitzgerald  •  Owen Teale  •  Daniel Massey  •  Samuel West

The Fifteen Streets (1989)

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wheatley
CAST:  Owen Teale  •  Sean Bean  •  Clare Holman  •  Billie Whitelaw

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in the worker's district. He falls in love with Mary, the teacher of his highly intelligent younger sister Kathy and daughter of a rich family. Their love is doomed by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wheatley
CAST:  Owen Teale  •  Sean Bean  •  Clare Holman  •  Billie Whitelaw

It's Alive (2008)

When a young woman learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a strange connection to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Rusnak
CAST:  Bijou Phillips  •  James Murray  •  Raphaël Coleman  •  Owen Teale

When a young woman learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend in the country. The fate of the happy new family takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a strange connection to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Rusnak
CAST:  Bijou Phillips  •  James Murray  •  Raphaël Coleman  •  Owen Teale

Robin Hood (1991)

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Uma Thurman  •  David Morrissey  •  Jürgen Prochnow

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Patrick Bergin  •  Uma Thurman  •  David Morrissey  •  Jürgen Prochnow

The Hawk (1993)

Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believed and begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hayman
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  George Costigan  •  Owen Teale  •  David Harewood

Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. When she discovers she does not have the happy marriage she always believed and begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Hayman
CAST:  Helen Mirren  •  George Costigan  •  Owen Teale  •  David Harewood

The Search for John Gissing (2001)

Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Binder
CAST:  Alan Rickman  •  Mike Binder  •  Janeane Garofalo  •  Sonya Walger

Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Binder
CAST:  Alan Rickman  •  Mike Binder  •  Janeane Garofalo  •  Sonya Walger

The Fold (2014)

Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Jencks
CAST:  Catherine McCormack  •  Marina Stoimenova  •  Dakota Blue Richards  •  Owen Teale

Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Jencks
CAST:  Catherine McCormack  •  Marina Stoimenova  •  Dakota Blue Richards  •  Owen Teale

Death of a Salesman (1996)

Willy Loman clings to the belief that he is a success as a salesman, that he is a beloved family man, that he is well-liked; but, as he grows older, he is forced to contemplate the unpleasant reality of his existence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Thacker
CAST:  Warren Mitchell  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Iain Glen  •  Owen Teale

Willy Loman clings to the belief that he is a success as a salesman, that he is a beloved family man, that he is well-liked; but, as he grows older, he is forced to contemplate the unpleasant reality of his existence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Thacker
CAST:  Warren Mitchell  •  Rosemary Harris  •  Iain Glen  •  Owen Teale

Nocturne (2016)

Three tortured souls in an underground parking lot; a little girl arrives; a crime is committed and tension keeps rising in this claustrophobic psychological thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantinos Frangopoulos
CAST:  Owen Teale  •  Alexander Sachariew  •  Lena Papaligoura  •  Giorgos Symeonidis

Three tortured souls in an underground parking lot; a little girl arrives; a crime is committed and tension keeps rising in this claustrophobic psychological thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Konstantinos Frangopoulos
CAST:  Owen Teale  •  Alexander Sachariew  •  Lena Papaligoura  •  Giorgos Symeonidis

Under Milk Wood (2014)

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pip Broughton
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Griff Rhys Jones  •  John Rhys-Davies

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pip Broughton
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Griff Rhys Jones  •  John Rhys-Davies

Tolkien (2019)

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Nicholas Hoult  •  Lily Collins  •  Genevieve O'Reilly  •  Colm Meaney

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dome Karukoski
CAST:  Nicholas Hoult  •  Lily Collins  •  Genevieve O'Reilly  •  Colm Meaney
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