Timothy Dalton
Acting
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.
Born: March 21, 1946
Place of Birth: Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Donald Whitfield
as Self (archive footage)
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief
as Demanitus (voice)
as Peter Townsend
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Sir Malcolm Murray
as Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
as Self
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Lord Milori (voice)
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Chief Inspector Jones
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
as Miles
as Alexei Volkoff
as Self
as Simon Skinner
as Amphitryon
as Clive Trevelyan
as Narrator
as Damien Drake
as Allan Pinkerton
as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Fr. Willam Bowden
as Self
as Self
as Matt Farragher
as Charles Darrow
as Sheriff Dex Drier
as Julius Caesar
as DCI Rennie
as Boris Pochenko
as Lester Parnell
as Self / James Bond
as Rhett Butler
as Jack Carver
as Elliot Price
as Eddie Myers
as Self
as Neville Sinclair
as King Vittorio Amadeo
as James Bond
as Lokai
as Basil St. John
as Bancroft
as James Bond
as Edmund Junot
as Narrator (voice)
as Doctor Thomas Rock
as Richard Milnes
as Perry Kilkullen
as Col Francis Burke
as Edward Fairfax Rochester
as Antony
as Host
as Narrator (voice)
as Boy Capel
as Prince Barin
as Marquis de Guaita
as Archie Christie
as Oliver Seccombe
as Sir Michael Barrington
as Self
as Damien Roth
as Juan de Dios
as Charles Lord
as Henry, Lord Darnley
as Self
as Mark
as Prince Rupert
as Heathcliff
as Philip II
as Clive Harrington
as Marchbanks
as Colonel Francis Burke