

They then moved to Liverpool, where McDowell grew up and as a teenager took a job in a Planters nut factory in nearby Aintree, as well as working at his father's pub in Burscough, Lancashire. The family moved to Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, where McDowell's father was stationed at the nearby RAF Carnaby. Gloria later had a son, actor Alexander Siddig, alongside whom McDowell would appear in the film Doomsday (2008). He has an older sister named Gloria and a younger sister named Judy.

McDowell was born Malcolm John Taylor on 13 June 1943 in Horsforth, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of hotelier Edna (née McDowell) and RAF officer (and later pub owner) Charles Taylor. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.

Later in his career, he became a prolific voice actor in films, television series and video games such as Metalocalypse (2007–2012), Bolt (2008), Fallout 3 (2008), God of War III (2010), The Elder Scrolls Online (2014), Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015) and Castlevania (2020). McDowell 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). Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake Halloween and its 2009 sequel, Halloween II. 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. McDowell portrayed Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), the title character in Caligula (1979), and Mick Travis in the trilogy of if. 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 was born in the Horsforth suburb of Leeds and raised in Liverpool. He is best known for his boisterous, charismatic and villainous roles.

Malcolm McDowell (born Malcolm John Taylor 13 June 1943) is an English actor.
