David Warner
Born: 29th July 1941
Where: Manchester
The veteran actor of more than forty years and over 100 films has made a virtue of solid supporting roles.
His peerless body of work includes Cross of Iron, Titanic, Straw Dogs and The French Lieutenant's Woman.
After a series of odd jobs and a "messy" childhood (he was illegitimate and "kidnapped" by alternate parents), he worked at a bookshop in Leamington Spa.
He went on to join an amateur dramatic group as a scenery painter and bit-part actor before enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
He later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he spent two years playing Hamlet to great critical acclaim.
Warner made his film debut as Albert Finney's younger brother in Tom Jones but really made an impact three years later as the eccentric title character in Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
His numerous TV credits include the mini-series Holocaust, Masada (for which he won an Emmy), Marco Polo, and an excellent adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
In the 1970s, following a fall from a window in Rome, director Sam Peckinpah got him back on track with a part in Straw Dogs.
Extensive film work includes The Omen, The Company of Wolves, A Doll's House, Providence and Dark at Noon.
He has appeared in three movies featuring the doomed Titanic, including the James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic.
Another notable fact is that he played three different species in the Star Trek universe, including a human, a klingon and a cardassian.
In 2003, he played Pap in Emily Young's directorial debut Kiss of Life and went on to appear as Dr Mead in the drama Ladies in Lavender.
Recent work includes the role of camp doctor Erasmus Pea in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.
