Owen Teale

Owen Teale

Born 1961-05-20 (age 65) Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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Biography

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 twice: to Dilys Watling and then to Sylvestra Le Touzel.

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Known For

King Arthur
King Arthur

2004

as Pelagius (uncredited)

The Physician II
The Physician II

2025

as Godwin

Tolkien
Tolkien

2019

as Headmaster Gilson

The Last Legion
The Last Legion

2007

as Vatrenus

Conspiracy
Conspiracy

2001

as Roland Freisler

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Dream Horse
Dream Horse

2021

as Brian Vokes

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

1991

as Will Scarlett

Judas
Judas

2004

as Flavius

Save the Cinema
Save the Cinema

2022

as Darek

The Hawk
The Hawk

1993

as Ken Marsh

Inconceivable
Inconceivable

2008

as Richard Newman

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard

1999

as Lopahin

The Fifteen Streets
The Fifteen Streets

1989

as John O'Brien

Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood

2014

as Dai Bread

It's Alive
It's Alive

2009

as Sgt. Perkins

War Requiem
War Requiem

1989

as The Unknown Soldier

The Search for John Gissing
The Search for John Gissing

2001

as Giles Hanagan