Gordon Warnecke

Gordon Warnecke

Born 1962-08-24 (age 63) London, England
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Gordon Warnecke (born 24 August 1962 in London) is an English actor of Indo-Guyanese and German descent.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Omar in the 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette, costarring as the lover of Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). Other film credits include Franco Zeffirelli's Young Toscanini and Hanif Kureishi's London Kills Me.

Television credits include: Boon, Doctor Who (in the serial Mindwarp), Only Fools and Horses, Virtual Murder, Birds of a Feather, EastEnders and The Bill.

An experienced theatre actor, he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, and most recently returned to the stage with a national tour of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People for Tara Arts, and two new contemporary adaptations of Christmas productions at Trinity Theatre in Kent. He is currently filming the Welsh TV series The Cockle Farmer.

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Known For

My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

as Omar Ali

Scoop
Scoop

2024

as Man in Toilet

Venus
Venus

2017

as Papaji

Goldfish
Goldfish

2022

as Bobby Persaud

Young Toscanini
The Pleasure Principle
The Pleasure Principle

1992

as Policeman

A Fatal Inversion
A Fatal Inversion

1992

as Shiva

London Kills Me
London Kills Me

1991

as Mr G.'s Assistant

London Unplugged
London Unplugged

2018

as Da'nish's Dad

The Hospice
The Hospice

1987

as Vincent

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette

2020

as Papa / Zaki

PINK
Egg Timer
Egg Timer

2025

as Uncle Graham

A Nice Arrangement
A Nice Arrangement

1994

as Trendy Youth