
Owen Teale
Known for Acting · 75 credits
- Born
- 1961-05-20 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Also known as
- 오웬 틸
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
TV Shows (37)

Game of Thrones
2011
as Alliser Thorne

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Little Mal Kirby

Doctor Who
1963
as Maldak

Spooks
2002
as Robert Morgan

Line of Duty
2012
as Philip Osborne / CI Osborne / CI Philip Osborne

Torchwood
2006
as Ewan Sherman

Screen Two
1985
as Ken Marsh

A Discovery of Witches
2018
as Peter Knox

Ripper Street
2012
as Felix Hackman

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Bob North

Silk
2011
as Brian Frogett

Timewatch
1982
as Erucius

The Hollow Crown
2012
as Captain Fluellen

Sandokan
2025
as Lord Guillonk

Ballykissangel
1996
as Conor Devlin

Murphy's Law
2001
as Paul Allison

The Rig
2023
as Lars Hutton

Death Valley
2025
as Michael Mallowan

The Thin Blue Line
1995
as Gary

Stella
2012
as Dai Kosh

Houdini & Doyle
2016
as Professor Havensling

River
2015
as Marcus McDonald

Wolf
2023
as Oliver Anchor-Ferrers

Cleopatra
1999
as Grattius

Tales of the Tardis
2023
as Maldak

Pulse
2017
as Chad Berger

Belonging
2000

Beast
2000
as Mr. Head

The Pembrokeshire Murders
2021
as Gerard Elias QC

Tsunami: The Aftermath
2006
as James Peabody

David Copperfield
1986
as Ham Peggotty

Great Expectations
1989
as Mr Drummle

Island at War
2004
as PC Wilf Jonas

Wilderness
1996
as Dan Somers

The Children
2008
as Peter
Ted and Alice
2002

Tales from the Green Valley
2005
as Narrator
Movies (38)

King Arthur
2004
as Pelagius (uncredited)

The Physician II
2025
as Godwin

The Last Legion
2007
as Vatrenus

Tolkien
2019
as Headmaster Gilson

Conspiracy
2001
as Roland Freisler

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
as Alliser Thorne

Dream Horse
2021
as Brian Vokes

The Cherry Orchard
1999
as Lopahin

Save the Cinema
2022
as Darek

Robin Hood
1991
as Will Scarlett

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as John O'Brien
Dangerous Lady
1995

The Hawk
1993
as Ken Marsh

Judas
2004
as Flavius

It's Alive
2009
as Sgt. Perkins

The Search for John Gissing
2001
as Giles Hanagan

Under Milk Wood
2014
as Dai Bread

The Fold
2014
as Edward Ashton

War Requiem
1989
as The Unknown Soldier

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew
1995
as Edmund Platt

Inconceivable
2008
as Richard Newman

The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer
2021

Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon
1997
as Adolph

Hunky Dory
2011
as Davey's Dad

National Theatre Live: No Man's Land
2016
as Briggs

From A Strange Land
2021
as Michael Crown

Marian, Again
2005
as Bernie Sullivan

Death of a Salesman
1996
as Happy

Panic
as Thomas

Murder in Rome
2005
as Erucius

Blue
2023
as Lucy's Dad
No Man's Land
as Briggs

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
as Maldak

Wilderness
1996
as Dan Somers

Salt Water Town
2021
as Glenn

Nocturne
2016
as Murray

The Dead Peasants Society
2007
as Tom Cornell

Something Pointless
2026
as Aldous Evans
About Owen Teale
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 B… With 75 credits spanning from 1963 to 2026, Owen Teale has appeared in 38 films and 37 TV shows.
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- King Arthur (2004) — as Pelagius (uncredited)
- The Physician II (2025) — as Godwin
- The Last Legion (2007) — as Vatrenus
- Tolkien (2019) — as Headmaster Gilson
- Conspiracy (2001) — as Roland Freisler
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