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Owen Teale

Owen Teale

Actor · Born May 20, 1961 (65) · Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Teale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
May 20, 1961 (65)
From
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 3% in 30 days

What are Owen Teale's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 34th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
23%
Survival
21%
Morality
19%
Power
16%
Self
11%
Society
7%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 7 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 10 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 10
Threshold guardian
2 of 10
Shadow
2 of 10
Hero
1 of 10
Shapeshifter
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Melancholic
10
Dread
6
Hopeful
4
Romantic
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Unsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Owen Teale's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 32 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Owen Teale's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

78 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page.

  • Something Pointless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Aldous Evans

  • The Physician II(2025)

    as Godwin

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Sandokan(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Lord Guillonk

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Death Valley(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Michael Mallowan

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Tales of the Tardis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Maldak

  • Wolf(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · as Oliver Anchor-Ferrers

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Lucy's Dad

  • The Rig(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · as Lars Hutton

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Save the Cinema(2022)

    as Darek

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • From A Strange Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Michael Crown

  • Dream Horse(2020)

    as Brian Vokes

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Salt Water Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Glenn

  • The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer(2021)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Pembrokeshire Murders(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Gerard Elias QC

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Tolkien(2019)

    as Headmaster Gilson

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • A Discovery of Witches(2018)

    Show 17 episodes · as Peter Knox

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Pulse(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Chad Berger

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: No Man's Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Briggs

  • Nocturne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Murray

  • Houdini and Doyle(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Professor Havensling

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • River(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marcus McDonald

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Alliser Thorne

  • Under Milk Wood(2014)

    as Dai Bread

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Fold(2013)

    as Edward Ashton

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ripper Street(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Felix Hackman

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Hollow Crown(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Captain Fluellen

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Line of Duty(2012)

    Show 7 episodes · as CI Osborne · as CI Philip Osborne · as Philip Osborne

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Stella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 20 episodes · as Dai Kosh

  • Hunky Dory(2011)

    as Davey's Dad

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Game of Thrones(2011)

    Show 19 episodes · as Alliser Thorne

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Silk(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Brian Frogett

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • It's Alive(2009)

    as Sgt. Perkins

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · as Peter

  • Inconceivable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Richard Newman

  • The Dead Peasants Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Tom Cornell

  • The Last Legion(2007)

    as Vatrenus

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Inspector Lewis(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Nicky Turnbull

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Tsunami: The Aftermath(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as James Peabody

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Torchwood(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Ewan Sherman

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Marian, Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Bernie Sullivan

  • Tales from the Green Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 12 episodes · as Narrator

  • Murder in Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Erucius

  • Island at War(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · as PC Wilf Jonas

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • King Arthur(2004)

    as Pelagius (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Judas(2004)

    as Flavius

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • MI-5(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Robert Morgan

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Ted and Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • The Search for John Gissing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Giles Hanagan

  • Murphy's Law(2003)

    Show 6 episodes · as Paul Allison

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Conspiracy(2001)

    as Roland Freisler

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Belonging (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Mr. Head

  • Cleopatra(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Grattius

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • The Cherry Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Lopahin

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Little Mal Kirby

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Adolph

  • Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dan Somers

  • Ballykissangel(1996)

    Show 12 episodes · as Conor Devlin

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Death of a Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Happy

  • Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Dan Somers

  • The Thin Blue Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Gary

  • Dangerous Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 4 episodes · as Terry Patterson

  • The Vacillations of Poppy Carew(1995)

    as Edmund Platt

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Hawk(1993)

    as Ken Marsh

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Robin Hood(1991)

    as Will Scarlett

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Fifteen Streets(1989)

    as John O'Brien

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Great Expectations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mr Drummle

  • War Requiem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as The Unknown Soldier

  • Strife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Youth

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries(1987)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bob North

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 5 episodes · as Ham Peggotty

  • Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Maldak

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Ken Marsh

  • Timewatch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Erucius

  • Doctor Who(1963)

    Show 2 episodes · as Maldak

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Monolith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Cary

  • No Man's Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Briggs

  • Panic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Thomas

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 78 titles, 75 of them dated from 1963 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Dream Horse (2020)

$6.6M worldwide

Highest rated

Line of Duty (2012)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19632026

Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting78 of 78: 78 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69th

By decade

1960s1 · acting1980s9 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s21 · acting2010s17 · acting2020s14 · acting

Billing

usually 12th · top billed in 0% of 11 roles
9111

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2016, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Owen Teale's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

34thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Judas (2004)

82nd percentile spread · 39% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Game of Thrones (2011)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Owen Teale's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles23–57 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles33–65 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Owen Teale work with?

People who share at least 2 of Owen Teale's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martin Compston shares the most, 2.

Actors

Composers

Producers