Timothy Dalton
Biography
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born March 21, 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama The Lion in Winter. He took roles in the period films Wuthering Heights (1970), Cromwell (1970), and Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Dalton also appeared in the films Flash Gordon (1980), The Rocketeer (1991), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007) and The Tourist (2010). On television, Dalton played Mr. Rochester in the BBC serial Jane Eyre (1983), Rhett Butler in the CBS miniseries Scarlett (1994), Rassilon in the BBC One sci-fi series Doctor Who (2009–2010), Sir Malcolm Murray on the Showtime horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), and the Chief on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series Doom Patrol (2019–2021). He portrayed Peter Townsend in the fifth season of The Crown.
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Movies (35)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Toy Story 4
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2019
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2014
Toy Story of Terror!
as Mr. Pricklepants (Voice)
2013
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
2012
Everything or Nothing
as Self
2012
Partysaurus Rex
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2012
Secret of the Wings
as Lord Milori (voice)
2012
Small Fry
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2011
Hawaiian Vacation
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2011
The Tourist
as Chief Inspector Jones
2010
Toy Story 3
as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
2010
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
2007
Hot Fuzz
as Simon Skinner
2007
Timothy Dalton: On Acting
2006
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Damien Drake
2003
American Outlaws
as Allan Pinkerton
2001
Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn
as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Possessed
as Fr. Willam Bowden
2000
Inside The Living Daylights
as Self
2000
Inside 'Licence to Kill'
as Self
2000
Time Share
as Matt Farragher
2000
Passion's Way
as Charles Darrow
1999
Made Men
as Sheriff Dex Drier
1999
The Informant
as DCI Rennie
1997
The Beautician and the Beast
as Boris Pochenko
1997
Salt Water Moose
as Lester Parnell
1996
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
as Self / James Bond
1995
Lie Down with Lions
as Jack Carver
1994
Naked in New York
as Elliot Price
1993
30 Years of James Bond
as Self
1992
The Rocketeer
as Neville Sinclair
1991
Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air
as Self
1991
The King's Whore
as King Vittorio Amadeo
1990
Licence to Kill
as James Bond
1989
TV Shows (15)
1923
as Donald Whitfield
2022
Doom Patrol
as Dr. Niles Caulder / The Chief
2019
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
as Demanitus (voice)
2017
The Crown
as Peter Townsend
2016
Penny Dreadful
as Sir Malcolm Murray
2014
Unknown Sender
as Miles
2008
Chuck
as Alexei Volkoff
2007
Hercules
as Amphitryon
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Clive Trevelyan
2004
Dunkirk
as Narrator
2004
Cleopatra
as Julius Caesar
1999
Scarlett
as Rhett Butler
1994
Framed
as Eddie Myers
1992
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1992
Tales from the Crypt
as Lokai
1989