Patrick Malahide
Patrick Gerald Duggan (born 24 March 1945), known professionally as Patrick Malahide, is a veteran British film, television and theatre actor, author and producer, known, amongst other things, for his roles as Inspector Alleyn in The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Detective Sergeant Albert “Charlie” Chisholm in the TV series Minder, Balon Greyjoy in the TV series Game of Thrones as well as the big screen in a number of international films.
Life and career
Malahide was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of Irish immigrants; his mother was a cook, and his father a school secretary.[1] He was educated at Douai School, Woolhampton, Berkshire.[2]
He made his television debut in 1976, in an episode of The Flight of the Heron, then in single episodes of Sutherland's Law and The New Avengers (1976) and ITV Playhouse (1977). He was then in an adaptation of The Eagle of the Ninth, and his first film was Sweeney 2 in the following year. In 1979 he began a nine-year stint as Detective Sergeant Albert "Cheerful Charlie" Chisholm in the popular TV series Minder.
His television appearances have included dramas The Singing Detective (1986) and Middlemarch (1994), and he played Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Roderick Alleyn in a 1993–94 series. His films include Comfort and Joy (1984), A Month in the Country (1987) and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001). In 1999, he made a small appearance in the introduction to the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough as a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in Bilbao. He played Mr. Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of Brideshead Revisited, and from 2012 to 2016 portrayed Balon Greyjoy, the father of Theon Greyjoy, in the TV series Game of Thrones. He portrayed Magnus Crome in the 2018 film Mortal Engines.[3][4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The New Avengers | George | Episode: "Gnaws" |
| 1977 | The Eagle of the Ninth | Cradoc | Episode: "Frontier Fort" |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Major Conway | |
| 1978 | The Standard | Colin Anderson | 13 episodes |
| 1978 | The Sweeney | Mason | Episode: "Drag Act" |
| 1978 | The Professionals | 1st Security Man | Episode: "Fall Girl" |
| 1979–1988 | Minder | Detective Sergeant Albert 'Charlie' Chisholm | 24 episodes |
| 1981 | Dear Enemy | Dr. Robin "Sandy" MacRae | 7 episodes |
| 1983 | The Black Adder | Guy of Glastonbury | Episode: "The Black Seal" |
| 1984 | Comfort and Joy | Colin | |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Morgan | |
| 1985 | The Pickwick Papers | Alfred Jingle | 8 episodes |
| 1986 | Screen Two | John Carter | Episode: "The Russian Soldier" |
| 1986 | The Singing Detective | Mark Binney / Finney / Raymond | 6 episodes |
| 1987 | A Month in the Country | Reverend Keach | |
| 1987 | Our Geoff | Geoff | TV movie |
| 1988 | News at Twelve | Arthur Starkey | 6 episodes |
| 1988 | The One Game | Magnus | TV serial, 4 episodes |
| 1988 | The Franchise Affair | Robert Blair | 6 episodes |
| 1990 | Inspector Morse | Jeremy Boynton | Episode: "Driven to Distraction" |
| 1990 | December Bride | Rev. Edwin Sorleyson | |
| 1991 | Lovejoy | Sir Hugo Carey-Holden | Episode: "The Italian Venus" |
| 1991 | Children of the North | Colonel Mailer | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | Performance | Dr. Rank | Episode: "A Doll's House" |
| 1992 | The Blackheath Poisonings | Robert Dangerfield | 3 episodes |
| 1993–1994 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | Roderick Alleyn | 8 episodes |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | Rev. Edward Casaubon | 4 episodes |
| 1994 | A Man of No Importance | Inspector Carson | |
| 1995 | Two Deaths | George Bucsan | |
| 1995 | Kidnapped | Ebenezer | TV movie |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Governor Ainslee | |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Leland Perkins | |
| 1997 | The Beautician and the Beast | Leonid Kleist | |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You | Timo | |
| 1997 | Deacon Brodie | Bailie Creech | TV movie |
| 1998 | US Marshals | DSS Director Bertrum Lamb | |
| 1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Georg Duckwitz | Episode: "Miracle at Midnight" |
| 1998 | Heaven | Dr. Melrose | |
| 1998 | Nova | John Harrison | Episode: "Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude" |
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Mr. Lancing | |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Lachaise | |
| 1999 | All the King's Men | Capt. Claude Howlett | TV movie |
| 2000 | Ordinary Decent Criminal | Commissioner Daly | |
| 2000 | Fortress 2: Re-Entry | Prison Director Peter Teller | |
| 2000 | Billy Elliot | Principal | |
| 2000 | Quills | Delbené | |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Colonel Barge | |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert | Sir John Conroy | TV series |
| 2002 | The Abduction Club | Sir Myles | |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Dr. Colworth | |
| 2002 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Ralston | TV movie |
| 2003 | In Search of the Brontes | Patrick Brontë | TV movie |
| 2003 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sir Montague Depleach | Episode: "Five Little Pigs" |
| 2004 | EuroTrip | Arthur Frommer | |
| 2004 | Amnesia | D.I. Brennan | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | The Rocket Post | Charles Ilford | |
| 2005 | Sahara | Ambassador Polidori | |
| 2005 | Extras | Minister | Episode: "Samuel L Jackson" |
| 2005 | Friends and Crocodiles | Anders | TV movie |
| 2005 | Elizabeth I | Sir Francis Walsingham | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | New Tricks | Chopper Hadley | Episode: "Diamond Geezers" |
| 2006 | Like Minds | Headmaster | |
| 2007 | Five Days | John Poole | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Mr Ryder | |
| 2008 | The 39 Steps | Professor Fisher | TV movie |
| 2009 | A Short Stay in Switzerland | Richard | TV movie |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | Major-General Bernard Montgomery | TV movie |
| 2009 | Survivors | Mr Landry | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | National Theatre Live: Hamlet | Claudius | |
| 2012 | Endeavour | Richard Lovell | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2012 | The Paradise | Lord Glendenning | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Hunted | Jack Turner | 8 episodes |
| 2012–2016 | Game of Thrones | Lord Balon Greyjoy | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | New Worlds | John Francis | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Indian Summers | Lord Willingdon | 10 episodes |
| 2015–2019 | Luther | George Cornelius | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | George Wilkins | |
| 2018 | Mortal Engines | Magnus Crome | |
| 2021 | The Protégé | Vohl |
References
- ^ "Patrick Malahide Biography (1945–)". Film Reference. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Gregory-Hansley, Sherry (2004). . patrickmalahide.net. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "'Mortal Engines': 47 Things to Know From the Set of the Peter Jackson-Produced Film". Collider. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ "Peter Jackson's 'Mortal Engines' Adds Trio (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
External links
- Patrick Malahide at IMDb