Michael Maloney | |
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 Maloney at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival | |
| Born | 19 June 1957 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Michael Maloney | |
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| Maloney at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival | |
| Born | 19 June 1957 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series Telford's Change . [1]
He made his West End debut in 1979 in Can you Hear me at The Back, by Brian Clark, followed immediately by Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn. After playing Toby Gashe in The Bell, by Iris Murdoch, Maloney joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 playing Ferdinand in The Tempest . After the RSC, he went on to play in The Perfectionist at Hampstead, the title role of Peer Gynt for Cambridge Theatre Company, The London Cuckolds at the Lyric Hammersmith, Two Planks and a Passion by Anthony Minghella, directed by Danny Boyle at Greenwich and Built on Sand at the Royal Court. Maloney went on to appear in many films and television series, including What if Its Raining, by Anthony Minghella, for Channel 4. He became a familiar face after playing the Dauphin in Kenneth Branagh's 1989 film adaptation of Henry V . In the early 1990s, he played Prince Hal in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet for the RSC and Hamlet on a national tour starting at Greenwich. He appeared on television [2] in Mr Wakefield's Crusade, on film as Mark in Truly, Madly, Deeply , and in 1994 he took the lead in the BBC adaptation of Love on a Branch Line . He appeared in both the 1990 and 1996 film versions of Hamlet , as Rosencrantz and Laertes respectively, [3] and in several other Shakespeare screen adaptations, including the lead role in In the Bleak Midwinter by Kenneth Branagh. In addition to his TV appearances, he starred as Jason Fields in the film American Reel in 1999. 2002 saw him play Brian Albumen, personal aide to Rik Mayall's Adonis Cnut character in the Gran and Marks penned TV sitcom Believe Nothing . In 2003, he appeared as the Belgian Prosper Profond in The Forsyte Saga . In the theatre he played Hamlet again for Yukio Ninagawa on tour and at the Barbican. He played Cassius in the 2005 miniseries Empire, John Major in 2009's Margaret and Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel in the 2009 film The Young Victoria .
He is active in radio drama on BBC Radio 4, playing the Dean in both series of High Table, Lower Orders and Giles the gossip columnist in His Master's Voice . He has made a guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi . He has also appeared in a Bollywood films Kisna, and I See You , playing the detective inspector.
In 2010, he appeared in long-running drama Casualty as consultant Howard Fairfax, and in series 4 of the political satire series The Thick of It , he played Matthew Hodge, part of the Goolding Inquiry. [4] In 2013, he portrayed Sir Henry Stafford, third husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, in the BBC TV series The White Queen . In 2016, he appeared in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid . He was also in the second series of Utopia for Channel 4 and played Edward Heath in series 3 of The Crown. He most recently has a cameo role in Belfast, directed by Kenneth Branagh, and played the role of Vanya, in Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike, by Christopher Durang, directed by Walter Bobbie, at the Charing Cross Theatre.
He has recorded many audiobooks including Captain Corelli's Mandolin . [5]
He has also lent his voice to various video game characters, including The Lost Soul in the 2013 video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate , Avallac'h in the 2015 video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , and Doloran in the 2018 video game Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom .
In 2025, Maloney will star as Hercule Poirot in a touring production of Murder on the Orient Express . [6]
Maloney's father emigrated from County Cork, Ireland to Godalming, Surrey, UK. [7]
In 2002, Maloney married Italian-American model and photographer Kim Andreolli; [8] [9] Maloney and Andreolli had one child, a daughter, before divorcing.
Maloney lives in South London in Clapham.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Richard's Things | Bill | |
| 1984 | Sharma and Beyond | Stephen Archer | Television film |
| Ordeal by Innocence | Micky Argyle | ||
| 1985 | Tartuffe, or The Impostor | Damis | Television film |
| 1986 | A Dangerous Kind of Love | Whymper | Television film |
| 1987 | Scoop | William Boot | Television film |
| 1988 | The Mask | Leonardo | |
| 1989 | Henry V | Louis the Dauphin | |
| Relatively Speaking | Gregory Pointer | Television film | |
| 1990 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Mark | |
| Hamlet | Rosencrantz | ||
| 1993 | Micky Love | Tony Scott | Television film |
| Screen Play | Short film | ||
| The Waiter | Frederico | Short film | |
| 1995 | In the Bleak Midwinter | Joe Harper (Hamlet) | |
| Othello | Roderigo | ||
| Trafford Tanzi | Referee | Television film | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Laertes | |
| 1997 | Hysteria | Dr. Samuel Fry | |
| Thursday | Nick | Short film | |
| Sex & Chocolate | Billy Gale | Television film | |
| 1998 | Macbeth | Banquo | Television film |
| The Changeling | Frank | Short film | |
| 1999 | American Reel | Jason Fields | |
| 2000 | Unleaded | Anton | |
| A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit | Television film | |
| Journey Through the Night | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2002 | Me & Mrs Jones | Ivan McDermott | Television film |
| 2003 | Twelfth Night, or What You Will | Malvolio | Television film |
| Bed and Breakfast | Peter | ||
| 2004 | Battle of the Brave | Governor James Murray | |
| 2005 | Kisna: The Warrior Poet | Peter Beckett | |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Jack Straw | Television film |
| Babel | James | ||
| Notes on a Scandal | Sandy Pabblem | ||
| I See You | Inspector John Smith | ||
| 2007 | Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars | Inspector Stirling | Television film |
| The Soul Rescuer | The Soul Rescuer | Short film | |
| Learners | John | Television film | |
| Saturday's Shadow | Father | Short film | |
| Impact Earth | Adam Bregorsky | Television film | |
| 2008 | The Applicant | Rejection Letter | Short film |
| 2009 | Margaret | John Major | Television film |
| The Young Victoria | Sir Robert Peel | ||
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll | Graham | |
| Koda | Ken | Short film | |
| Trouble Brewing | Alan | Short film | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Doctor | |
| 2012 | Rage | William | Short film |
| 2013 | Summer in February | Colonel Paynter | |
| 2014 | Born of War | Ian | |
| Luna | Dean | ||
| Two Horrible Little Girls | Clive | Short film | |
| 2015 | The C Word | Ian McFarlane | Television film |
| The Other Side of Home | Ian | Short film | |
| 2021 | A Brixton Tale | Simon | |
| Three Pints and a Rabbi | Ian | ||
| Where Is Anne Frank | Otto Frank | Voice role | |
| Belfast | Frankie West | ||
| Lawrence: After Arabia | George Brough | ||
| 2022 | Help! I've Stolen Amy Adams' Nose! | Kat's Dad | Short film |
| Care | Alan | Short film | |
| Reaching Four | Dr. Maloney | Short film | |
| 2023 | Best of Three | Stewart | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Telford's Change | Peter Telford | Series regular; 9 episodes |
| 1981 | Kinvig | Simon | Episode: "The Humanoid Factor" |
| 1982 | The Bell | Toby Gashe | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1984 | Minder | Father Andrew | Episode: "Willesden Suite" |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth | Lieutenant "Teddy" Evans | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1986 | What If It's Raining | Dominic | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Screen Two | Henry Kirk | Episode: "Naming the Names" |
| 1988 | Theatre Night | Faulkland | Episode: "The Rivals" |
| ScreenPlay | Gary | Episode: "Starlings" | |
| 1988–95 | Jackanory | Storyteller | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Powell | Episode: "Nobody Here But Us Chickens" |
| The Jim Henson Hour | Lee Marshall | Episode: "Living with Dinosaurs" | |
| 1990 | Screen Two | Tony | Episode: "The Lorelei" |
| 1991 | He-Play | Angel | Episode: "The Dogs" |
| 1992 | Mr Wakefield's Crusade | Richard | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Comedy Playhouse | Mike | Episode: "The Complete Guide to Relationships" |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Arnold Toynbee | Episode: "Paris, May 1919" | |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line | Jasper Pye | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Clarence / Norfolk | Episode: "Richard III" | |
| 1995 | Signs and Wonders | Stephen Palmore | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 1997 | Painted Lady | Oliver Peel | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Children of the New Forest | Charles Stuart, King of England | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 1999 | Heartbeat | Cecil Palmer | Episode: "David Stockwell's Ghost" |
| 2000 | Dalziel and Pascoe | David Ransom | Episode: "Above the Law" |
| 2001 | Magic Grandad | Mr. Leyton | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2002 | In Deep | Dr. Gabriel Winterbourne | Episode: "Abuse of Trust" |
| The Swap | Tom Forrester | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| The Jury | Peter Segal | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| Nova | Thomas Orde-Lees / George Marston | Episode: "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance" | |
| Believe Nothing | Brian Albumen | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Forsyte Saga | Prosper Profond | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| Henry VIII | Thomas Cranmer | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | The Last Detective | John Swannee | Episode: "Benefit to Mankind" |
| Let's Write a Story | Adult Charles | Episode: "The Personal History of Charles Dickens" | |
| Messiah III: The Promise | Carl Henderson | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| 2005 | The Murder Room | Neville Dupayne | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Empire | Gaius Cassius Longinus | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| Monarch of the Glen | Dr. Simon Cotter | Episode: "Series 7, Episode 4" | |
| Timeshift | Narrator | Episode: "A Study in Sherlock" | |
| 2006 | Rosemary & Thyme | Custos | Episode: "In a Monastery Garden" |
| Lewis | Ivor Denniston | Episode: "Reputation" | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Dr. Joshua Waters | Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" | |
| Hotel Babylon | Mr. Johnson | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 6" | |
| New Tricks | John Fletcher | Episode: "Old Dogs" | |
| Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Senator Natalis | Episode: "Nero" | |
| Spooks | John Russell | Episode: "The Criminal" | |
| Robin Hood | Pitts | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2007 | The Bill | Ryan Jones | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| Wire in the Blood | Jonathan Goode | Episode: "Anything You Can Do" | |
| 2008 | Heroes and Villains | Vigilas | Episode: "Attila the Hun" |
| Waking the Dead | Dr. Damien Hooper | Episode: "Sins" | |
| Bonekickers | Daniel Mastiff | Series regular; 6 episodes | |
| Heartbeat | Dr. Thomas | Episode: "Mixed Messages" | |
| Wired | Hugh Borne | Miniseries; 1 episode | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Mr. John Reberty | Episode: "Sacrifice" |
| The Queen | Michael Shea | Episode: "The Rivals" | |
| 2010 | Midsomer Murders | Simon Sharpe | Episode: "Master Class" |
| Fluffy Gardens | Narrator | ||
| Casualty | Howard Fairfax | Recurring role; 5 episodes | |
| Identity | John Knighton | Episode: "Chelsea Girl" | |
| 2011 | DCI Banks | Malcolm Austin | Episode: "Friend of the Devil" |
| Death in Paradise | Father Charles Dean | Episode: "Predicting Murder" | |
| 2012 | Coronation Street | Robert Millward | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| Accused | Judge | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| The Thick of It | Matthew Hodge | Episode: "Series 4, Episode 6" | |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Kalon | Episode: "The Eye of Apollo" |
| The White Queen | Henry Stafford | Miniseries; 5 episodes | |
| By Any Means | Laurence Walker | Miniseries; 1 episode | |
| 2014 | Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond | Edmund Rushbrooke | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| New Worlds | Hardwick | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| Utopia | Christian Donaldson | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 2015 | River | Tom Read | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Mr Selfridge | Mr. Donaghue | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| The Five | Alan Wells | Miniseries; 10 episodes | |
| Paranoid | Dr Crowley | Miniseries; 8 episodes | |
| 2017 | Victoria | Bishop | Episode: "Faith, Hope & Charity" |
| 2018 | Midsomer Murders | Neville Gallagher | Episode: "The Lions of Causton" |
| 2019 | Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | George Gonzalo | Episode: "Outrageous Fortune" |
| The Crown | Edward Heath | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 2019–20 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Bill Astor | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Silent Witness | Judge Christopher Lansing | Episode: "Seven Times" |
| 2022 | Father Brown | Gerald Firth | Episode: "The Children of Kalon" |
| Magpie Murders | Charles Clover | Series regular; 5 episodes | |
| All Creatures Great and Small | Albert Sebright Saunders | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Dalgliesh | Desmond Ulrick | Episode: "A Certain Justice" |
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