Owen Teale

In 1997, Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

• Born — 20 May 1961 • Birthplace — North Cornelly, Glamorgan, Wales • Children — 3 • Occupation — Actor • Education — Guildford School of Acting • Years Active — 1984–present

Owen Teale was born on 20 May 1961, in North Cornelly, south Wales, son of Roy and Louise Teale. He attended Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill; he was suspended from the school for disciplinary offences, and credits one of the teachers Mr Davis, with awakening his interest in acting. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting. In 1997, Teale won a Tony Award for his performance in a Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.

• Illustration — Teale in Whitehall, London, England in 2013 In 1984, Teale made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys a film about the Falklands War. In 1985, he appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos as the dis-loyal guard Maldak who helps Peri escape. His film debut was in War Requiem in 1989. He later appeared in Knights of God (1989), Great Expectations (1989), The Fifteen Streets (1989) and Boon (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 film Robin Hood. He went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel, The Thin Blue Line and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law. He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. He played the infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler in Conspiracy. He also had parts In Midsomer Murders and Lewis. In 2005, he played a lead role in Marian, Again, in which he was the abusive husband of Kelly Harrison's eponymous character. He also did voice over narration for "Tales from the Green Valley", one of several farm series he has done for the BBC. In 2006, he appeared in the Torchwood episode "Countrycide". Also 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 alongside Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth, and was shot on location in Morocco, Tunisia and Slovakia. In 2011, Teale appeared as Ser Alliser Thorne in Game of Thrones, the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, replacing at short notice Derek Halligan. He reprised this role in Season 4, Season 5, and Season 6. In 2012, he played Dai in the comedy-drama series Stella, and Robert Holland, the fictional UK Foreign Secretary, in the drama series Kidnap and Ransom. He also played Chief Constable Osborne in the BBC police drama Line of Duty. Between 2018 and 2022 he played Peter Knox in A Discovery of Witches, a series based on the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness. In 2020, he starred opposite Toni Collette and Damian Lewis in the Wales based sports comedy-drama film Dream Horse. In 2023, Teale starred as Lars Hutton, causing problems on the Kinloch Bravo oil rig in The Rig, in a cast that included Iain Glen, Emily Hampshire, Mark Addy, and Martin Compston. He has also worked as a voiceover artist for television advertisements.

In 1986, Teale married actress Dilys Watling, with whom he has a son, Ion. They divorced in the mid-1990s. In 2001, he married actress Sylvestra Le Touzel; they have two daughters, Eliza and Grace. He likes to play golf, and was made an honorary member of the Pyle and Kenfig Golf Club.

• Year — Title — Role — Production — Notes • 1985 — Doctor Who — Maldak — BBC — Episodes: "Vengeance on Varos: Parts One and Two" • The Mimosa Boys — Albie — BBC — Television film • 1986 — David Copperfield — Ham Peggotty — BBC — 5 episodes • 1987 — One by One — PC Williams — BBC — Episode: "The Monkey in Between" • Knights of God — Dai — ITV — 5 episodes • 1989 — Great Expectations — Bentley Drummie — ITV — Mini-series; 2 episodes • The Fifteen Streets — John O'Brien — ITV — Television film. Part of a collection of small-screen epics based on the best-selling books of Catherine Cookson • 1990 — Waterfront Beat — Det. Sgt. Mike McCarthy — BBC — 8 episodes • Boon — Philip Braithwaite — ITV — Episode: "Daddy's Girl" • 1995 — The Vacillations of Poppy Crew — Edmund Platt — ITV — Television film • Dangerous Lady — Terry Patterson — ITV — Mini-series; 4 episodes • The Thin Blue Line — Gary — BBC — Episode: "Fire and Terror" • 1996 — The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Bob North — ITV — Episodes: "The Secret House of Death: Parts 1 and 2" • Dangerfield — PC Dave Chapman — BBC — Episode: "Scars" • Wilderness — Dan Somers — ITV — Mini-series; 3 episodes • L'histoire du samedi — Alan — France 3 — Episode: "La guerre des moutons" • Death of a Salesman — Happy — BBC — Television film • 1999 — Cleopatra — Grattius — ABC — Mini-series; 2 episodes • Ballykissangel — Connor Devlin — BBC — Series 5; 9 episodes • 2000 — The Real... — Inquisitor — ITV — Episode: "Joan of Arc" • 2001 — Beast — Mr. Head — BBC One — Episode: "Lamb" • Conspiracy — Roland Freisler — HBO — Television film • 2002 — Ted and Alice — Barry Branch — BBC — Mini-series; 3 episodes • Posh Plots — Himself - Narrator — BBC — Documentary series • 2004 — Judas — Flavius — ABC — Television film • Island at War — PC Wilf Jonas — ITV — Mini-series; 6 episodes • Spooks — Robert Morgan — BBC — Episode: "Frequently Asked Questions" (uncredited role) • 2005 — Midsomer Murders — Little Mal Kirby — ITV — Episode: "Second Sight" • Timewatch — Erucius — BBC — Episode: "Murder in Rome" • Tales from the Green Valley — Himself - Narrator — BBC Two — Documentary series; 12 episodes • Murphy's Law — Paul Allison — BBC One — Series 3; 6 episodes • DoNovAn — Ronnie Paxton — ITV — Series also known as DNA. Episode: #2.1 • Marian, Again — Bernie Sullivan — ITV — Television film • 2006 — Torchwood — Ewan Sherman — BBC — Episode: "Countrycide" • Tsunami: The Aftermath — James Peabody — HBO — Mini-series; 2 episodes • 2007 — Lewis — Nicky Turnbull — ITV — Episode: "Old School Ties" • The Last Detective — Tom Cornell — ITV — Episode: "The Dead Peasants Society" • 2008 — The Children — Peter — ITV — Mini-series; 3 episodes • It's My Shout — Terry — ITV1 Wales — Episode: "Pleasure Park" (based on an original idea by Teale) • 2011 — Silk — Brian Frogett — BBC One — Episodes: "The Bitter End" and "Three Sheets to the Wind" • 2011–2016 — Game of Thrones — Alliser Thorne — HBO — Recurring role, 19 episodes • 2012 — Kidnap and Ransom — Robert Holland — ITV1 — Series 2; 3 episodes • The Hollow Crown — Captain Fluellen — BBC — Episode: "Henry V, Part 1" • 2012, 2021 — Line of Duty — Ch. Insp./Ch. Cons. Phillip Osborne — BBC — Series 1; 3 episodes / Series 6; 5 episodes • 2012–2013 — Stella — Dai Kosh — Sky 1 — Series 1 and 2; 20 episodes • 2015 — River — Ch. Supt. Marcus McDonald — BBC One — Mini-series; 6 episodes • 2016 — Ripper Street — Felix Hackman — BBC Two — Episode: "Men of Iron, Men of Smoke" • Houdini & Doyle — Professor Havensling — ITV — Mini-series; episode: "Strigoi" • 2017 — Pulse — Chad Berger — ABC TV — Mini-series; 8 episodes • 2018–2022 — A Discovery of Witches — Peter Knox — Sky 1 — Series 1–3; 18 episodes • 2019 — Traitors — St. John Symonds — Channel 4 — Episodes: "Feef" and "Hugh" • Deep State — Hal Weaver — Fox — Series 2; 4 episodes • 2021 — The Pembrokeshire Murders — Gerard Elias QC — ITV1 — Mini-series; 1 episode • 2023 — Wolf — Oliver Anchor-Ferrers — BBC One — 6 episodes • 2023–2025 — The Rig — Lars Hutton — Amazon Prime Video — Series 1 and 2; 12 episodes • 2025 — The Revenge Club — Jim Eggleston — Paramount+ — Mini-series; 3 episodes • Sandokan — Anthony, Lord Guillonk — Rai 1 — 8 episodes • 2026 — Death Valley — Michael Mallowan — BBC One — Series 2; 3 episodes

• Year — Production — Role — Reference(s) • 1996 — A Doll's House — Torvald Helmer • 2003 — The Dance of Death — Kurt • 2008 — Macbeth — Macbeth • 2013 — Passion Play — James • 2014 — Under Milk Wood — Narrator • 2015 — The Broken Heart — Bassanes • 2016 — No Man's Land — Briggs • Gaslight — Jack Manningham • 2022 — A Christmas Carol — Ebenezer Scrooge • 2023