Patrick Malahide

• Name — Patrick Malahide • Birth Name — Patrick Gerald Duggan • Born — 24 March 1945 • Birthplace — Reading, Berkshire, England • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1969–present

Malahide was born in Reading, Berkshire, England, the son of Irish immigrants; his mother was a cook, and his father secretary of the bursar at The Nautical College of Pangbourne. His education began at St Anne's Primary School, Caversham, Reading, then at Douai School in Woolhampton, Berkshire. He furthered his education at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, studying experimental psychology. Here, he began to develop his skills in acting, after joining the university's Dramatic Society, and making two appearances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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. Other television appearances have included playing Alfred Jingle in The Pickwick Papers (1985), he starred in The Singing Detective (1986), Middlemarch (1994), and played Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Roderick Alleyn in the 1993–94 series. In 2006 he reunited with Dennis Waterman from Minder, appearing in an episode of New Tricks, playing Chopper Hadley in Season 3, Episode 4's "Diamond Geezers". His films include Comfort and Joy (1984), A Month in the Country (1987), and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), alongside Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz. In 1999, he made an appearance in the introduction to the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, alongside Pierce Brosnan, playing a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in Bilbao. He played Mr. Ryder in Brideshead Revisited (2008). From 2012 to 2016 portrayed Balon Greyjoy, Lord of the Iron Islands, and the father of Theon and Yara, of House Greyjoy, in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones. In 2012, he played Lord Glendenning in The Paradise. He was a recurring character in Luther (2015–2019), and appeared in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). • Illustration — Patrick Malahide in The Paradise 2012 In 2018, he portrayed Magnus Crome in Mortal Engines. In 2021, he starred as Vohl in the Martin Campbell directed action film The Protégé, alongside Maggie Q, Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson. In 2023, he played the role of Alison's father Jack Rowdy, in Liaison, in a cast that included Vincent Cassel, Eva Green and Peter Mullan.

• 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 'Cheerful 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 — The December Rose — Mr. Hastymite — 5 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 Boycott — TV film • 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 film • 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 film • 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 film • 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 film • 2003 — In Search of the Brontes — Patrick Brontë — TV film • 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 film • 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 film • 2009 — A Short Stay in Switzerland — Richard — TV film • 2009 — Into the Storm — Major-General Bernard Montgomery — TV film • 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 • 2023 — Liaison — Jack Rowdy

Patrick Malahide is recorded as actor and screenwriter.