Malcolm McDowell is an English actor, known for his boisterous and sometimes villainous roles. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
McDowell was born Malcolm John Taylor in Horsforth in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He is the son of Edna , a hotelier, and Charles Taylor, a publican, and was the middle of three siblings, with two sisters, Gloria and Judy . His family later moved to Bridlington, since his father was in the Royal Air Force. He grew up in Liverpool and worked in Planters nut factory in Aintree and in his fathers pub in Burscough, Lancashire. He is a fan of Premier League football team Liverpool and spent much of his boyhood on the Kop. McDowell trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art .
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