Owen Teale Biography

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Owen Teale (born 20 May1961) is a Welsh actor.

In 2006 he appeared in the Torchwood episode "Countrycide"; in 1985, he had appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos as "Maldak".

He made his television debut in The Mimosa Boys in 1984. He later appeared in Knights of God (1989), Great Expectations (1989), Waterfront Beat (1990) and Boon (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlett in the 1991 TV movie Robin Hood. He went on to appear in such series as Dangerfield, Ballykissangel and the long-running Belonging, and later Spooks and Murphy's Law. In 2005 he played a lead role in Marian, Againâ??opposite Stephen Tompkinson, Samantha Beckinsale and Kelly Harrisonâ??in which he was the abusive husband of Harrison's eponymous character.

His film debut was in War Requiem in 1989. He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. His appearance in King Arthur, as Pelagius, was relegated to the DVD extended edition. As of 2006 his latest project is The Last Legion , due for release in 2007.

He has been married twice: to Dilys Watling and then to Sylvestra Le Touzel.

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