Malcom McDowell has created a whole gallery of iconic characters, but he secured his place in movie history when Stanley Kubrick finally found the actor he had been looking for to play the gleefully amoral Alex in A Clockwork Orange.

New fans have been won over by his tyrannical Soran in Star Trek: Generations, his Machiavellian Mr. Roarke in Fantasy Island and his comically pompous professor Steve Pynchon in the critically acclaimed CBS television series "Pearl". Other distinctive motion picture roles include Richard Lester's Royal Flash, Paul Schrader's Cat People, Rachel Talalay's Tank Girl, Joseph Losey's Figures in a Landscape, Bryan Forbes' The Raging Moon, Blake Edwards' Sunset, Martin Ritt's Cross Creek and Robert Altman's The Player. On television, McDowell has made regular appearances as Terence McQuewick in the hit HBO series "Entourage" and as Daniel Linderman in NBC’s  "Heroes".

“When we made A Clockwork Orange 40 years ago, we had no idea that it would wear so well. For me, it is like a well-loved elderly relative. Every so often we celebrate birthdays. This is one such occasion, the 40th anniversary. It is a tribute to all those involved. And of course, to the genius and vision of Stanley Kubrick and Anthony Burgess"

Malcolm McDowell's Film Masterclass, presented by Michel Ciment, will take place on Friday 20th May, at 2 p.m. in the Buñuel Theatre.

The film extracts used were kindly produced in collaboration with Version Directe.


> Return to the tribute to Kubrick on 19th May.