David Warner (born July 29, 1941) is a British actor, whose image might be described as "sinister."

Warner was born in Manchester, England and trained at RADA, before making an impact with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where his portrayal of Hamlet quickly made him famous. In 1963, he made his film debut in Tom Jones, and in 1965 starred as King Henry VI of England in the BBC production of Shakespeare's "Wars of the Roses" cycle. Another major step in his career was the leading role in Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment (1966), which established his reputation for playing slightly off-the-wall characters.

Since then, he has specialised in playing villains, in films such as The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978), Time After Time (1979), Time Bandits (1981) (going all the way by playing a character named "Evil Genius") and Tron (1982), and television series such as Batman: The Animated Series. He was also cast against type as Henry Niles in Straw Dogs (1971) and as Bob Crachit in the 1984 telefilm of A Christmas Carol. He has appeared in hit movies such as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (as well as its less-well-made prequel, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier), Titanic (the third time he has appeared a film about RMS Titanic), Scream 2, and more recently in independent television's adaptation of the Hornblower series. He also continues to play classical roles.

Warner performed in an audio play based on the Doctor Who television series by Big Finish Productions in the Doctor Who Unbound series as an alternative version of The Doctor in Sympathy for the Devil (2003). He also guest starred in the BBC Radio 4 Sci-Fi Comedy Nebulous (2005) as Professor Nebulous' arch-enemy Dr. Klench. Both of these audio appearances were alongside writer and comedian Mark Gatiss, and his association with Gatiss continued with a guest role in the 2005 feature film The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, co-starring Gatiss along with the rest of the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe of which he is a member.

He has also contributed voice acting to a number of computer games, most notably playing the villain Irenicus in Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Morpheus in Fallout.

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