Patrick Malahide

Malahide was born in Reading, Berkshire, England,^[1] 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,^[2] then at Douai School in Woolhampton, Berkshire.^[2] He furthered his education at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, studying experimental psychology.^[2] Here, he began to develop his skills in acting, after joining the University's Dramatic Society, and making two appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.^[2]

He made his television debut in 1976, in an episode of The Flight of the Heron,^[1] then in single episodes of Sutherland's Law,^[1] and The New Avengers (1976),^[1] and ITV Playhouse (1977).^[1] 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.^[3]

His television appearances have included playing Alfred Jingle in The Pickwick Papers (1985), he starred in The Singing Detective (1986),^[1] Middlemarch (1994),^[1] and played Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Roderick Alleyn in a 1993–94 series.^[1] His films include Comfort and Joy (1984),^[1] A Month in the Country (1987),^[1] and Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), alongside Nicolas Cage and Penélope Cruz.^[3] In 1999, he made an appearance in the introduction to the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough,^[3] alongside Pierce Brosnan as a Swiss banker named Lachaise working in Bilbao. He played Mr. Ryder in Brideshead Revisited (2008).^[3]

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.^[4] In 2012, He played Lord Glendenning in The Paradise.^[3] He was a recurring character in Luther (2015–2019),^[3] and appeared in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016).^[3]

In 2018, He portrayed Magnus Crome in the Mortal Engines.^[5][6] In 2021, he starred as Vohl in the Martin Campbell directed action film The Protégé, alongside Maggie Q, Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson.^[3] 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.^[3]

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