Owen Teale
Trained at the Guildford School of Acting, Teale made his television debut in "The Mimosa Boys" in 1984. in 1985, he appeared in the "Doctor Who" serial "Vengeance on Varos" as "Maldak". His film debut was in "War Requiem" in 1989. He later appeared in "Knights of God" (1989), "Great Expectations" (1989), "The Fifteen Streets" (1989) and "Boon" (1990) before being cast as Will Scarlet in the 1991 film "Robin Hood". He went on to appear in such series as "Dangerfield", "Ballykissangel", "The Thin Blue Line" and the long-running "Belonging", and later "Spooks" and "Murphy's Law". He later appeared as Lophakin in the 1999 adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard", opposite Charlotte Rampling as Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as Gayev. He played the infamous Nazi judge Roland Freisler in "Conspiracy". He also had parts In Midsomer Murders and Lewis. In 2005, he played a lead role in "Marian, Again", in which he was the abusive husband of Harrison's eponymous character. He also did voice over narration for "Tales from the Green Valley", one of several farm series he has done for the BBC. In 2006, he appeared in the "Torchwood" episode "Countrycide". Also in 2006 he had a role in the HBO UK TV movie "Tsunami: The Aftermath". In 2007, he guest-starred in the "Doctor Who" audio drama "The Mind's Eye". In the same year, he starred in "The Last Legion". In 2011, Teale appeared as Ser Alliser Thorne in "Game of Thrones", the HBO TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin's novel series "A Song of Ice and Fire", replacing at short notice Derek Halligan. He reprised this role in Season 4, Season 5, and Season 6. In 2012, he played Dai in the comedy-drama series "Stella" and Robert Holland, the fictional UK Foreign Secretary, in the drama series "Kidnap and Ransom". He also plays Chief Constable Osborne in the BBC police drama "Line of Duty". Between 2018 and 2022 he played Peter Knox in "A Discovery of Witches", a series based on the book of the same name by Deborah Harkness. Teale was born in North Cornelly, south Wales, and attended Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill. He was suspended from the school for disciplinary offences and credits one of the teachers with awakening his interest in acting. He has been married twice: first to Dilys Watling and then to Sylvestra Le Touzel. He has three children. Teale won the 1997 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Torvald opposite Janet McTeer in Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
Career
Owen Teale (born 20 May 1961) is a Welsh character actor known for his role as Ser Alliser Thorne in the HBO fantasy TV series "Game of Thrones".