About

Known credits:
15
Birthday:
1962-08-24
Place of birth:
London, England
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Gordon Warnecke

Overview

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gordon Warnecke (born 24 August 1962 in London) is an English actor of Indo-Guyanese and German descent.

He is perhaps best known for his role as Omar in the 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette, costarring as the lover of Johnny (Daniel Day-Lewis). Other film credits include Franco Zeffirelli's Young Toscanini and Hanif Kureishi's London Kills Me.

Television credits include: Boon, Doctor Who (in the serial Mindwarp), Only Fools and Horses, Virtual Murder, Birds of a Feather, EastEnders and The Bill.

An experienced theatre actor, he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, and most recently returned to the stage with a national tour of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People for Tara Arts, and two new contemporary adaptations of Christmas productions at Trinity Theatre in Kent. He is currently filming the Welsh TV series The Cockle Farmer.

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Known for

Acting

2024 Scoop Actor Man in Toilet 59
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2022 Goldfish Actor Bobby Persaud 58
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2020 My Beautiful Laundrette Actor Papa / Zaki N/A
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2018 London Unplugged Actor Da'nish's Dad 58
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2017 Venus Actor Papaji 58
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1994 A Nice Arrangement Actor Trendy Youth 58
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1992 A Fatal Inversion Actor Shiva 59
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1992 The Pleasure Principle Actor Policeman 58
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1991 London Kills Me Actor Mr G.'s Assistant 58
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1988 Young Toscanini Actor 58
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1987 The Hospice Actor Vincent N/A
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1986 Doctor Who: Mindwarp Actor Tuza 58
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1985 My Beautiful Laundrette Actor Omar Ali 61
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Rest Your Head Actor N/A
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PINK Actor N/A
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