Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea

1936-05-30 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 65 Credits

Biography

Keir Atwood Dullea (born May 30, 1936) is an American actor best known for the character of astronaut David Bowman, whom he portrayed in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and in 1984's 2010: The Year We Make Contact, as well as his roles in the films Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974).

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2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey

2001: Creating Kubrick’s Space Odyssey

2024

as Himself

Acting

2001: CREATING KUBRICK’S SPACE ODYSSEY chronicles the creation of one of the most influential films in the history of cinema. This new documentary exa...

April Flowers

April Flowers

2020

as Mr. X

6.7
Acting

After discovering an anonymous journal, April begins her quest to return the book, all-the-while building a fantasy in her head that may compromise th...

Valley of the Gods

Valley of the Gods

2020

as Ulim

5.3
Acting

A mix of fantasy and sci-fi, the film entwines Navajo lore with a reclusive trillionaire and his would-be biographer, creating a fascinating, mysterio...

Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story

2020

as Self

Acting

The summer Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived in Connecticut inspired one of the world's most beloved novels: The Great Gatsby. We know the book, we kno...

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

2018

as Historian

5.4
Acting

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

2001: Sparks in the Dark

2001: Sparks in the Dark

2018

as Stanley Kubrick

6.6
Acting

A recreation of the interview with Stanley Kubrick that Playboy magazine published in its September 1968 issue and that has become essential when appr...

Kubrick Remembered

Kubrick Remembered

2014

as Self

6.5
Acting

An 83-minute candid look into the life of Kubrick, including interviews with his widow, family, coworkers and actors, and featuring a tour of the Arch...

Space Station 76

Space Station 76

2014

as Mr. Marlowe

4.9
Acting

A comedic drama about a group of people (and several robots) living on a space station in a 1970s-version of the future. When a new Assistant Captain ...

Infinitely Polar Bear

Infinitely Polar Bear

2014

as Murray Stuart

6.6
Acting

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who d...

Isn't It Delicious

Isn't It Delicious

2013

as Bill Weldon

5.0
Acting

When Joan Weldon discovers she is dying of lung cancer, she sets out to reconcile her dysfunctional relationships with her three children, her husband...

HENRi

HENRi

2013

as Henri (voice)

7.7
Acting

Powerful short film, which explores human existence at the most fundamental, personal level - what it means to be a conscious individual. Set hundreds...

Immersive Cocoon

2011

as Unnamed

5.5
Acting

Keir Dullea encounters a mysterious object, in a scenario reminiscent of the penultimate scene from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey that he ap...

Fortune

2009

as Jonah Pryce

5.0
Acting

Two lives collide and then change forever when a suicidal psychiatrist is interrupted mid-attempt by the ambitious son of his wealthiest patient- a yo...

The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband

2008

as Mr. Carl Bollenbecker

5.5
Acting

Emma, a radio host, is about to be married to Richard, her perfect match. But right before her wedding, she learns she's already married to Patrick, a...

'2001: A Space Odyssey' – What Is Out There?

'2001: A Space Odyssey' – What Is Out There?

2007

as Self

Acting

Keir Dullea, interspersed with archive clips of Arthur C. Clarke, discusses the probability of extraterrestrial life.

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

2006

as Senator John Russell, Sr.

6.3
Acting

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young ...

A Lonely Sky

2006

as Stan Curtis

4.0
Acting

In 1947, a test pilot who will risk his life to break the sound barrier, is forced to question his reasons and abilities by a strange yet familiar man...

Alien Hunter

Alien Hunter

2003

as Secretary Bayer

5.1
Acting

Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.

Black Christmas Revisited

Black Christmas Revisited

2002

5.0
Acting

A featurette hosted by Art Hindle and Lynne Griffin, who revisit the original house from the movie 'Black Christmas'.

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001

as Self

7.4
Acting

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films....

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001: The Making of a Myth

2001

as Self

6.5
Acting

The making of Stanley Kubrick's classic space epic, presented by James Cameron, including unseen footage.

2001 and Beyond

2001 and Beyond

2001

as Self

Acting

Author Arthur C. Clarke and the cast and crew of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey" star in this documentary, released in the ...

Songs In Ordinary Time

Songs In Ordinary Time

2000

as Sam Fermoyle

3.8
Acting

Based on Mary McGarry Morris' best-selling novel! A struggling mother takes in a mysterious stranger. Is she opening her heart to love ... or harborin...

The Audrey Hepburn Story

The Audrey Hepburn Story

2000

as Joseph Hepburn

6.0
Acting

The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and...

Oh, What a Night

Oh, What a Night

1992

as Thorvald

4.4
Acting

During the summer of 1955, seventeen-year-old Eric Hansen embarks on a journey in his new town, a journey which will change his life forever.

Night of 100 Stars III

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0
Acting

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

2010

2010

1984

as Dr. David Bowman

6.6
Acting

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvou...

The Time Traveller

The Time Traveller

1984

as Glenn / The Next One

2.2
Acting

An astronaut's widow and her young son meet a stranger from the future on a Greek island.

Blind Date

Blind Date

1984

as Dr. Steiger

4.2
Acting

A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental devi...

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

2010 : The Odyssey Continues

1984

as Himself

Acting

This promotional short for 2010 (1984) shows moviegoers how some of the film's visual effects were created. This includes makeup for Keir Dullea's cha...

BrainWaves

BrainWaves

1983

as Julian Bedford

4.1
Acting

After a traffic accident Kaylie is in coma for months and her doctors want to try a new procedure on her. To regain her consciousness, they stimulate ...

No Place to Hide

No Place to Hide

1981

as Cliff Letterman

6.5
Acting

A young art student frantically tries to prove that she is being stalked by a mysterious man who has threatened her life, and finds her sanity questio...

The Hostage Tower

The Hostage Tower

1980

as Mr. Smith

4.8
Acting

A flamboyant master criminal and several specialists stage an audacious scheme to capture the Eiffel Tower and hold as hostage one of its visitors, th...

Brave New World

Brave New World

1980

as Thomas Grambell

6.1
Acting

A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from...

The Starlost: The Alien Oro

1980

as Devon

Acting

The alien, Oro, seeks to seize control of huge spaceship bearing Earth's last survivors.

The Starlost: The Beginning

The Starlost: The Beginning

1980

as Devon

Acting

Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering ...

The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979

as General Custer

5.0
Acting

In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Q...

Leopard in the Snow

Leopard in the Snow

1979

as Dominic Lyall

2.0
Acting

A tender romance develops between an attractive young woman and a famous race car driver who lives incognito after supposedly being killed in an auto ...

Because He's My Friend

Because He's My Friend

1978

as Eric

Acting

An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their devel...

Full Circle

Full Circle

1978

as Magnus Lofting

6.2
Acting

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-star...

Welcome to Blood City

Welcome to Blood City

1977

as Lewis

4.9
Acting

Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what t...

Three Dangerous Ladies

Three Dangerous Ladies

1977

as Dr. David Priestly

5.0
Acting

Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with t...

The Mannikin

The Mannikin

1977

as Dr. David Priestly

Acting

A singer is possessed by a demonic spirit. From the book by Robert Bloch (Psycho).

Law and Order

Law and Order

1976

as Johnny Morrison

Acting

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.

Black Christmas

Black Christmas

1974

as Peter

6.9
Acting

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone ...

Paul and Michelle

Paul and Michelle

1974

as Garry

5.5
Acting

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison...

Paperback Hero

Paperback Hero

1973

as Rick Dylan

5.6
Acting

A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.

Pope Joan

Pope Joan

1972

as Dr. Stevens

5.9
Acting

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is...

Devil in the Brain

Devil in the Brain

1972

as Oscar Minno

5.7
Acting

Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky s...

Montserrat

Montserrat

1971

as Montserrat

Acting

The story is set during the South American Wars of Independence. Simón Bolivar, the liberator, has escaped from Spanish custody with the aid of an ide...

A Primer for '2001: A Space Odyssey'

A Primer for '2001: A Space Odyssey'

1970

Acting

Primer on the meaning, techniques and background of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey." Keir Dullea, who starred in the film as astro...

Black Water Gold

Black Water Gold

1970

as Christofer Perdeger

4.3
Acting

A scuba team, a marine archaeologist and a Mexican historian join forces to reach the wreck of an historic Spanish galleon before a well-armed commerc...

De Sade

De Sade

1969

as Marquis de Sade

3.0
Acting

The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

as Dr. David Bowman

8.1
Acting

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advan...

The Fox

The Fox

1967

as Paul Grenfell

6.2
Acting

Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfell enters their isolated world,...

Madame X

Madame X

1966

as Clay Anderson Jr.

6.5
Acting

A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her m...

2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future

2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future

1966

as Self

6.5
Acting

A short documentary about the making of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and its impact on the '60s view of the future.

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

as Stephen Lake

7.2
Acting

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Le ore nude

Le ore nude

1964

as Aldo

5.5
Acting

In this sex-charged character study, a woman's husband persuades her to share in his predilection for group sex. Later, she meets a student and has a ...

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

1964

as Pvt. Doll

5.9
Acting

Set during the Allied invasion of the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater during WWII, this film is based on the novel by James Jones. Keir D...

Mail Order Bride

Mail Order Bride

1964

as Lee Carey

6.6
Acting

Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him.

David and Lisa

David and Lisa

1962

as David Clemens

7.3
Acting

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbeari...

The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

1961

as Billy Lee Jackson

6.0
Acting

Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are...

Give Us Barabbas!

1961

as Elisha

Acting
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1960

as German Pilot

Acting

A British housewife faces up to the harsh realities of the Second World War.