Gordon Warnecke
Gordon Warnecke is known for My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), Scoop (2024), London Kills Me (1991).
Biography
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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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Questions about Gordon Warnecke
How many Gordon Warnecke films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 11 films with Gordon Warnecke, from 1985 to 2025.
What is the best rated Gordon Warnecke film?
The best rated Gordon Warnecke film in the catalogue is My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), rated 6.7.
What was the first Gordon Warnecke film?
The first Gordon Warnecke film in the catalogue is My Beautiful Laundrette, from 1985.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
16 films — 11 in the catalogue
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Egg Timer
2025 · Uncle Graham
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6.4 Scoop
2024 · Man in Toilet
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6.5 Goldfish
2022 · Bobby Persaud
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My Beautiful Laundrette
2020 · Papa / Zaki
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4.4 London Unplugged
2018 · Da'nish's Dad
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6.1 Venus
2017 · Papaji
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6.5 A Nice Arrangement
1994 · Trendy Youth
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5.0 A Fatal Inversion
1992 · Shiva
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4.7 The Pleasure Principle
1992 · Policeman
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5.9 London Kills Me
1991 · Mr G.'s Assistant
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6.7 Young Toscanini
1988
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7.0 The Hospice
1987 · Vincent
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7.7 Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · Tuza
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6.7 My Beautiful Laundrette
1985 · Omar Ali
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PINK
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10.0 Rest Your Head
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Series and TV shows
5 titles
6.3
5.8
4.2
6.8
7.9
People data: TMDb.
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