Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943, in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Charles and Edna Taylor. His father was a publican and an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways and fought against it. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his waywardness. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Art to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger.

Credits include: Patriot Games, Sleeping with the Enemy, Ella Enchanted, Free Fire and Eye of the Beholder

Credits include: The Sum of All Fears, The Mothman Prophecies, Zorba the Greek, Hamlet and The Go-Between

Credits include: Superman: The Movie, Superman II, A Man for All Seasons, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and Images

Credits include: The Magdalene Sisters, Angela's Ashes, The Butcher Boy, The General and Dead Bodies

Credits include: Waiting for Godot, Eat the Peach, A Piece of Monologue, Shergar and Escape from Victory

Credits include: The Nephew, The Disappearance of Finbar, Don't Go and St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

Credits include: St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

Credits include: St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

Credits include: St. Patrick: The Irish Legend