Gordon Warnecke

Born: 1962-08-24

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon Warnecke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Man in Toilet
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My Beautiful Laundrette

as Omar Ali
Released: 1985-11-16

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama...

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Venus

as Papaji
Released: 2017-10-09

When Sid comes out as a woman, a 14-year-old boy named Ralph literally shows up at her door...

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London Unplugged

as Da'nish's Dad
Released: 2018-10-05

A portmanteau exploration of disparate characters scattered across London, many of whose lives...

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Young Toscanini

as uncredited
Released: 1988-10-07

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

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Goldfish

as Bobby Persaud
Released: 2023-09-01

With help from a neighbourhood and a past she has shunned, a young woman returns home to deal...

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A Fatal Inversion

as Shiva
Released: 1992-05-10

Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house...

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Doctor Who: Mindwarp

as Tuza
Released: 1986-10-25

As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one...

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The Hospice

as Vincent
Released: 1987-01-01

When he loses his way on a country road and is bitten by an animal, Maybury stumbles across a...

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The Pleasure Principle

as Policeman
Released: 1992-01-31

Part relationship drama and part sex comedy follows a middle-aged man who loves women and sex...

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A Nice Arrangement

as uncredited
Released: 1994-06-11

Documents an Indian-English family's attempt to give their Briticized daughter a traditional...

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My Beautiful Laundrette

as Papa / Zaki
Released: 2020-09-20

Set in London during the Thatcher years, My Beautiful Laundrette tells the story of young...

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Doctor Who

as Tuza
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Birds of a Feather

as Ranjith
First aired: 1989-10-16

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on...

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EastEnders

as Jabber Ahmed
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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Boon

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-01-14

Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Virtual Murder

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-07-24

John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a...

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Love Hurts

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-01-03

Love Hurts is a British comedy-drama series that was broadcast from 3 January 1992 to 18 March...

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