Malcolm McDowell

As a schoolboy, Malcolm was so bored having to listen to long, tedious speeches by minor local dignitaries at official school functions, when he became a star, he took his revenge. Asked to give the keynote speech at Cannock School's annual Open Day in 1969, he flew all the way from the United States to attend. Before a packed assembly, he simply announced "I hereby pronounce this Open Day open" and sat down.
His performance as Alex DeLarge in Orange mécanique (1971) was ranked 100 on the list of the "100 Greatest Film Performances of All Time" and was ranked 68 on Premiere magazine's "100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time".
Was the first well-known actor to appear non-animated and in the flesh for South Park (1997) because he is one of Trey Parker's favorite actors and he was specifically requested. He appeared in a South Park parody of Charles Dickens' classic novel "Great Expectations", playing the narrator and simply calling himself A British Person (2000).
Trained as an actor at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), the United Kingdom's oldest drama school.
Has a deep fear of reptiles. When Stanley Kubrick learned this while shooting Orange mécanique (1971), he introduced Basil, Alex's pet snake. The explained purpose was to make Alex DeLarge seem more intimidating, but with lesser importance this functioned as a prank by Kubrick.

The best thing I did was abuse myself when younger - I dabbled in everything, cocaine, booze, women - because now I don't have to do it anymore.
[on his career playing villains] I suppose I'm primarily known for that but in fact, that would only be half of my career if I was to add it all up.
[when asked what his favorite Stanley Kubrick film was] Orange mécanique (1971)! I never saw any of the others.
[on Orange mécanique (1971)] It's a remarkable film that has survived as such a classic and I'd be a raving idiot not to be thrilled with that.
He didn't want me at first, told me about the big-name actor he could get, how he was taller than I was - I'm five eight and a half - but I said "That's nothing, I can stand on a box.".