Born 1962 (age 63) · London, England
Appears in 23 titles

​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.

Filmography

My Beautiful Laundrette
6.7
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
as Omar Ali
Scoop
6.3
Scoop
2024
as Man in Toilet
London Kills Me
5.9
London Kills Me
1991
as Mr G.'s Assistant
Venus
5.9
Venus
2017
as Papaji
Young Toscanini
6.3
Young Toscanini
1988
A Fatal Inversion
5.0
A Fatal Inversion
1992
as Shiva
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
7.7
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Tuza
London Unplugged
4.4
London Unplugged
2018
as Da'nish's Dad
The Pleasure Principle
4.7
The Pleasure Principle
1992
as Policeman
Goldfish
6.5
Goldfish
2022
as Bobby Persaud
A Nice Arrangement
6.5
A Nice Arrangement
1994
as Trendy Youth
The Hospice
7.0
The Hospice
1987
as Vincent
Rest Your Head
10.0
Rest Your Head
PINK
PINK
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette
2020
as Papa / Zaki
Egg Timer
Egg Timer
2025
as Uncle Graham