Born Malcolm John Taylor, Malcolm McDowell is the father of five children namely; Lily McDowell, Charlie McDowell, Beckett Taylor McDowell, Finnian Anderson McDowell, and Seamus Hudson McDowell, all from his three marriages to actress and publicist Margot Bennett, actress Mary Steenburgen, and Kelley Kuhr McDowell who is a painter, photographer, and renovator of houses.
Currently 80 years old, Malcolm McDowell’s legacy as one of the longest-serving performers in Hollywood is almost unmatched. The actor, producer, and TV presenter trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before commencing a career that has spanned well over five decades in 1964.
He is renowned for the creativity that has seen him interpret different roles expertly. Unsurprisingly, his children have inherited that creativity and applied it to their lives and careers. Let’s meet them.
Malcolm McDowell’s Children Are Five
Malcolm McDowell’s role as Alex DeLarge in the 1971 dystopian crime film, A Clockwork Orange portrayed him as a vicious hood, and it’s quite challenging to envision the veteran British actor as anything but. However, he has admitted to the fact that his kids are his weak spot, especially the three youngest.
That said, it becomes imperative to unveil the fact that the proud father of five has gone down the route of marriage on three different occasions to achieve that status. He was around 32 years old, and just over a decade into his acting career when he exchanged marital vows with publicist and actress Margot Bennett (born Muriel Eisenberg on February 19, 1935) in 1975.
They had met six years prior in 1969 when she was handling publicity duties for his first movie If…. and despite the 12-year age gap between them in favor of the actress, the former couple began a long-distance relationship soon after.
They dated for several years before exchanging marital vows in front of their friends and family members on April 21, 1975, in London. The marriage was McDowell’s first but Bennett’s second after having been married to actor Keir Dullea for eight years from 1960 to 1968.
Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted five years and ultimately ended in divorce in September 1980. The reason for their divorce was not explicitly stated but it does not require rocket science to establish the fact that it ended primarily because McDowell had been unfaithful to Bennett. Amongst other things that were missing from their time as a married couple, McDowell did not have children with his first wife, Margot Bennett.
Malcolm McDowell Had His First Two Children From His Second Marriage
The beginning of the end of Malcolm McDowell’s first marriage to Margot Bennett began in 1978 while he was filming Time After Time in California. This was when the veteran actor met and fell in love with the woman who would go on to become his second wife as well as the mother of his first two children.
Malcolm McDowell’s second marriage was to American actress, Mary Steenburgen (full name Mary Nell Steenburgen, born February 8, 1953). The now-former couple exchanged marital vows in 1980, shortly after McDowell’s first marriage ended. The union which ended in 1990 lasted about just a decade. The veteran actor welcomed his first child, a daughter named Lily, in 1981 and a son named Charlie a couple of years later in 1983.
Malcolm McDowell’s children from his second marriage are quite grown now and have lives of their own. Both of the actor’s first two children have had their say in the American movie industry, although one of them has moved on from acting to embark on other equally creative endeavors. Read on to find out which one it is.
Lily McDowell Is Malcolm McDowell’s Oldest Child And Only Daughter
- Date of birth: January 22, 1981
- Age: 43 years old
- Mother: Mary Nell Steenburgen
- Occupation: Actress, Interior Designer
Lily McDowell was born Lily Amanda McDowell on January 22, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Her place of birth as well as the fact that her mom, Mary Steenburgen, is also an American confirms her status as an American citizen and adds to her status as a Brit via her father, Malcolm McDowell, who was born and raised in England.
Speaking of fathers, Lily is the oldest child of the veteran actor. She was born around a year after her parents became husband and wife. She is currently 43 years old and there is a chance she may not remember much from when she was just nine years old, but we are fairly certain that she remembers it as the year when her parents decided to end their decade long marriage.
Her mother went on to marry Ted Danson and Lily became step-siblings with his children, Kate and Alexis Danson. Not much is known about Lily’s formative years and early formal educational background but a couple of sources have confirmed the fact that she bagged a bachelor’s degree in Media Communication from Los Angeles University.
Lily McDowell Is An Actress And An Interior Designer
It comes as almost no surprise that Malcolm McDowell’s only daughter decided to follow in his footsteps to become an actress. Her IMDb page indicates that she managed to achieve that dream. Despite the fact that the page shows that her last acting credit came in 2014, it equally reveals that she managed to rack up 13 of those credits in total over an acting career that lasted, on and off, for almost two decades.
Her first role came in the 1997 movie, 2103: The Deadly Wake where she portrayed the role of a servant. Her contribution was minor but it was just the beginning for her. It took seven years for Lilly to make another screen appearance, this time in The Manchurian Candidate (2004) as Shaw’s Aide. The next year she appeared as Krista in five of the thirteen episodes of the TV series Over There (2005).
Over the next few years, Lily McDowell portrayed a wide range of characters, including a lingerie salesgirl in several movies and TV series such as Made of Honor (2008), Just In Case (2009), Pound Of Flesh (2010), Sons of Anarchy (2010), Keepin’ It Real Estate (2011), Suing The Devil (2011), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012), and Mischief Night (2014).
Mischief Night turned out to be Lily McDowell’s last involvement in acting, and that development has remained for around a decade. She is now an interior designer who owns a studio in California. The name of her studio is Lily Walton Design, and she appears to be doing quite well for herself despite the possibility that the bulk of her over $900k net worth came from her time as an actress.
Lily McDowell Is A Happily Married Woman
Malcolm McDowell’s oldest child has started a family of her own. She became Mrs. Lily Walton on September 25, 2010, after exchanging marital vows with Charles Abram Walton at Marha’s Vineyard with close to 200 guests in attendance. Not much information is available regarding how they met, when they started dating, or how long they dated.
The couple who have been married for over a decade now have three children together, including daughter named Clementine Walton who was born in 2012, around two years after the interior designer’s wedding to Charles. Lily and her family make their home in Ojai, California.
Charlie McDowell Is Malcolm McDowell’s Oldest Son
- Date of birth: July 10, 1983
- Age: 40 years old
- Mother: Mary Nell Steenburgen
- Occupation: Actor, Producer, Film Director, Screenwriter
Charlie McDowell was born Charles Malcolm McDowell on July 10, 1983, in Los Angeles, California. Like his older sister, the 40-year-old film director is an American by birth and maternal heritage and retains his British national identity through his familial relationship with the actor Malcolm McDowell.
He is the actor’s second child from his second marriage but the oldest of his father’s four sons. Charlie was born just over three years after his parents got married and was just seven years old when they divorced in 1990.
Several details about his formal educational background have been withheld from the public and the media but we can confirm that the celebrity kid was trained at the AFI Conservatory, a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles.
Charlie McDowell Is Also In The Movie Business
It would appear that Charlie has ostensibly followed in his father’s footsteps to become involved in the film business. Growing up with both his parents’ influence and that of his stepfather, Ted Danson, around him, Charlie has gone on to become an actor, film producer, director, and screenwriter with several credits for his work under his belt.
Unlike his father though, Charlie’s creative juices seem to flow more when he is behind the scene as a screenwriter, producer, or director. That does not obliterate the fact that he has had some screen time, albeit in quite negligible roles as a servant in the 1997 movie 2103: The Deadly Wake, Bully in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Patient in Becker (2004), and Madison (voice) in The One I Love (2014).
His IMDb page indicates that he has double the credits he has as an actor as a producer with movies and TV series like On Becoming A God in Central Florida (2019), Windfall (2022), and On The Line: The Richard Williams Story (2022), and others among the movies and TV series where he has served as either an executive producer or producer.
As a writer, Charlie McDowell wrote The Discovery (2017) as well as Bye Bye Benjamin (2006), and a few more. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with Bye Bye Benjamin, and his IMDb page indicates that he has also directed more than fifteen others, including but not limited to Untitled Sarah Silverman Project (2016), The One I Love (2014), and 2 episodes of the series Silicon Valley.
McDowell is also an author best known for his book Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired By A True Story. The book, which illuminated the conversations he had overheard from the ladies who used to live above his apartment and also documented the lessons he learned from them, was published in 2013.
Charlie McDowell Has Been Married for Over A Year
Charlie McDowell exchanged marital vows with actress Lily Collins on September 4, 2021, in a private ceremony that was held at Colorado’s Dunton Hot Springs. He took care of most of the planning for the wedding because the actress was on set.
Charlie met his wife on the set of Gilded Cage in 2019, and they started dating soon after. They dated for about a year before becoming engaged in September 2020. The couple has been married for over a year but has yet to become parents.
Before meeting Lily, McDowell dated Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke, known for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO TV series, from 2018 to 2019.
Three of Malcolm McDowell’s Children Are From His Third Marriage
Following his divorce from actress Mary Steenburgen, Malcolm McDowell found love again in the arms of artist and photographer Kelley Kuhr. They reportedly met for the first time in 1988 on the beach of Southern California. At the time, McDowell was separated from his now ex-wife Mary and was living in an apartment close to the aforementioned beach.
His apartment was over an art gallery and Kelley was a local artist who also frequented the art gallery. It didn’t matter to either of them that the actor was 24 years Kelley’s senior, given she was born in 1967 because they started dating soon after. And once his divorce from Mary was finalized, he and Kelley were married in a private ceremony on November 12, 1991.
McDowell’s marital union with Kelley, unlike his first two marriages, has stood the test of time and has lasted the better part of three decades. They have seen each other through the good and the bad over the years and have received countless blessings, but we can almost guarantee that the actor values the blessing of the three children they have together above all.
The actor was over 60 years old when he and his third wife welcomed Beckett Taylor McDowell, their first child together, and the young lad has become a big brother to two younger brothers, Finnian Anderson McDowell and Seamus Hudson McDowell. The actor dotes on his three younger sons but even they are gradually becoming their own men. Here’s what we know about them.
Beckett McDowell Is Malcolm’s Oldest Child With His Current Wife
- Date of birth: January 18, 2004
- Age: 20 years old
- Mother: Kelley Kuhr McDowell
- Occupation: Singer, songwriter
Beckett Mcdowell was born Beckett Talor “Rex” McDowell on January 18, 2004, in Ojai, California. He is currently 20 years old and has dual citizenship. His American national heritage is largely linked to the fact that his mother is American and also a result of the fact that he was born in the country.
His British heritage is mainly linked to the fact that his father is British. Beckett’s ancestral heritage is also linked to the eastern European country of Ukraine, the home of his mother’s people. Beckett, or Rex as he is fondly called by friends and family members, is the oldest of the three children currently born to actor Malcolm McDowell from his third and current marriage to artist Kelley Kuhr.
He was born around 13 years after his parents tied the knot (in 1991) and has spent most of his formative years in the US state of California. For now, the details of his formal educational background have yet to become public knowledge but he comes across as a sufficiently educated young man.
Beckett McDowell Is A Singer And A Songwriter
Beckett McDowell is also in the entertainment business like his father but unlike the A Clockwork Orange star actor, Beckett has chosen to showcase his creative abilities through the platform that music provides. The talented singer was among the singers to announce that he auditioned for the 21st season of American Idol.
It was a thrilling achievement that took years to accomplish. Beckett started singing at a relatively young age and was largely influenced by the music of Elvis Presley. His creative genius found expression on stage for the first time when he was only eight years old, and by the time he turned 14, he was already adept with the guitar, and writing his songs.
He also began to draw inspiration from other singers such as Billie Joe Armstrong, Billie Eilish, Big Mama Thornton, and several more. The 2020 pandemic year was a unique year for Beckett in more ways than one. Sure, the pandemic was a bother but the celebrity kid adjusted to online learning like most of his mates, and this change enabled him to give more time to his art of writing and singing music.
So far, the talented singer has two singles to his name ,including Pale Blue Eyes and Weirdo. Weirdo, a song presented to him by Pierre Bouvier, the lead singer of the group Simple Plan, has racked up more than 170,000 plays on Spotify. Pale Blues Eyes, on the other hand, holds a special meaning for Beckett and his father because he wrote the song for his father.
The song title is a reference to the color of Malcolm’s eyes and the actor was even featured in the music video which was released in 2022. For the veteran actor, it was a dream come true that his son wrote a song about him. He went further to say that nothing was more pleasing to a parent than to see one of his children blossom into an extraordinary talent.
Beckett buttressed that point but he added that the song could represent a variety of things, including the loss of a loved one, or a breakup. According to the veteran actor, Beckett had written the song while eating Pizza, further demonstrating the enormous potential that the singer possesses.
Beckett McDowell Is Not Yet Married
Beckett McDowell is quite active on social media platforms, including Twitter and Instagram where he has over 4,500 followers alone. The content on his IG page includes images of the personal moments he shares with family and loved ones, and it also serves as a platform to promote his music.
The 20-year-old is not yet married but certain aspects of the content on his social media page indicate that he is in a romantic relationship with a woman who has been identified as Laura Fiorello-Taylor. Not much is known about who she is except for the fact that she celebrates her birthday every year on March 17.
The details of the relationship such as how they met, when they started dating, and essentially how long they have been a couple, have remained a mystery to the media and the public.
Finnian McDowell Is Malcolm McDowell’s Fourth Child
- Date of birth: December 23, 2006
- Age: 17 years old
- Mother: Kelley Kuhr McDowell
- Occupation: Student
Finnian McDowell was born Finnian Anderson McDowell two days before Christmas day, on December 23, 2006, in Ojai, California, United States. He is a 17 years old and is the second son of Malcolm McDowell from his third marriage. In general, though, he is the actor’s fourth child from his three marriages.
Finnian lives with his parents in his hometown of Ojai, California, and appears to be quite conducting his affairs away from the glaring eyes of the media and the general public. At the moment though, his age suggests that he is in the latter years of his time as a high school student even though there is almost no information about his formal educational background.
The celebrity kid who came into the world when his dad was 63 years old is quite active on social media platforms, including Twitter where he operates under the handle @thefinnmcdowell, and Instagram where his page, @thefinnmcdowell, has just over 800 followers.
Only time will tell if he will decide to toe the same career path as his father or whether he will choose to do something entirely unrelated. For those wondering, Finnian McDowell is currently single and does not appear to be searching for a partner.
Seamus McDowell Is the Youngest Among Malcolm McDowell’s Children
- Date of birth: January 7, 2009
- Age: 15 years old
- Mother: Kelley Kuhr McDowell
- Occupation: Student
Malcolm McDowell’s youngest child, Seamus Hudson McDowell, was born on January 7, 2009. According to several reliable sources, the actor was around 65 years old at the time and was even as excited as he was when he became a father for the first time. Seamus is 15 years old and currently resides at his parents’ open-palm house in Ojai, California, United States.
There is not much information available about the celebrity child who is in the process of completing formal education on the internet but he is sort of active on social media platforms like Instagram where his page, seamus_mcdowell, has managed to attract just over 500 followers.
