---
name: "Douglas Rain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-rain"
fi1m_id: "douglas-rain"
imdb_id: "nm0706937"
tmdb_id: 253
wikidata_id: "Q557268"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 March 1928"
died: "11 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:42:04.316769+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Douglas Rain

## Identity

Douglas Rain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/douglas-rain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** douglas-rain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0706937
- **TMDB ID:** 253
- **Wikidata ID:** Q557268
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rain, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/253

Actor. Born 13 March 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Died 11 November 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 March 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- **Died:** 11 November 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Rain, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q557268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706937/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/253

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*2001: A Space Odyssey*](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md) (92)

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## Biography

Douglas Rain (1928–2018) was a Canadian actor and narrator. Primarily a stage performer, he is best known for providing the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick’s *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968) and its sequel *2010* (1984).

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Rain studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Old Vic Theatre School in London. He was a founding member of the Stratford Festival of Canada in 1953 and appeared in dozens of productions there over more than four decades, including notable Shakespearean roles such as Henry V. In 1972 he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the Broadway production of *Vivat! Vivat Regina!*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, bbc.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Fi1m 92, as HAL 9000 (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Russian German War* (1995), as Narrator (voice)
- *No Price Too High* (1995), series, as Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
- *Love & Larceny* (1985), as Ashton Fletcher
- *2010* (1984), as HAL 9000 (voice)
- *The Man Who Skied Down Everest* (1975), as Narrator
- *Sleeper* (1973), as Bio Central Computer 2100, Series G (voice), Evil Computer/Various Robot Butlers (voice) (uncredited)
- *Tour en l'air* (1973), as Narrator (voice)
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), as HAL 9000 (voice) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)
- *Henry V* (1967), as King Henry V
- *Bird of Passage* (1966), as Narrator
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Stephano
- *A Cry of Angels* (1963), Actor
- *Fields of Sacrifice* (1963), as Narrator (voice)
- *Buddhism* (1962), as Narrator
- *Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle* (1961), as William Lyon Mackenzie
- *Festival* (1960), series, as Cassius
- *Universe* (1960), as Narrator
- *Oedipus Rex* (1957), as Messenger
- *Folio* (1955), series, as Jacob Schunk, Malcom

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1972: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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