Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor. He is best-known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact. His other film roles include David and Lisa (1962), Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) and Black Christmas (1974). Dullea studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. He has also performed on stage in New York City and in regional theaters; he has said that, despite being more recognized for his film work, he prefers the stage.
Dullea in Kraft Mystery Theatre's "Cry Ruin" (1962)
Spacesuit worn by Keir Dullea as David Bowman in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Keir Dullea with Katharina Kubrick, Ron Sanders, Jan Harlan, and Christopher Nolan at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The screenplay was written by Kubrick and science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, and was inspired by Clarke's 1951 short story "The Sentinel" and other short stories by Clarke. Clarke also published a novelisation of the film, in part written concurrently with the screenplay, after the film's release. The film stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, and Douglas Rain and follows a voyage by astronauts, scientists, and the sentient supercomputer HAL to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
Arthur C. Clarke in 1965, photographed in the Discovery's pod bay
Modern replica of the Discovery One spaceship model
The "centrifuge" set used for filming scenes depicting interior of the spaceship Discovery
A bone-club and orbiting satellite are juxtaposed in the film's famous match cut