McDowell was the featured narrator in the documentary, "The Compleat Beatles" released in 1982. He voiced Lord Maliss in "Happily Ever After" (1993), the Superman villain Metallo in ', Mad Mod on "Teen Titans", Merlyn in ', (2010) Arkady Duvall (son of Ra's al Ghul) on "" and as the voice of a Death Star commander on a "Robot Chicken" "Star Wars". He is also a regular on the second season of the Adult Swim cartoon "Metalocalypse" as Vater Orlaag and other characters. McDowell also voiced Dr. Calico in Disney's "Bolt" (2008) and the henchman Reeses II in the animated series "Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys", a show laced with references to many movies including his own role in "A Clockwork Orange".