Michael Tarn born December 18 1951 is a British actor He is best known for playing Pete in Stanley Kubricks film A Clockwork Orange 1971 Tarn was cast as Pete in A Clockwork Orange and was the only actor in the gang who was a true teenager 1617 years old at the time of production the others being in their mid to late 20s Subsequently he appeared in John Mackenzies film Made 1972 and had lead roles in Its A Lovely Day Tomorrow directed by John Goldschmidt and the name role in Zigger Zagger directed by Ron Smedley After guest appearances in a succession of TV series he was cast in Where Theres Brass for Yorkshire Television Unknown to him his then agent had negotiated him out of the series and his career as a film and TV actor was effectively over He made a few brief appearances over the next 20 years including Crimewatch The Knock and the final one in 2000 when he played the part of Vic in Shooters for Coolbean Productions directed by Colin Teague and written by and starred in by Louis Dempsey and Terence Howard with Emily Watson Gerard Butler amongst a host of other wellknown British actors Amongst his theatre credits included spells with both the RSC and National Theatre Companies with critically acclaimed parts as Rick in Sticks and Bones with Peter Weller Rex in City Sugar by Stephen Poliakoff at the Comedy Theatre with Adam Faith Jaques in Jaques and His Master by Milan Kundera and Sam in Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler His more recent years have been taken up as a freelance director and drama practitioner and he currently lives in Spain
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