Brian Blessed
British actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1936 · age 90
Brian Blessed is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, loud booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances.
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Time Travel Is Dangerous!Film, Gavin the Octopus (voice)2022
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSeries2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the TitansFilm, Charlemagne (voice)2018
Robin Hood: The RebellionFilm, Friar Tuck2014
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnFilm, Judge Jawbreaker (voice)2011
The Amazing World of GumballSeries, Santa Claus (voice)2006
As You Like ItFilm, Duke Senior/Duke Frederick2004
Peppa PigSeries, Grampy Rabbit (voice)2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySeries1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceFilm, Boss Nass (voice)1995
KidnappedFilm, Cluny MacPherson1993
GMTVSeries
Much Ado About NothingFilm, 1993Antonio1991
Prisoner of HonorFilm, Gen. Gonse1986
Doctor Who: MindwarpFilm, King Yrcanos1983
BlackadderSeries, King Richard IV1982
Cosmic PrincessFilm, Mentor1977
A Christmas CarolFilm, Narrator (voice)1975
Space: 1999Series, Mentor1972
Henry VIII and His Six WivesFilm, Suffolk1969
Till Death Us Do PartFilm, Sergeant1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Sgt. Kite1963
Doctor WhoSeries, King Yrcanos1961
The AvengersSeries, Sergeant Hearn1936Born9 October 1936People around Brian
Kenneth Branagh Directed Henry V, Hamlet and As You Like It
Richard Briers Also in Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing
Ken Russell Directed Lady Chatterley and Prisoner of Honor
Patrick Doyle Also in Henry V and As You Like It
Ian Richardson Also in Man of La Mancha and Catherine the Great
Douglas Hickox Directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Derek Jacobi Also in Henry V, I, Claudius and Hamlet
Graham McTavish Brian directed King Lear (1999)
James Faulkner Also in I, Claudius and The Conclave- Charles Crichton Directed The Day After Tomorrow
Waris Hussein Directed The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- Bernard Hepton Also in I, Claudius
Clive Merrison Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)- John Hallam Also in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Jimmy Yuill Also in Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing
Richard Clifford Also in Henry V and Much Ado About Nothing
Michael Byrne Also in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1972)
George Lucas Directed Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (2001)
Ahmed Best Also in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Kenny Baker Also in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Hugh Quarshie Also in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Oliver Ford Davies Also in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Rick McCallum Produced Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
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Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans 2021
Tarzan 1999
Hamlet 1996
Henry V 1989
Much Ado About Nothing 1993
Also in Français
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Television 24
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He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan.
In the same film or series as Brian
Katharine HepburnAlso in The Trojan Women (1971)
Alan RickmanAlso in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Omar SharifAlso in Catherine the Great (1996)
Peter O'TooleAlso in Man of La Mancha (1972)
Kate BeckinsaleAlso in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Martin ShortAlso in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)