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Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed OBE ( born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; 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 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed, a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner) and cricketer for the Yorkshire second team, and Hilda (née Wall). He had a brother Alan, seven years younger, and the pair "went everywhere together" when they were growing up. Alan Blessed died from leukaemia aged 52; their mother died aged 87, and their father died aged 99. Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives hail from Brigg. Blessed went to Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School, and completed his national service in the RAF, in Bicester, before enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956.

Birthday: 1936-10-09

Place of birth: Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Also known as: B. Blessed, برایان بلسد

Devil's Harvest
Devil's Harvest

2003-01-01

Father Gabriel Norton

Hamlet
Hamlet

1996-12-25

Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon

1980-09-01

Prince Vultan

Henry V
Henry V

1989-10-05

Exeter

Back in Business
Back in Business

2007-02-09

Trevor Pilkington

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

1991-06-14

Lord Locksley

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing

1993-05-07

Antonio

Into Infinity
Into Infinity

1975-12-09

Dr. Tom Bowen

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

1977-12-24

Narrator (voice)

The Last Valley
The Last Valley

1971-01-28

Korski

Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part

1969-01-01

Sergeant

Tarzan
Tarzan

1999-06-18

Clayton (voice)

Wine of India
Wine of India

1970-04-15

Will

The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women

1971-05-01

Talthybius

The Mumbo Jumbo
The Mumbo Jumbo

2000-10-24

Lucifer Bounder

Cosmic Princess
Cosmic Princess

1982-12-01

Mentor

The Conclave
The Conclave

2007-02-16

Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin

Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great

1996-04-28

Bestuzhev

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012-03-12

The Pirate King (voice)

Exam Conditions
Exam Conditions

1992-07-03

Mr. Carksdale

Kidnapped
Kidnapped

1995-11-05

Cluny MacPherson

Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992-08-14

El Supremo (voice)

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love

1970-01-07

Jack Baird

The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae

1984-01-31

Captain Teach

Prisoner of Honor
Prisoner of Honor

1991-11-02

Gen. Gonse

The Seventeenth Kind
The Seventeenth Kind

2014-07-01

The Voice (voice)

Macbeth
Macbeth

1997-05-16

Edward the Confessor

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

2014-05-08

Judge Jawbreaker (voice)

High Road to China
High Road to China

1983-03-18

Suleman Khan

Galahad of Everest
Galahad of Everest

1991-12-07

George Mallory/Self

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha

1972-12-12

Pedro

The Bruce
The Bruce

1996-04-12

Edward I

Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath

2006-06-27

Lord Francisco del Ruiz

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out

2012-09-24

Boss Nass (voice)

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots

2015-02-14

Grampy Rabbit (voice)

Genius: Pythagoras
Genius: Pythagoras

1996-02-22

Self

The Old Man Of The Mountain
The Old Man Of The Mountain

1989-01-01

Narrator

The Greatest Store in the World
The Greatest Store in the World

1999-12-24

Mr. Scottley

The Double Agent
The Double Agent

1969-05-12

Reg Sugden

The Eagle Has Landed
The Eagle Has Landed

1976-12-24

Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
King Arthur, the Young Warlord

1975-01-01

Mark of Cornwall

Back in the USSR
Back in the USSR

1992-02-07

Chazov

Blood and Dust
Blood and Dust

1992-09-06

Chatillon

Alexander
Alexander

2004-11-21

Wrestling Trainer

King Lear
King Lear

1999-01-01

King Lear

Mr. Bojagi
Mr. Bojagi

2010-03-05

Mr. Bojagi

Peppa's Cinema Party
Peppa's Cinema Party

2024-02-07

Grampy Rabbit (voice)

Chasing the Deer
Chasing the Deer

1994-12-16

Maj. Elliot

As You Like It
As You Like It

2006-09-01

Duke Senior/Duke Frederick

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012-07-09

The Pirate King

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

1983-11-03

Geoffrey Lyons

Shed of the Dead
Shed of the Dead

2019-05-20

Narrator (voice)

Life After Flash
Life After Flash

2017-10-02

Self

Robin Hood: The Rebellion
Robin Hood: The Rebellion

2018-11-05

Friar Tuck

David Macaulay: Roman City
David Macaulay: Roman City

1994-02-15

Gaius Valerius (voice)

David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid

1989-01-04

Ankhaf (voice)

David Macaulay: Castle
David Macaulay: Castle

1983-01-01

Voice

David Macaulay: Cathedral
David Macaulay: Cathedral

1986-04-30

Master Guillaume (voice)

The Legend of the Tamworth Two
The Legend of the Tamworth Two

2004-04-12

Wild Boar (voice)

Eugenius!
Eugenius!

2020-03-20

Space Lord

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021-07-21

Charlemagne (voice)

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Doctor Who: Mindwarp

1986-10-25

King Yrcanos

Dear Mr. Burton
Dear Mr. Burton

2020-09-07

Narrator

A Midsummer Nightmare
A Midsummer Nightmare

1975-09-16

Det Sgt George Briggs

Son of Man
Son of Man

1969-04-16

Peter

Agent Crush
Agent Crush

2008-01-01

Boris Goudphater (voice)

Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!

2024-03-27

Grampy Rabbit (voice)

The Bristol Entertainment
The Bristol Entertainment

1971-12-03

Cabot / Wolstan / Pocock / Colston / Pope Gregory / Dr. Beddoes