Brian Blessed
Acting
Born: October 9, 1936 (age 89) · Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Tarzan
1999
Family Guy
1999
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
Alexander
2004
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
Flash Gordon
1980
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Peppa Pig
2004
Doctor Who
1963
Blackadder
1983
Photos (1)
Movies (73)
Tarzan
Clayton (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Lord Locksley
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Boss Nass (voice)
Alexander
Wrestling Trainer
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate King (voice)
Flash Gordon
Prince Vultan
The Eagle Has Landed
Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
The Trojan Women
Talthybius
Much Ado About Nothing
Antonio
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Charlemagne (voice)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
Hamlet
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Day of Wrath
Lord Francisco del Ruiz
Henry V
Exeter
Catherine the Great
Bestuzhev
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Geoffrey Lyons
The Last Valley
Korski
High Road to China
Suleman Khan
As You Like It
Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
Friar Tuck
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Suffolk
Agent Crush
Boris Goudphater (voice)
The Bruce
Edward I
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Boss Nass (voice)
Brotherly Love
Jack Baird
A Midsummer Nightmare
Det Sgt George Briggs
Man of La Mancha
Pedro
Peppa's Cinema Party
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Ankhaf (voice)
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Gavin the Octopus (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
El Supremo (voice)
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate King
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
Atticus
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. Gonse
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Sir Gregory(voice)
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
Narrator
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
King Yrcanos
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
The Greatest Store in the World
Mr. Scottley
The Conclave
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
Cosmic Princess
Mentor
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Vargas
Shed of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Master Guillaume (voice)
Back in the USSR
Chazov
A Christmas Carol
Narrator (voice)
Till Death Us Do Part
Sergeant
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Old Deuteronomy
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Wild Boar (voice)
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
Dr. Tom Bowen
The Master of Ballantrae
Captain Teach
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
The Seventeenth Kind
The Voice (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Detective Jack Noonan
Son of Man
Peter
David Macaulay: Roman City
Gaius Valerius (voice)
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Mark of Cornwall
The Mumbo Jumbo
Lucifer Bounder
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Sir Gregory (voice)
Back in Business
Trevor Pilkington
King Lear
King Lear
David Macaulay: Castle
Voice
Chasing the Deer
Maj. Elliot
Devil's Harvest
Father Gabriel Norton
Macbeth
Edward the Confessor
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
The Christmas Tree
1966
Blood and Dust
Chatillon
Eugenius!
Space Lord
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Narrator
Dear Mr. Burton
Narrator
TV Shows (66)
Family Guy
Prince Vultan (voice) · 1 eps
Peppa Pig
Grampy Rabbit (voice) · 440 eps
The Avengers
Sergeant Hearn · 1 eps
The Avengers
Mark Dayton · 1 eps
Doctor Who
King Yrcanos · 4 eps
The Amazing World of Gumball
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Sgt. Kite · 1 eps
Minder
Freddie Dyer · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Peter · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Will · 1 eps
Natural World
1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Ted Gissing · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Reg Sugden · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Jim Carter · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan · 1 eps
The Paul O'Grady Show
1 eps
Blackadder
King Richard IV · 6 eps
Z-Cars
PC Smith · 1 eps
Z-Cars
PC Fancy Smith · 1 eps
Z-Cars
PC William "Fancy" Smith · 170 eps
Space: 1999
Mentor · 1 eps
Space: 1999
Cabot Rowland · 1 eps
Lady Chatterley
Petty Officer · 1 eps
Blake's 7
Vargas · 1 eps
Close Enough
Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice) · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Frank Kemble · 1 eps
Churchill's People
Guthrum · 1 eps
Danger Mouse
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
The Troubleshooters
Eddie Barnaby · 1 eps
War and Remembrance
Yevlenko · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Harry Catapodis · 2 eps
Thriller
Det Sgt George Briggs · 1 eps
Sooty
Father Christmas · 1 eps
I, Claudius
Augustus · 5 eps
Crossbow
3 eps
Public Eye
Rev. William Pratt · 1 eps
The Expert
Hubert Innes · 1 eps
Best & Bester
Shouty Shirt (Voice) · 52 eps
Justice
Tiger Lawson · 1 eps
Survivors
Brod · 1 eps
Sooty & Co.
Santa Claus · 1 eps
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Jim Lawsey · 1 eps
Arthur of the Britons
Mark of Cornwall · 2 eps
Wizards vs Aliens
The Nekross King (voice) · 36 eps
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Captain (voice) · 1 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Squire Western · 5 eps
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Long John Silver · 10 eps
Boy Dominic
William Woodcock · 13 eps
Take Me Out
Announcer (voice) · 9 eps
Shirley's World
1 eps
All Star Mr & Mrs
1 eps
The Last Days of Pompeii
Olinthus · 3 eps
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Porthos · 16 eps
The Three Musketeers
Porthos · 10 eps
The Castle of Adventure
Sam · 8 eps
Notorious Woman
Albert Grzymala · 3 eps
The Aphrodite Inheritance
Basileos · 8 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Teach · 1 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2 eps
Johnny and the Dead
William Stickers · 4 eps
Nobody's House
Jack Treadful · 1 eps
My Family and Other Animals
Spiro · 10 eps
The Big Knights
Sir Morris · 13 eps
Cold Comfort Farm
Reuben Starkadder · 3 eps
The Gnostics
Guilhabert De Castres · 4 eps
The Royal
Sir Edward Fawcett · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (28)
QI
Self · 1 eps
Have I Got News for You
Self - Host · 2 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
Soccer AM
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · 1 eps
The Russell Howard Hour
Self · 1 eps
Blankety Blank
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self · 1 eps
Britain's Got More Talent
Self - Narrator · 17 eps
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
Life After Flash
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Self - Actor
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
Tales of Television Centre
Self
The Dark Side of Everest
Self
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Self
Galahad of Everest
George Mallory/Self
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Self
Genius: Pythagoras
Self
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
Self
Summit Fever
Self
