Brian Blessed
Acting
Born: October 9, 1936 (age 90) · 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 (74)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Boss Nass (voice)
Tarzan
Clayton (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Lord Locksley
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Charlemagne (voice)
Alexander
Wrestling Trainer
Much Ado About Nothing
Antonio
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate King (voice)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
The Eagle Has Landed
Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
Flash Gordon
Prince Vultan
Hamlet
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
El Supremo (voice)
Day of Wrath
Lord Francisco del Ruiz
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
Friar Tuck
As You Like It
Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Suffolk
The Trojan Women
Talthybius
Henry V
Exeter
High Road to China
Suleman Khan
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Geoffrey Lyons
Back in the USSR
Chazov
Man of La Mancha
Pedro
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate King
The Last Valley
Korski
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Boss Nass (voice)
Agent Crush
Boris Goudphater (voice)
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Old Deuteronomy
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Gavin the Octopus (voice)
Peppa's Cinema Party
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Catherine the Great
Bestuzhev
The Greatest Store in the World
Mr. Scottley
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
Dr. Tom Bowen
The Bruce
Edward I
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
Atticus
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Mentor
Shed of the Dead
Narrator (voice)
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Narrator
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. Gonse
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
King Yrcanos
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Cosmic Princess
Mentor
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Ankhaf (voice)
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
Mark of Cornwall
The Seventeenth Kind
The Voice (voice)
The Mumbo Jumbo
Lucifer Bounder
Brotherly Love
Jack Baird
Son of Man
Peter
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Master Guillaume (voice)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Sir Gregory(voice)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
Wild Boar (voice)
Till Death Us Do Part
Sergeant
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
Narrator
The Conclave
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
David Macaulay: Roman City
Gaius Valerius (voice)
Macbeth
Edward the Confessor
Chasing the Deer
Maj. Elliot
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
Detective Jack Noonan
A Midsummer Nightmare
Det Sgt George Briggs
Blake's 7: The Beginning
Vargas
A Christmas Carol
Narrator (voice)
The Master of Ballantrae
Captain Teach
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Sir Gregory (voice)
The Christmas Tree
1966
Eugenius!
Space Lord
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Blood and Dust
Chatillon
Dear Mr. Burton
Narrator
David Macaulay: Castle
Voice
Back in Business
Trevor Pilkington
King Lear
King Lear
Devil's Harvest
Father Gabriel Norton
TV Shows (68)
Family Guy
Prince Vultan (voice) · 1 eps
Doctor Who
King Yrcanos · 4 eps
Peppa Pig
Grampy Rabbit (voice) · 388 eps
The Amazing World of Gumball
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
The Avengers
Sergeant Hearn · 1 eps
The Avengers
Mark Dayton · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Sgt. Kite · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Peter · 1 eps
The Wednesday Play
Will · 1 eps
Minder
Freddie Dyer · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan · 1 eps
Natural World
1 eps
Z-Cars
PC Smith · 1 eps
Z-Cars
PC Fancy Smith · 1 eps
Z-Cars
PC William "Fancy" Smith · 170 eps
ITV Playhouse
Reg Sugden · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Jim Carter · 1 eps
Close Enough
Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice) · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Frank Kemble · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Ted Gissing · 1 eps
The Paul O'Grady Show
1 eps
Blackadder
King Richard IV · 6 eps
Space: 1999
Mentor · 1 eps
Space: 1999
Cabot Rowland · 1 eps
Public Eye
Rev. William Pratt · 1 eps
Blake's 7
Vargas · 1 eps
Lady Chatterley
Petty Officer · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Harry Catapodis · 2 eps
Thriller
Det Sgt George Briggs · 1 eps
The Expert
Hubert Innes · 1 eps
Danger Mouse
Santa Claus (voice) · 1 eps
Crossbow
3 eps
I, Claudius
Augustus · 5 eps
Boon
Lambert Sampson · 1 eps
The Troubleshooters
Eddie Barnaby · 1 eps
Justice
Tiger Lawson · 1 eps
Best & Bester
Shouty Shirt (Voice) · 52 eps
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Jim Lawsey · 1 eps
War and Remembrance
Yevlenko · 1 eps
Survivors
Brod · 1 eps
Churchill's People
Guthrum · 1 eps
Sooty & Co.
Santa Claus · 1 eps
Shirley's World
1 eps
Sooty
Father Christmas · 1 eps
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Squire Western · 5 eps
Comic Relief
1 eps
All Star Mr & Mrs
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Teach · 1 eps
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Captain (voice) · 1 eps
Arthur of the Britons
Mark of Cornwall · 2 eps
Wizards vs Aliens
The Nekross King (voice) · 36 eps
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Porthos · 16 eps
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
Long John Silver · 10 eps
The Last Days of Pompeii
Olinthus · 3 eps
The Gnostics
Guilhabert De Castres · 4 eps
The Three Musketeers
Porthos · 10 eps
Take Me Out
Announcer (voice) · 9 eps
Johnny and the Dead
William Stickers · 4 eps
Cold Comfort Farm
Reuben Starkadder · 3 eps
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2 eps
Boy Dominic
William Woodcock · 13 eps
The Castle of Adventure
Sam · 8 eps
My Family and Other Animals
Spiro · 10 eps
Notorious Woman
Albert Grzymala · 3 eps
The Aphrodite Inheritance
Basileos · 8 eps
Nobody's House
Jack Treadful · 1 eps
The Big Knights
Sir Morris · 13 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
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
Self · 1 eps
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Self – Actor · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Soccer AM
Self · 1 eps
The Russell Howard Hour
Self · 1 eps
Britain's Got More Talent
Self - Narrator · 17 eps
Blankety Blank
Self - Panellist · 1 eps
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Self · 1 eps
Was It Something I Said?
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Self
Life After Flash
Self
The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Self - Actor
Tales of Television Centre
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
The Dark Side of Everest
Self
Galahad of Everest
George Mallory/Self
Peter O'Toole Réalta & Rógaire
Self
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
Self
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
Self
Summit Fever
Self
Genius: Pythagoras
Self
