Brian Blessed
Born October 09, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
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as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
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Age: 77
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
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as The Pirate King (voice)
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Age: 75
No Image
Mr. Bojagi
2010
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as Mr. Bojagi
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Age: 73
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
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as Self
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Age: 70
Mist: The Story of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
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as Sir Gregory(voice)
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Age: 69
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
2004
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as Narrator
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Age: 68
Alexander
2004
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as Wrestling Trainer
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Age: 68
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
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as Wild Boar (voice)
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Age: 67
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
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as Self
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Age: 65
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
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as Lucifer Bounder
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Age: 64
Tarzan
1999
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as Clayton (voice)
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Age: 62
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
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as Boss Nass (voice)
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Age: 62
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
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as Old Deuteronomy
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Age: 62
Macbeth
1997
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as Edward the Confessor
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Age: 60
Hamlet
1996
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as Ghost of Hamlet's Father
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Age: 60
Catherine the Great
1996
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as Bestuzhev
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Age: 59
The Bruce
1996
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as Edward I
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Age: 59
Genius: Pythagoras
1996
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as Self
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Age: 59
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
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as Gaius Valerius (voice)
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Age: 57
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
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as Antonio
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Age: 56
Blood and Dust
1992
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as Chatillon
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Age: 55
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
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as El Supremo (voice)
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Age: 55
No Image
Exam Conditions
1992
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as Mr. Carksdale
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Age: 55
Back in the USSR
1992
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as Chazov
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Age: 55
No Image
Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
1992
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as Voice of Rossini
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Age: 55
Galahad of Everest
1991
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as George Mallory/Self
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Age: 55
Prisoner of Honor
1991
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as Gen. Gonse
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Age: 55
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
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as Lord Locksley
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Age: 54
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The Castle of Adventure
1990
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as Sam
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Age: 53
Henry V
1989
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as Exeter
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Age: 52
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
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as Ankhaf (voice)
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Age: 52
No Image
The Old Man Of The Mountain
1989
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as Narrator
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Age: 52
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985
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as Vargas
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Age: 48
High Road to China
1983
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as Suleman Khan
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Age: 46
Flash Gordon
1980
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as Prince Vultan
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Age: 44
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979
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as Detective Jack Noonan
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Age: 42
Man of La Mancha
1972
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as Pedro
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Age: 36
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
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as Suffolk
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Age: 35
No Image
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
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as Cabot / Wolstan / Pocock / Colston / Pope Gregory / Dr. Beddoes
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Age: 35
No Image
Wine of India
1970
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as Will
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Age: 33
No Image
The Double Agent
1969
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as Reg Sugden
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Age: 32
No Image
Son of Man
1969
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as Peter
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Age: 32
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
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as Sergeant
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Age: 32