Brian Blessed
Acting
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.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Lord Locksley
Age 54 (now 89)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Boss Nass (voice)
Age 62 (now 89)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate King (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
as Boss Nass (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
as Atticus
Age 57 (now 89)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
Age 77 (now 89)
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
as Gavin the Octopus (voice)
Age 88 (now 89)
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Age 87 (now 89)
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
Age 86 (now 89)
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Narrator
Age 85 (now 89)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Charlemagne (voice)
Age 84 (now 89)
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Age 78 (now 89)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
Age 77 (now 89) LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
as Boss Nass (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate King (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
as Narrator
Age 75 (now 89)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
Age 72 (now 89)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Sir Gregory (voice)
Age 69 (now 89)
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Sir Gregory(voice)
Age 69 (now 89)The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as King Richard IV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 68 (now 89)
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
as Narrator
Age 68 (now 89)
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Wild Boar (voice)
Age 67 (now 89)
The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Self - Actor
Age 66 (now 89)
The Greatest Store in the World
as Mr. Scottley
Age 63 (now 89) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Boss Nass (voice)
Age 62 (now 89)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Old Deuteronomy
Age 62 (now 89)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
as Atticus
Age 57 (now 89)
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Gaius Valerius (voice)
Age 57 (now 89)
Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
as Voice of Rossini
Age 55 (now 89)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Lord Locksley
Age 54 (now 89)
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Master Guillaume (voice)
Age 49 (now 89)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Geoffrey Lyons
Age 47 (now 89)
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
as Detective Jack Noonan
Age 42 (now 89)
The Eagle Has Landed
as Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
Age 40 (now 89)
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Mark of Cornwall
Age 38 (now 89)
The Bristol Entertainment
as Cabot / Wolstan / Pocock / Colston / Pope Gregory / Dr. Beddoes
Age 35 (now 89)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor
Age 85 (now 89)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
Age 75 (now 89)
The Amazing World of Gumball
as Santa Claus (voice)
Age 74 (now 89)
Britain's Got More Talent
as Self - Narrator
Age 70 (now 89)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
Age 65 (now 89)
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Squire Western
Age 61 (now 89)
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Captain (voice)
Age 59 (now 89)
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
Age 49 (now 89)
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
Age 45 (now 89)The Little World of Don Camillo
as Peppone
Age 44 (now 89)
Tales of the Unexpected
as Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
Age 42 (now 89)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Jim Lawsey
Age 32 (now 89)
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
as Porthos
Age 30 (now 89)
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Also Known As
B. Blessed, برایان بلسد
IMDB
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