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Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed OBE (born 9 October 1936) is a renowned English actor 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 among others. His energetic performances have spanned across both stage and screen, including four of the five Shakespeare films directed by Kenneth Branagh. Additionally, he is also an accomplished voice actor, lending his voice to several animated feature films including Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Disney's Tarzan.
Born on 9 October 1936 in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, Blessed pursued acting career with vigor, enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956 and since then has held an active career in the industry. Blessed's adventurous spirit has not been just limited to his acting roles. He has also attempted to climb Mount Everest three times without supplemental oxygen and survived a plane crash during an expedition into the jungles of Venezuela. Additionally, he devotes an ample amount of his time to charitable causes, for which he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the arts and charity.
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Given Name: Brian Blessed
Born: Mexborough, England
Citizenship: British
Birthday: October 9, 1936
Occupations: Actor, presenter, writer, explorer
Years Active: 1957-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Ann Bomann, Hildegarde Neil
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Movies Featuring Brian Blessed
Much Ado About Nothing
PET.E.R O'TOOLE: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
High Road to China
Shed of the Dead
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Tales of Television Centre
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Life After Flash
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
Day of Wrath
As You Like It
The Conclave
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Devil’s Harvest
Prisoner of Honor
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Cosmic Princess
David Macaulay: Castle
The Master of Ballantrae
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
David Macaulay: Pyramid
Eugenius!
David Macaulay: Cathedral
Worzel Gummidge: Saucy Nancy
Peppa’s Cinema Party
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
David Macaulay: Roman City
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Catherine the Great
A Christmas Carol
Into Infinity
A Midsummer Nightmare
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Kidnapped
The Greatest Store in the World
Brotherly Love
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Man of La Mancha
The Trojan Women
Till Death Us Do Part
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Blackadder’s Most Cunning Moments
Back in the USSR
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
I, Claudius
The Christmas Tree
Macbeth
Career Timeline
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2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirate King (voice)
Tales of Television Centre
Self
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
The Pirate King
Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
Boss Nass (voice)
2006
Day of Wrath
Lord Francisco del Ruiz
As You Like It
Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
The Conclave
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Sir Gregory
1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Catherine the Great
Bestuzhev
Kidnapped
Cluny MacPherson
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