Brian Blessed

About

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...

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Family GuySeries • 1999Doctor WhoSeries • 1963Peppa PigSeries • 2004The Amazing World of GumballSeries • 2011The AvengersSeries • 1961MinderSeries • 1979The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964Z-CarsSeries • 1962BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Space: 1999Series • 1975Natural WorldSeries • 1983The SweeneySeries • 1975BlackadderSeries • 1983ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969Close EnoughSeries • 2020Blake's 7Series • 1978Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMovie • 1999LovejoySeries • 1986ThrillerSeries • 1973TarzanMovie • 1999Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesMovie • 1991The ExpertSeries • 1968