Birthday
1936/10/09 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
B. Blessed, برایان بلسد
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 He...Read more
(2007) The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
(2003) Devil's Harvest
as Father Gabriel Norton
(1996) Hamlet
as Ghost of Hamlet's Father
(1980) Flash Gordon
as Prince Vultan
(1989) Henry V
as Exeter
(2007) Back in Business
as Trevor Pilkington
(1991) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Lord Locksley
(1993) Much Ado About Nothing
as Antonio
(1975) Into Infinity
as Dr. Tom Bowen
(1977) A Christmas Carol
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
as Voice of Rossini
(1971) The Last Valley
as Korski
(1969) Till Death Us Do Part
as Sergeant
(1999) Tarzan
as Clayton (voice)
(1970) Wine of India
as Will
(1971) The Trojan Women
as Talthybius
(2000) The Mumbo Jumbo
as Lucifer Bounder
(1982) Cosmic Princess
as Mentor
(2007) The Conclave
as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
(1996) Catherine the Great
as Bestuzhev
(1994) MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
as Atticus
(1990) The Castle of Adventure
as Sam
(1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Suffolk
(2012) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as The Pirate King (voice)
(2003) The Dark Side of Everest
as Self
(2022) The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
as Self
(1992) Exam Conditions
as Mr. Carksdale
(1995) Kidnapped
as Cluny MacPherson
(1992) Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as El Supremo (voice)
(1970) Brotherly Love
as Jack Baird
(1984) The Master of Ballantrae
as Captain Teach
(2022) Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
(2011) Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
as Narrator
(1998) Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Old Deuteronomy
(1991) Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. Gonse
(2014) The Seventeenth Kind
as The Voice (voice)
(1997) Macbeth
as Edward the Confessor
(2014) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
(1983) High Road to China
as Suleman Khan
(1991) Galahad of Everest
as George Mallory/Self
(1972) Man of La Mancha
as Pedro
(1996) The Bruce
as Edward I
(2022) Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
as Narrator
(2006) Day of Wrath
as Lord Francisco del Ruiz
(2012) LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
as Boss Nass (voice)
(1999) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Boss Nass (voice)
(2015) Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
(1996) Genius: Pythagoras
as Self
(1989) The Old Man Of The Mountain
as Narrator
(1999) The Greatest Store in the World
as Mr. Scottley
(2012) Tales of Television Centre
as Self
(1969) The Double Agent
as Reg Sugden
(1976) The Eagle Has Landed
as Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
(1975) King Arthur, the Young Warlord
as Mark of Cornwall
(1966) The Christmas Tree
as ---
(2014) Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
as Self
(1992) Back in the USSR
as Chazov
(1992) Blood and Dust
as Chatillon
(2004) Alexander
as Wrestling Trainer
(1999) King Lear
as King Lear
(2010) Mr. Bojagi
as Mr. Bojagi
(2024) Peppa's Cinema Party
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
(1994) Chasing the Deer
as Maj. Elliot
(1995) The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
as ---
(2006) As You Like It
as Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
(2012) So You Want To Be A Pirate!
as The Pirate King
(1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Geoffrey Lyons
(2006) Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Sir Gregory
(2019) Shed of the Dead
as Narrator (voice)
(2017) Life After Flash
as Self
(2004) 448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
as Narrator
(2018) Robin Hood: The Rebellion
as Friar Tuck
(1994) David Macaulay: Roman City
as Gaius Valerius (voice)
(1989) David Macaulay: Pyramid
as Ankhaf (voice)
(1983) David Macaulay: Castle
as Voice
(1986) David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Master Guillaume (voice)
(2004) The Legend of the Tamworth Two
as Wild Boar (voice)
(2008) The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
as ---
(2020) Eugenius!
as Space Lord
(2002) I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
(2021) Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
as Charlemagne (voice)
(1986) Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as King Yrcanos
(2020) Dear Mr. Burton
as Narrator
(1975) A Midsummer Nightmare
as Det Sgt George Briggs
(2008) Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
(1969) Son of Man
as Peter
(2008) Agent Crush
as Boris Goudphater (voice)
(1975) The Sweeney
as Frank Kemble
(1973) Thriller
as Det Sgt George Briggs
(1995) Soccer AM
as Self
(1999) Family Guy
as Prince Vultan (voice)
(1978) Blake's 7
as Vargas
(1963) Doctor Who
as King Yrcanos
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
(1961) The Avengers
as Sergeant Hearn
(2002) Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
(2004) The Paul O'Grady Show
as ---
(2008) The Underdog Show
as ---
(1979) Minder
as Freddie Dyer
(1975) Survivors
as Brod
(1976) I, Claudius
as ---
(1976) I, Claudius
as Augustus
(1986) Lovejoy
as Harry Catapodis
(1979) The Aphrodite Inheritance
as Basileos
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Teach
(1983) Blackadder
as King Richard IV
(2004) Peppa Pig
as Grampy Rabbit (voice)
(1972) Shirley's World
as ---
(1968) The Expert
as Hubert Innes
(1967) The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
as Porthos
(1974) Notorious Woman
as ---
(1974) Boy Dominic
as William Woodcock
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(1998) The Heaven and Earth Show
as ---
(1988) A Question Of Entertainment
as ---
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as Sgt. Kite
(2001) Fun at the Funeral Parlour
as ---
(1983) Natural World
as ---
(1993) GMTV
as Self
(1966) The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
(2008) All Star Mr & Mrs
as ---
(2010) Fee Fi Fo Yum
as GTV Announcer
(1998) Fantasy World Cup
as Self
(2007) Britain's Got More Talent
as Self - Narrator
(1997) The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
as Squire Western
(1962) Z-Cars
as PC Smith
(1962) Z-Cars
as PC Fancy Smith
(1986) John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
(2014) The Kumars
as Self
(2004) Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(1975) The Day After Tomorrow
as Dr. Tom Bowen
(2015) Danger Mouse
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1971) Justice
as Tiger Lawson
(2007) Would I Lie to You?
as Self
(1984) The Last Days of Pompeii
as Olinthus
(1996) Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
as Captain (voice)
(2012) Wizards vs Aliens
as The Nekross King (voice)
(1993) Sooty & Co.
as Santa Claus
(2011) Sooty
as Father Christmas
(2003) The Royal
as Sir Edward Fawcett
(2022) Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
as Self – Actor
(2011) The Amazing World of Gumball
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2020) Close Enough
as Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice)
(2003) QI
as Self
(1969) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
as Jim Lawsey
(1995) Johnny And The Dead
as Stickers
(1968) Cold Comfort Farm
as Reuben Starkadder
(2021) Blankety Blank
as Self - Panellist
(1985) MacGyver
as Atticus
(1981) The Little World of Don Camillo
as Peppone
(2017) The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
(1962) Z-Cars
as PC William "Fancy" Smith
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
(2011) Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
(1987) My Family and Other Animals
as Spiro
(1965) Public Eye
as Rev. William Pratt
(1972) Arthur of the Britons
as Mark of Cornwall
(1965) The Troubleshooters
as Eddie Barnaby
(1975) Space: 1999
as Mentor
(1975) Space: 1999
as Cabot Rowland
(2010) Take Me Out
as Announcer (voice)
(2007) Saving Planet Earth UK
as Himself - Presenter
(2000) The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
as ---
(1961) The Avengers
as Mark Dayton
(2022) Best & Bester
as Shouty Shirt (Voice)
(1990) Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Peter