Brian Blessed
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 Henr
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.
Born
Oct 09, 1936
Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
99 acting
1 crew
Popularity
2.2
Known For
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Boss Nass (voice)
Tarzan
1999
as Clayton (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as Lord Locksley
Alexander
2004
as Wrestling Trainer
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as The Pirate King (voice)
Flash Gordon
1980
as Prince Vultan
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
as Charlemagne (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
as Antonio
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
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