Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1936-10-09 (88 years)
- Place of BirthMexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also Known AsB. Blessedبرایان بلسد
Brian Blessed
Biography
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 2024
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
As: Grampy Rabbit (voice)
- 2024
Peppa's Cinema Party
As: Grampy Rabbit (voice)
- 2022
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
As: Narrator
- 2022
Best & Bester
As: Shouty Shirt (Voice)
- 2021
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
As: Charlemagne (voice)
- 2020
Dear Mr. Burton
As: Narrator
- 2020
Close Enough
As: Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice)
- 2020
Eugenius!
As: Space Lord
2019Shed of the Dead
As: Narrator (voice)
2018Robin Hood: The Rebellion
As: Friar Tuck
2015Danger Mouse
As: Santa Claus (voice)
2015Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
As: Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2014The Seventeenth Kind
As: The Voice (voice)
2014Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
As: Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
2012Wizards vs Aliens
As: The Nekross King (voice)
2012LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
As: Boss Nass (voice)
2012So You Want To Be A Pirate!
As: The Pirate King
- 2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
As: The Pirate King (voice)
2011Sooty
As: Father Christmas
2011The Amazing World of Gumball
As: Santa Claus (voice)
2010Take Me Out
As: Announcer (voice)
2008Agent Crush
As: Boris Goudphater (voice)
2007The Conclave
As: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
2007Back in Business
As: Trevor Pilkington
2006As You Like It
As: Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
2006Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
As: Sir Gregory
2006Day of Wrath
As: Lord Francisco del Ruiz
2004448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
As: Narrator
- 2004
Alexander
As: Wrestling Trainer
2004Peppa Pig
As: Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2004The Legend of the Tamworth Two
As: Wild Boar (voice)
2003The Royal
As: Sir Edward Fawcett
2003Devil's Harvest
As: Father Gabriel Norton
2000The Mumbo Jumbo
As: Lucifer Bounder
1999The Greatest Store in the World
As: Mr. Scottley
- 1999
Tarzan
As: Clayton (voice)
- 1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
As: Boss Nass (voice)
1999Family Guy
As: Prince Vultan (voice)
1999King Lear
As: King Lear
1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
As: Old Deuteronomy
1997The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
As: Squire Western
1997Macbeth
As: Edward the Confessor
1996Hamlet
As: Ghost of Hamlet's Father
1996Catherine the Great
As: Bestuzhev
1996The Bruce
As: Edward I
1996Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
As: Captain (voice)
1995Kidnapped
As: Cluny MacPherson
1995Johnny And The Dead
As: Stickers
1994Chasing the Deer
As: Maj. Elliot
1994MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
As: Atticus
1994David Macaulay: Roman City
As: Gaius Valerius (voice)
1993Sooty & Co.
As: Santa Claus
1993Much Ado About Nothing
As: Antonio
1992Blood and Dust
As: Chatillon
1992Freddie as F.R.O.7.
As: El Supremo (voice)
1992Back in the USSR
As: Chazov
1991Prisoner of Honor
As: Gen. Gonse
- 1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
As: Lord Locksley
1989Henry V
As: Exeter
1989David Macaulay: Pyramid
As: Ankhaf (voice)
1987My Family and Other Animals
As: Spiro
1986Doctor Who: Mindwarp
As: King Yrcanos
1986David Macaulay: Cathedral
As: Master Guillaume (voice)
1986John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
As: Long John Silver
1986Lovejoy
As: Harry Catapodis
1985MacGyver
As: Atticus
1984The Last Days of Pompeii
As: Olinthus
1984The Master of Ballantrae
As: Captain Teach
1983The Hound of the Baskervilles
As: Geoffrey Lyons
1983Blackadder
As: King Richard IV
1983High Road to China
As: Suleman Khan
1983David Macaulay: Castle
As: Voice
1982Cosmic Princess
As: Mentor
1980Flash Gordon
As: Prince Vultan
1979Minder
As: Freddie Dyer
1979Tales of the Unexpected
As: Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
1979The Aphrodite Inheritance
As: Basileos
1978Blake's 7
As: Vargas
1977A Christmas Carol
As: Narrator (voice)
1976The Eagle Has Landed
As: Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
1976I, Claudius
As: Augustus
1975Into Infinity
As: Dr. Tom Bowen
1975A Midsummer Nightmare
As: Det Sgt George Briggs
1975Space: 1999
As: Mentor
- 1975
Space: 1999
As: Cabot Rowland
1975Survivors
As: Brod
1975The Sweeney
As: Frank Kemble
1975King Arthur, the Young Warlord
As: Mark of Cornwall
1974Boy Dominic
As: William Woodcock
1973Thriller
As: Det Sgt George Briggs
1972Man of La Mancha
As: Pedro
1972Arthur of the Britons
As: Mark of Cornwall
1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives
As: Suffolk
1971Justice
As: Tiger Lawson
1971The Trojan Women
As: Talthybius
1971The Last Valley
As: Korski
1970Brotherly Love
As: Jack Baird
1969Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
As: Jim Lawsey
1969Till Death Us Do Part
As: Sergeant
1968The Expert
As: Hubert Innes
1968Cold Comfort Farm
As: Reuben Starkadder
1967The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
As: Porthos
1966The Three Musketeers
As: Porthos
1965BBC Play of the Month
As: Sgt. Kite
1965The Troubleshooters
As: Eddie Barnaby
1965Public Eye
As: Rev. William Pratt
1964The Wednesday Play
As: Peter
1963Doctor Who
As: King Yrcanos
1962Z-Cars
As: PC Smith
- 1962
Z-Cars
As: PC Fancy Smith
- 1962
Z-Cars
As: PC William "Fancy" Smith
1961The Avengers
As: Sergeant Hearn
- 1961
The Avengers
As: Mark Dayton
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Captain Teach