Brian Blessed
Known for: Acting
Born: October 9, 1936
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…
Known for
Devil's Harvest
2003
Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini
1992
The Conclave
2006
The Castle of Adventure
1990
Exam Conditions
1992
Galahad of Everest
1991
The Bruce
1996
The Old Man Of The Mountain
1989
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
2014
King Lear
1999
Mr. Bojagi
2010
Chasing the Deer
1994
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2006
The Bristol Entertainment
1971
Into Infinity
1975
Wine of India
1970
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
1994
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
2011
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
2022
The Double Agent
1969
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
2004
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
2018
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
2002
A Midsummer Nightmare
1975
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
2005
Henry V
1989
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
Day of Wrath
2006
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012
Genius: Pythagoras
1996
King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975
Life After Flash
2017
David Macaulay: Pyramid
1989
Dear Mr. Burton
2020
Back in Business
2007
Catherine the Great
1996
Kidnapped
1995
Macbeth
1997
The Christmas Tree
1966
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
David Macaulay: Castle
1983
Son of Man
1969
The Making of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
2002
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
The Dark Side of Everest
2003
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years
2022
Prisoner of Honor
1991
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
David Macaulay: Cathedral
1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
Tarzan
1999
The Trojan Women
1971
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
Tales of the Unexpected: Lamb to the Slaughter
1979
Flash Gordon
1980
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
Cosmic Princess
1982
Brotherly Love
1970
High Road to China
1983
Man of La Mancha
1972
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
The Greatest Store in the World
1999
Back in the USSR
1992
Shed of the Dead
2019
Agent Crush
2008
Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
2015
Blood and Dust
1992
As You Like It
2006
The Last Valley
1971
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
2022
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
Eugenius!
2020
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Peppa's Cinema Party
2024
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
The Legend of the Tamworth Two
2004
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025
Hamlet
1996
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
2024
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Blake's 7: The Beginning
1985
Tales of Television Centre
2012
A Christmas Carol
1977
Alexander
2004
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Sweeney
1975
Thriller
1973
Soccer AM
1995
Family Guy
1999
Blake's 7
1978
Doctor Who
1963
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Avengers
1961
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
The Underdog Show
2008
Minder
1979
Survivors
1975
I, Claudius
1976
Lovejoy
1986
The Aphrodite Inheritance
1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Blackadder
1983
Peppa Pig
2004
Shirley's World
1972
The Expert
1968
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
Boy Dominic
1974
Pebble Mill
1991
A Question of Entertainment
1988
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2001
Natural World
1983
GMTV
1993
The Three Musketeers
1966
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
Fee Fi Fo Yum
2010
Fantasy World Cup
1998
Britain's Got More Talent
2007
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Z-Cars
1962
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
1986
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
The Kumars
2014
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
1975
Danger Mouse
2015
Justice
1971
Would I Lie to You?
2007
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
Wizards vs Aliens
2012
Sooty & Co.
1993
Sooty
2011
The Royal
2003
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
The Amazing World of Gumball
2011
Close Enough
2020
QI
2003
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
1969
Johnny and the Dead
1995
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
Blankety Blank
2021
The Little World of Don Camillo
1981
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
My Family and Other Animals
1987
Public Eye
1965
Arthur of the Britons
1972
The Troubleshooters
1965
Space: 1999
1975
Take Me Out
2010
Saving Planet Earth UK
2007
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Best & Bester
2022
Have I Got News for You
1990
The Wednesday Play
1964
Lady Chatterley
1993
Churchill's People
1974
European Heritage
1973
The Gnostics
1987
The Big Knights
1999
Crossbow
1987
Nobody's House
1976
Notorious Woman
1974
The Castle of Adventure
1990
In Confidence
2010
ITV Playhouse
1967
War and Remembrance
1988
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Was It Something I Said?
2013