Brian Blessed
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Biography
Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Boisterous British actor Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and television. A giant of a man accompanied by an eloquent wit and booming, operatic voice, Brian was born in 1936 and grew up in the mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire. His father was a miner who wanted a better life for his son; Brian lost three uncles in the pit. At a young age, he displayed an acute talent for acting in school productions, but also had a penchant for boxing, a direction that would be short-lived. Read more...
Actor

Character:
Sergeant
Till Death Us Do Part 1969
13

Character:
Jack Baird
Country Dance 1970
1

Character:
Pedro
Man of La Mancha 1972
18

Character:
Prince Vultan
Flash Gordon 1980
19

Character:
Guardian Paul
Welcome to Purgatory 2014
0

Character:
Judge Jawbreaker
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 2013
8
0

Character:
Mr Finney
Re-Evolution 2011
0

Character:
Henry Tudor
Henry 8.0 2009
0

Character:
Boris Goudphater
Agent Crush 2008
0

Character:
Duke Senior / Duke Frederick
As You Like It 2006
3

Character:
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
The Conclave 2006
0
1

Character:
Lord Francisco del Ruiz
Day of Wrath 2005
0

Character:
Wrestling Trainer
Alexander 2004
18

Character:
Wild Boar
The Legend of the Tamworth Two 2004
0
0

Character:
Max
Winter Solstice 2003
0

Character:
Father Gabriel Norton
Devil's Harvest 2003
0
33

Character:
Clayton
Tarzan 1999
45

Character:
Mr. Scottley
The Greatest Store in the World 1999
0

Character:
King Lear
King Lear 1999
0

Character:
Edward the Confessor
Macbeth 1997
0

Character:
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Hamlet 1996
28

Character:
Cluny MacPherson
Kidnapped 1995
0

Character:
Maj. Elliot
Chasing the Deer 1994
6

Character:
Atticus
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis 1994
0

Character:
Antonio
Much Ado About Nothing 1993
27

Character:
El Supremo
Freddie as F.R.O.7. 1992
6

Character:
Chazov
Back in the U.S.S.R. 1992
0

Character:
Chatillon
De terre et de sang 1992
0

Character:
Mr. Carksdale
Exam Conditions 1992
0

Character:
Lord Locksley
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991
21

Character:
Gen. Gonse
Prisoner of Honor 1991
1

Character:
Pozzo
Waiting for Godot 1991
0

Character:
Hereward The Wake
Blood Royal: William the Conqueror 1990
0

Character:
Caous
Astérix et le coup du menhir 1989
2

Character:
Captain Teach
The Master of Ballantrae 1984
1

Character:
Suleman Khan
High Road to China 1983
18

Character:
Geoffrey Lyons
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983
3

Character:
Trevor Pilkington
Back in Business 2007
0

Character:
Edward I
The Bruce 1996
0

Character:
Bestuzhev
Catherine the Great 1996
0

Character:
Lucifer Bounder
The Mumbo Jumbo 2000
0

Character:
Professor McTurtle
Jabberwocky Rise 2015
0

Character:
Frederick James Furnivall
Banking on Mr. Toad 2015
0

Character:
The Pirate King
So You Want to Be a Pirate! 2012
0

Character:
Himself
Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' 2008
0

Character:
Prince Vultan
Road to Germany 2008
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
The Huggleflower 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
The Copy Monster 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Enormo Henry 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Grr Power 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Fangs Out 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Carried Away 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Monster in Charge 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
Iron Granny 2013
0

Character:
Eduardo Enormomonster
The Monster Coin 2013
0
0
0

Character:
The Voice
The Seventeenth Kind 2014
0

Character:
Gen. Yevlenko
War and Remembrance 1988
0

Character:
Dr. Tom Bowen
NBC Special Treat 1975
0

Character:
Freddie Dyer
Minder 1979
1

Character:
Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
Tales of the Unexpected 1979
0

Character:
Eddie Barnaby
Mogul 1965
0

Character:
Augustus
I, Claudius 1976
0

Character:
Harry Catapodis
Lovejoy 1986
0

Character:
Himself
Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game 1971
1

Character:
Storyteller
Jackanory 1965
0

Character:
Mr. Bojagi
Mr. Bojagi 2009
0

Character:
Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter
Henry V 1989
0

Character:
Albert Grzymala
Notorious Woman 1974
0

Character:
Talthybius
The Trojan Women 1971
0

Character:
Rev. William Pratt
Public Eye 1965
0

Character:
Frank Kemble
The Sweeney 1975
0

Character:
Suffolk
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972
0

Character:
Captain Hook
The Basil Brush Show 1970
0

Character:
Gaius Valerius
David Macaulay: Roman City 1994
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #2.1 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Dawn of the Nekross, Part 1 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Dawn of the Nekross, Part 2 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Grazlax Attacks, Part 1 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Grazlax Attacks, Part 2 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Rebel Magic, Part 1 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Rebel Magic, Part 2 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Friend or Foe, Part 1 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Friend or Foe, Part 2 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Fall of the Nekross, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
Fall of the Nekross, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
The Last Day, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross king
The Last Day, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
100 Wizards: Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
100 Wizards, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
Vice Versa, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
Vice Versa, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Cave of Menla-Gto, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Cave of Menla-Gto, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Curse of Crowe, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Curse of Crowe, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Thirteenth Floor, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
The Thirteenth Floor, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
Endless Night, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
Endless Night: Part 2 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
All Out War, Part One 0
0

Character:
Nekross King
All Out War, Part Two 0
0

Character:
Col. Gonville Toast
Hamm on Toast 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.6 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Santa Claus
Christmas 0
0

Character:
Santa Claus
The Watch 0
0

Character:
Santa Claus
The Bumpkin 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #2.2 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.6 0
0

Character:
Himself
Uses and Abuses 0
0

Character:
Himself
The Power and the Glory 0
0

Character:
Father Christmas
Pranks and Presents 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.8 0
0

Character:
Himself
Brian Blessed 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #1.1 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #1.2 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #1.3 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #2.1 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #2.2 0
0

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #2.3 0
1

Character:
Himself - Announcer
Episode #2.4 0
0

Character:
Voice Over
Episode #5.1 0
0

Character:
Voice Over
Episode #5.2 0
0

Character:
Voice Over
Episode #5.3 0
0

Character:
Voice Over
The Final 0
0

Character:
Himself
Brian Blessed 0
0

Character:
Captain Goiter
The Train Pirates 0
0

Character:
Captain Goiter
Bondo 0
0

Character:
Herself
Episode #2.4 0
0

Character:
Himself
'The Vice' to 'Prime Suspect' 0
0

Character:
Himself
Cops 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.1 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.2 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.7 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.11 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.13 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.14 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.17 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.19 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.20 0
0

Character:
Great Uncle Walter
I Want My Horace 0
0

Character:
Himself
Max Beesley 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #5.2 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.6 0
0

Character:
Himself
I, Claudius 0
0

Character:
Grampy Rabbit
Grandpa Pig's Boat 0
0

Character:
Grampy Rabbit
Grampy Rabbits Lighthouse 0
0

Character:
Grampy Rabbit
Grampy Rabbit's Dinosaur Park 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #12.8 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #13.17 0
0

Character:
Himself
Brian Blessed 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.38 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #3.48 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #3.73 0
0

Character:
Himself / Crocodile
Episode #5.63 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #3.27 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.5 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #1.3 0
0

Character:
Himself
VG Part 1 0
0

Character:
Himself
VG Part 2 0
0

Character:
Himself
Ice 0
0

Character:
Sir Edward Fawcett
Pastures New 0
0

Character:
Himself
Z Cars 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #9.3 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #9.6 0
0

Character:
Himself / PC Fancy Smith, 'Z Cars'
Live on the Night: The Story of Live TV Drama 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #3.1 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #3.6 0
0

Character:
Himself - Guest
Brian Blessed 0
0

Character:
Himself
Episode #10.5 0
0

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.8 0
0

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.9 0
1

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.10 0
0

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.11 0
0

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.12 0
0

Character:
Himself - Voiceover
Episode #5.13 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.1 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.2 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.3 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.4 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.5 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.6 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.7 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.8 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.9 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.10 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.11 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.12 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.13 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.14 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.15 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.16 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.17 0
0

Character:
Himself - Narrator
Episode #1.18 0
0

Character:
Himself - Guest Presenter
Episode #3.3 0
0

Character:
Himself
Lucas and Walliams' Perfect Night In 0
0

Character:
Himself
The Mountains of Doom 0
0

Character:
Himself
I Love 1988 0
0

Character:
Santa Claus
The Snowman Cometh 0
0

Character:
Santa Claus
Half the World Is Enough 0
0
Directing

Character:
King Lear
King Lear 1999
0