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 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan.
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.
Filmography
all 181
Movies 94
TV Shows 87
self 39
Voice 27
Narrator 5
Director 1

Peppa's Cinema Party (2024)

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (2022)

Best & Bester (2022)

Blankety Blank (2021)

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)

Dear Mr. Burton (2020)

Close Enough (2020)

Eugenius! (2020)

Shed of the Dead (2019)

Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (2019)

Robin Hood: The Rebellion (2018)

Danger Mouse (2015)

Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (2015)

The Seventeenth Kind (2014)

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)

The Kumars (2014)

Death Knight Love Story (2014)

Henry Hugglemonster (2013)

Walking Through History (2013)

Wizards vs Aliens (2012)

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012)

So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)

Sooty (2011)

The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)

Fee Fi Fo Yum (2010)

Mr. Bojagi (2010)

Take Me Out (2010)

Rick Wakeman: The Six Wives Of Henry VIII (2009)

Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009)

Agent Crush (2008)

Little Princess (2007)

Saving Planet Earth UK (2007)

Britain's Got More Talent (2007)

The Conclave (2007)

Back in Business (2007)

As You Like It (2006)

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006)

Day of Wrath (2006)

Alexander (2004)

Peppa Pig (2004)

The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004)

QI (2003)

The Royal (2003)

Devil's Harvest (2003)

The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2000)

The Greatest Store in the World (1999)

The Big Knights (1999)

Tarzan (1999)

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Family Guy (1999)

King Lear (1999)

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)

Macbeth (1997)

Hamlet (1996)

Catherine the Great (1996)

The Bruce (1996)

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996)

Kidnapped (1995)

Unbeatable Banzuke (1995)

Johnny And The Dead (1995)

Chasing the Deer (1994)

David Macaulay: Roman City (1994)

Sooty & Co. (1993)

GMTV (1993)

Blood and Dust (1992)

Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)

Exam Conditions (1992)

Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini (1992)

Galahad of Everest (1991)

Prisoner of Honor (1991)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Have I Got News for You (1990)

Henry V (1989)

David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)

Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)

David Macaulay: Cathedral (1986)

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986)

Lovejoy (1986)

The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)

The Master of Ballantrae (1984)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)

Blackadder (1983)

High Road to China (1983)

Cosmic Princess (1982)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Minder (1979)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

The Aphrodite Inheritance (1979)

Blake's 7 (1978)

A Christmas Carol (1977)

The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

I, Claudius (1976)

The Day After Tomorrow (1975)

Into Infinity (1975)

A Midsummer Nightmare (1975)

Space: 1999 (1975)

Survivors (1975)

The Sweeney (1975)

King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)

Boy Dominic (1974)

Thriller (1973)

Arthur of the Britons (1972)

Justice (1971)

The Trojan Women (1971)

The Last Valley (1971)

Brotherly Love (1970)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969)

The Double Agent (1969)

Son of Man (1969)

Till Death Us Do Part (1969)

The Expert (1968)

Cold Comfort Farm (1968)

The Three Musketeers (1966)

BBC Play of the Month (1965)

The Troubleshooters (1965)

Public Eye (1965)

Doctor Who (1963)

Z-Cars (1962)

The Avengers (1961)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Banking on Mr. Toad

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-10-09 (88 years old)
Birth Place
Mexborough, United Kingdom
Relationships
Hildegarde Neil (1978 - 2023)
Children
Rosalind Blessed
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Residences
Windlesham, United Kingdom
Also Known As
B. Blessed, برایان بلسد
Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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