Brian Blessed

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his sonorous voice and "hearty, king-sized portrayals". He has also distinguished himself as an author and adventurer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Blessed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

June 14, 1991

The Amazing World of Gumball

May 3, 2011

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Much Ado About Nothing

May 7, 1993

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	Peppa's Cinema Party	Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2022	Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba	Self
2022	Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg	Self – Actor
2022	The Queen: 70 Glorious Years	Self
2022	Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!	Narrator
—	Have I Got a Bit More News for You	Self - Presenter
2021	Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Charlemagne (voice)
2021	Blankety Blank	Self - Panellist
2020	Close Enough	Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice)
2020	Eugenius!	Space Lord
2020	Dear Mr. Burton	Narrator
2019	Shed of the Dead	Narrator (voice)
2018	Robin Hood: The Rebellion	Friar Tuck
2017	Life After Flash	Self
2017	The Russell Howard Hour	Self
2015	Danger Mouse	Santa Claus (voice)
2015	Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots	Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2014	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return	Judge Jawbreaker (voice)
2014	The Kumars	Self
2014	The Seventeenth Kind	The Voice (voice)
2014	Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape	Self
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Pirate King (voice)
2012	LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Boss Nass (voice)
2012	So You Want To Be A Pirate!	The Pirate King
2012	Wizards vs Aliens	The Nekross King (voice)
2012	Tales of Television Centre
2011	The Amazing World of Gumball	Santa Claus (voice)
2011	Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War	Narrator
2011	Sooty	Father Christmas
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant
2010	Take Me Out	Announcer (voice)
2010	Mr. Bojagi	Mr. Bojagi
2010	Fee Fi Fo Yum	GTV Announcer
2008	Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments	Self
2008	The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008	The Underdog Show
2008	All Star Mr & Mrs
2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self
2007	Back in Business	Trevor Pilkington
2007	Britain's Got More Talent	Self - Narrator
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self
2007	Saving Planet Earth UK	Himself - Presenter
2006	As You Like It	Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
2006	Day of Wrath	Lord Francisco del Ruiz
2006	The Conclave	Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
2006	Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy	Sir Gregory
2004	Alexander	Wrestling Trainer
2004	Peppa Pig	Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2004	The Paul O'Grady Show
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	Wild Boar (voice)
2004	448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas	Narrator
2003	QI	Self
2003	The Royal	Sir Edward Fawcett
2003	Devil's Harvest	Father Gabriel Norton
2003	The Dark Side of Everest	Self
2002	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Self
2002	I, Claudius: A Television Epic	Self
2001	Fun at the Funeral Parlour
2000	The Mumbo Jumbo	Lucifer Bounder
2000	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Boss Nass (voice)
1999	Tarzan	Clayton (voice)
1999	Family Guy	Prince Vultan (voice)
1999	The Greatest Store in the World	Mr. Scottley
1999	King Lear	King Lear
1998	The Heaven and Earth Show
1998	Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh	Old Deuteronomy
1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self
1997	Macbeth	Edward the Confessor
1997	The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling	Squire Western
1996	Hamlet	Ghost of Hamlet's Father
1996	Catherine the Great	Bestuzhev
1996	Dennis the Menace and Gnasher	Captain (voice)
1996	The Bruce	Edward I
1996	Genius: Pythagoras	Self
1995	Kidnapped	Cluny MacPherson
1995	Soccer AM	Self
1995	Johnny And The Dead	Stickers
1995	The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1994	MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis	Atticus
1994	Chasing the Deer	Maj. Elliot
1994	David Macaulay: Roman City	Gaius Valerius (voice)
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Antonio
1993	GMTV	Self
1993	Sooty & Co.	Santa Claus
1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7.	El Supremo (voice)
1992	Back in the USSR	Chazov
1992	Old Rococo: The Life of Gioacchino Rossini	Voice of Rossini
1992	Exam Conditions	Mr. Carksdale
1992	Blood and Dust	Chatillon
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Lord Locksley
1991	Prisoner of Honor	Gen. Gonse
1991	Pebble Mill	Self
1991	Galahad of Everest	George Mallory/Self
1990	The Castle of Adventure	Sam
1989	Henry V	Exeter
1989	The Old Man Of The Mountain	Narrator
1989	David Macaulay: Pyramid	Ankhaf (voice)
1988	A Question Of Entertainment
1987	My Family and Other Animals	Spiro
1986	Lovejoy	Harry Catapodis
1986	Doctor Who: Mindwarp	King Yrcanos
1986	John Silver's Return to Treasure Island	Long John Silver
1986	David Macaulay: Cathedral	Master Guillaume (voice)
1985	MacGyver	Atticus
1984	The Last Days of Pompeii	Olinthus
1984	The Master of Ballantrae	Captain Teach
1983	Blackadder	King Richard IV
1983	High Road to China	Suleman Khan
1983	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Geoffrey Lyons
1983	Natural World
1983	David Macaulay: Castle	Voice
1982	The Kenny Everett Television Show	Self
1982	Cosmic Princess	Mentor
1981	The Little World of Don Camillo	Peppone
1980	Flash Gordon	Prince Vultan
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
1979	Minder	Freddie Dyer
1979	The Aphrodite Inheritance	Basileos
1978	Blake's 7	Vargas
1977	A Christmas Carol	Narrator
1976	The Eagle Has Landed	Arthur Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
1976	I, Claudius
1976	I, Claudius	Augustus
1975	Space: 1999	Mentor
1975	Space: 1999	Cabot Rowland
1975	Survivors	Brod
1975	The Sweeney	Frank Kemble
1975	Into Infinity	Dr. Tom Bowen
1975	The Day After Tomorrow	Dr. Tom Bowen
1975	King Arthur, the Young Warlord	Mark of Cornwall
1975	A Midsummer Nightmare	Det Sgt George Briggs
1974	Notorious Woman
1974	Boy Dominic	William Woodcock
1973	Thriller	Det Sgt George Briggs
1972	Man of La Mancha	Pedro
1972	Henry VIII and His Six Wives	Suffolk
1972	Shirley's World
1972	Arthur of the Britons	Mark of Cornwall
1971	The Last Valley	Korski
1971	The Trojan Women	Talthybius
1971	Justice	Tiger Lawson
1970	Brotherly Love	Jack Baird
1970	Wine of India	Will
1969	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Jim Lawsey
1969	Till Death Us Do Part	Sergeant
1969	The Double Agent	Reg Sugden
1968	The Expert	Hubert Innes
1968	Cold Comfort Farm	Reuben Starkadder
1967	The Further Adventures of the Musketeers	Porthos
1966	The Christmas Tree
1966	The Three Musketeers	Porthos
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Sgt. Kite
1965	Public Eye	Rev. William Pratt
1965	The Troubleshooters	Eddie Barnaby
1963	Doctor Who	King Yrcanos
1962	Z-Cars	PC Smith
1962	Z-Cars	PC Fancy Smith
1962	Z-Cars	PC William "Fancy" Smith
1961	The Avengers	Sergeant Hearn
1961	The Avengers	Mark Dayton
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Captain Teach

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1999	King Lear	Director