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