Biography
Brian Blessed is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, loud 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; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Filmography50+ titles
King Lear
The Amazing World of Gumball
The Black Adder
The Sweeney
QI
Doctor Who
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Would I Lie to You?
The Royal
I, Claudius
The Avengers
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Wizards vs. Aliens
Sooty
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
Family Guy
Tarzan
Lovejoy
Natural World
Hamlet
Blake's 7
Henry V
Space: 1999
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Mumbo Jumbo
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
My Partner the Ghost
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Thriller
Tales of the Unexpected
A Christmas Carol
The Eagle Has Landed
Peppa Pig
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Man of La Mancha
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Prisoner of Honor
Danger Mouse
Flash Gordon
The Trojan Women
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Take Me Out
Alexander
The Conclave
High Road to China
As You Like It