Brian Blessed
Known for
Brian Blessed is a screen veteran with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Of everything on the filmography, 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' is the work that traveled the furthest. Viewers may also know him from 'Tarzan'. He started at 30. Roughly 98 titles carry his name.
Brian Blessed
47 Movies
51 Series
Brian Blessed is a screen veteran with a filmography that reaches back further than most viewers remember. Of everything on the filmography, 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' is the work that traveled the furthest. Viewers may also know him from 'Tarzan'. He started at 30. Roughly 98 titles carry his name.
Movies
Plays Boss Nass (voice)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Plays Clayton (voice)
Tarzan
1999
Plays Wrestling Trainer
Alexander
2004
Plays Lord Locksley
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
Plays Prince Vultan
Flash Gordon
1980
Plays Charlemagne (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
Plays Antonio
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Plays The Pirate King (voice)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
Plays Exeter
Henry V
1989
Plays Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Hamlet
1996
Plays Talthybius
The Trojan Women
1971
Plays Friar Tuck
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
2018
Plays Gavin the Octopus (voice)
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025
Plays The Pirate King
So You Want To Be A Pirate!
2012
Plays Suleman Khan
High Road to China
1983
Plays Jack Baird
Brotherly Love
1970
Plays Suffolk
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Plays Boss Nass (voice)
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
2012
Plays Korski
The Last Valley
1971
Plays Duke Senior/Duke Frederick
As You Like It
2006
Plays El Supremo (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
Plays Pedro
Man of La Mancha
1972
Plays Edward I
The Bruce
1996
Plays Lord Francisco del Ruiz
Day of Wrath
2006
Plays Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
The Conclave
2006
Plays Sergeant
Till Death Us Do Part
1969
Plays Boris Goudphater (voice)
Agent Crush
2008
Plays Chazov
Back in the USSR
1992
Plays Maj. Elliot
Chasing the Deer
1994
Plays Mentor
Cosmic Princess
1982
Plays Trevor Pilkington
Back in Business
2007
Plays Father Gabriel Norton
Devil's Harvest
2003
TV Shows
Plays Grampy Rabbit (voice)
Peppa Pig
2004
Plays PC William "Fancy" Smith
Z-Cars
1962
Plays Shouty Shirt (Voice)
Best & Bester
2022
Plays The Nekross King (voice)
Wizards vs Aliens
2012
Plays Porthos
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
1967
Plays William Woodcock
Boy Dominic
1974
Plays Sir Morris
The Big Knights
1999
Plays Porthos
The Three Musketeers
1966
Plays Long John Silver
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
1986
Plays Spiro
My Family and Other Animals
1987
Plays Basileos
The Aphrodite Inheritance
1979
Plays Sam
The Castle of Adventure
1990
Plays King Richard IV
Blackadder
1983
Plays Augustus
I, Claudius
1976
Plays Squire Western
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997
Plays King Yrcanos
Doctor Who
1963
Plays William Stickers
Johnny and the Dead
1995
Plays Olinthus
The Last Days of Pompeii
1984
Plays Reuben Starkadder
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
Plays Albert Grzymala
Notorious Woman
1974
Plays Harry Catapodis
Lovejoy
1986
Plays Mark of Cornwall
Arthur of the Britons
1972
Plays Det Sgt George Briggs
Thriller
1973
Plays Frank Kemble
The Sweeney
1975
Plays Prince Vultan (voice)
Family Guy
1999
Plays Vargas
Blake's 7
1978
Plays Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Plays Sergeant Hearn
The Avengers
1961
Plays Freddie Dyer
Minder
1979
Plays Captain Teach
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
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Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Full Filmography
Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs
Arthur (voice)
2026
Film
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Gavin the Octopus (voice)
2025
Film
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2024
Film
Peppa's Cinema Party
Grampy Rabbit (voice)
2024
Film
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Narrator
2022
Film
Best & Bester
Shouty Shirt (Voice) · 52 episodes
2022–
TV
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Charlemagne (voice)
2021
Film
Close Enough
Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice) · 1 episode
2020–
TV
Eugenius!
Space Lord
2020
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Brian Blessed and where are they from?
Brian Blessed is 89 years old, born on October 9, 1936 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK.
What are the most famous roles of Brian Blessed?
Brian Blessed is best known for roles in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Tarzan, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
How many movies has Brian Blessed been in?
Over a 60-year career (since 1966), Brian Blessed has appeared in 46 movies and 51 TV shows.
What was Brian Blessed's first movie?
The career of Brian Blessed began with The Christmas Tree (1966).
What is Brian Blessed's most recent movie or series?
Brian Blessed's most recent release is Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs, which premiered on June 22, 2026.
What TV shows has Brian Blessed appeared in?
On television, Brian Blessed has appeared in Family Guy, The Amazing World of Gumball, Peppa Pig, Doctor Who.
Brian Blessed
1936-10-09 · Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
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.