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Brian Blessed
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Biography

Boisterous Brit Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and TV. A giant of a man accompanied by an eloquent wit and booming, operatic voice, Brian was born in 1936 and grew up in the mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire. His father was a miner who wanted a better life for his son; Brian lost three uncles in the pit. At a young age he displayed an acute talent for acting in school productions, but also had a penchant for boxing, a direction that would be short-lived.

Working various blue-collar jobs from undertaker's assistant to plasterer, Brian managed to attend the Bristol Old Vic and was off and running. He has lent his musical talents to several productions - from playing Old Deuteronomy in "Cats" to The Baron in the more recent "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". In the 1970s he began appearing more and more on-camera with both classical and contemporary performances. In costumed TV movies he has played Porthos in "The Three Musketeers" (1966) (mini) and "The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers" (1967), Augustus in "I, Claudius" (1976) (mini), and Long John Silver in Treasure Island (1985) and has been a part of various reenactments including Catherine the Great (1995) (TV), Lady Chatterley (1993) (TV), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) (TV) and Kidnapped (1995) (TV). On film he's appeared in robust support in several 'William Shakespeare (I)' adaptations including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996) and Macbeth (1997). He is married to British actress Hildegarde Neil who made an appearance with him in Macbeth (1997). More recently he appeared in Oliver Stone's epic-scale Alexander (2004) and in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's As You Like It (2006).

Brian Blessed stared in:

Title Year Saw with/at: Scene On Rating
Man of La Mancha 1972 Hanna 2017-08-26 ** 1/2
High Road to China 1983 Don't Remember 0000-00-00 * 1/2
Robin Hood: Prince of Theives 1991 Not sure. Greta or Trish? 0000-00-00 ***
Much Ado About Nothing 1993 with Judy Lenzi-Magoveny and others at York Square 0000-00-00 ****
Tarzan 1999 family on DVD 2008-01-19 **
The Phantom Menace 1999 Milford Showcase with Chris Hilton 1999-05-19 ***
As You Like It 2006 family on DVD 2008-01-19 ** 1/2