Brian Blessed

Brian Blessed (born October 9, 1936) is a respected English actor. He is a large, charismatic man with a booming voice who often plays powerful men in Shakespearian and medieval dramas.

Selected roles

• 1972 - Arthur of the Britons - Mark of Cornwall
• 1976 - I, Claudius - Caesar Augustus
• 1977 - Survivors - Brod in the episode Law of the Jungle
• 1978 - Blake's 7 - Vargas in the episode Cygnus Alpha
• 1980 - Flash Gordon - Prince Vultan
• 1983 - Blackadder - Richard IV
• 1986 - Doctor Who - King Yrcanos in the serial The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp
• 1989 - Henry V - Exeter
• 1991 - ' - Lord Locksley
• 1991 - Galahad of Everest - George Mallory
• 1993 - Much Ado About Nothing - Signor Antonio
• 1999 - ' - Boss Nass, leader of the Gungans (voice)
• 1999 - Tarzan - Clayton (voice)
• 2004 - Alexander - Leonidas
• 2005 - Weebl and Bob documentary - Narrator