NNDB
This is a beta version of NNDB
Search: for
Brian Blessed

Brian BlessedBorn: 9-Oct-1937
Birthplace: Mexborough, Yorkshire, England

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Prince Vultan of the Hawk Men

Best recognized on the screen by his booming voice. When not acting, Blessed is an intrepid alpinist, having scaled such peaks as Mount Everest (attempted three times, has yet to succeed) and Kilimanjaro, as well as being the oldest person to have trekked to the North Pole.

Father: William Blessed (miner)
Mother: Hilda Wall
Wife: Hildegarde Neil Zimmermann (m. 1978, one daughter)
Daughter: Roselind

    High School: Bolton-on-Dearne Secondary Modern School

    TELEVISION
    The Black Adder King Richard IV

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Day of Wrath (29-Mar-2006)
    Alexander (5-Nov-2004)
    Tarzan (17-Jun-1999) [VOICE]
    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (19-May-1999) [VOICE]
    Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (8-Nov-1998)
    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (9-Nov-1997)
    Hamlet (25-Dec-1996)
    Catherine the Great (1995)
    Lady Chatterley (6-Jun-1993)
    Much Ado About Nothing (7-May-1993)
    Back in the USSR (7-Feb-1992)
    Prisoner of Honor (2-Nov-1991)
    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (14-Jun-1991)
    Henry V (8-Nov-1989)
    War and Remembrance (13-Nov-1988)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (3-Nov-1983)
    High Road to China (18-Mar-1983)
    Flash Gordon (05-Dec-1980)
    I, Claudius (20-Sep-1976)
    Man of La Mancha (11-Dec-1972)
    The Trojan Women (27-Sep-1971)
    The Last Valley (28-Jan-1971)
    Country Dance (22-Apr-1970)


New!
NNDB MAPPER
Create a map starting with Brian Blessed
Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile



Copyright ©2008 Soylent Communications