List of Brian Blessed performances

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	The Christmas Tree	The Policeman	BFI filmography[1]
1969	Till Death Us Do Part	Sergeant
1970	Country Dance	Jack Baird
	The Last Valley	Korski
1971	The Trojan Women	Talthybius
1972	Henry VIII and His Six Wives	Earl of Suffolk
	Man of La Mancha	Pedro
1975	King Arthur, the Young Warlord	Mark of Cornwall
1979	The Aphrodite Inheritance	Basileos
1980	Flash Gordon	Prince Vultan
1983	High Road to China	Suleman Khan
1989	Asterix and the Big Fight	Caous	Voice, English dub
	Henry V	Duke Thomas Beaufort of Exeter
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Lord Locksley
1992	Back in the USSR	Chazov
	Freddie as F.R.O.7	El Supremo	Voice
1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Signor Antonio
1994	Chasing the Deer	Maj. Elliot
1996	The Bruce	King Edward I of England
	Hamlet	Ghost
1999	King Lear	King Lear	Also director
	Tarzan	Clayton, Tarzan yell	Voice
	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Boss Nass
2000	The Mumbo Jumbo	Lucifer Bounder
2003	Devil's Harvest	Father Gabriel Norton
2004	448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas	Narrator
	Alexander	Wrestling trainer
2006	The Conclave	Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
	As You Like It	Duke Frederick Duke Senior
	Day of Wrath	Lord Francisco del Ruiz
2007	Back in Business	Trevor Pilkington
2008	Agent Crush	Boris Goudphater	Voice
2009	Mr. Bojagi	Mr. Bojagi	Short film
2011	Re-Evolution	Mr Finney
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists	Pirate King	Voice
	So You Want to Be a Pirate!
	Santa's Blotto	Santa	Short film
2014	Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return	Judge Jawbreaker	Voice
	Death Knight Love Story	Arthas, the Lich King	Voice, short film
	The Seventeenth Kind	The Voice
	Decline of an Empire	Modern Day Priest
2015	Dragon	Sir Rory of Puddleton	Short film
2016	The Harklets in Reality Capture for Cinema	Unnamed	Voice
2018	Eric and the Barbarian	Odin	Short film
	Robin Hood: The Rebellion	Friar Tuck
	Ode to Saint Cecilia	George F. Handel	Direct-to-video
2019	Shed of the Dead	Narrator	Voice
	Gandidean	Jim	Short
2020	Dear Mr. Burton	Narrator	Voice, short
2021	Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Charlemagne	Voice
TBA	Banking on Mr. Toad	Frederick James Furnivall	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962–1965	Z-Cars	PC "Fancy" Smith
1963	Ghost Squad	Policeman	Episode: "Catspaw"
1966-1967	The Three Musketeers	Porthos
1967	The Further Adventures of the Musketeers	Porthos
1967–1969	The Avengers	Mark Dayton, Sergeant Hearn	2 episodes
1968	The Troubleshooters	Eddie Barnaby	Episode: "Stop It, You're Breaking My Heart"
	Cold Comfort Farm	Reuben Starkadder	3 episodes
1969	Barrister at Law	Tom Gardner	Television film
	Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)	Jim Lawsey	Episode: "The Ghost Who Saved the Bank at Monte Carlo"
1969–1970	The Wednesday Play	Peter Will	2 episodes
1970	Crime of Passion	Pierre Lombard	Episode: "Pierre"
	Whom God Hath Joined	Mark Ridware	Television film
1971	Jackanory	Storyteller	5 episodes
	The Expert	Hubert Innes	Episode: "A Clear and Easy Duty"
	Owen, M.D.	Bill Tulley	2 episodes
	Shirley's World	Sir Nigel	Episode: "Knightmare"
1972	The Venturers	Harry Shannon	Television film
1972–1973	Arthur of the Britons	Mark of Cornwall	7 episodes
1973	Public Eye	Rev. William Pratt	Episode: "Egg and Cress Sandwiches"
	Justice	Tiger Lawson	Episode: "The Whole Truth?"
	Love Story	Andrew	Episode: "Reflections"
	ITV Sunday Night Theatre	Ted Gissing	Episode: "Lorna and Ted"
	Hadleigh	Joseph Roper	Episode: "The Last Rent Dinner"
	BBC Play of the Month	Sgt. Kite	Episode: "The Recruiting Officer"
1974	Boy Dominic	William Woodcock
1975	Notorious Woman	Albert Grzymala	Miniseries
	The Sweeney	Frank Kemble	Episode: "Ringer"
1975–1976	Space: 1999	Dr. Cabot Rowland Mentor	2 episodes
1976	The Day After Tomorrow	Dr Tom Bowen
	Thriller	Detective Sargeant Briggs	Episode: "A Midsummer Nightmare"
	I, Claudius	Augustus	5 episodes
1977	Survivors	Brod	Episode: "Law of the Jungle"
1978	Blake's 7	Vargas	Episode: "Cygnus Alpha"
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Detective Sergeant Jack Nolan	Episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
1980	The Joy of Bach	J.S. Bach himself
1981	The Little World of Don Camillo	Peppone
1983	Great Little Railways	Himself
	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Geoffrey Lyons
	The Black Adder	Richard IV	6 episodes
	The Winds of War	General Yevlenko	1 Episode (uncredited)
	Castle	Master James of Babbington	Voice; also narrator of introductory segment
1984	The Last Days of Pompeii	Olinthus
	The Master of Ballantrae	Captain Teach
1986	Cathedral	Master Guillaume de Solis	Voice
	Doctor Who	King Yrcanos	Serial: "Mindwarp"
	Return to Treasure Island	Long John Silver
1987	My Family and Other Animals	Spiro
1988	War and Remembrance	General Yevlenko
	Pyramid	Grand Vizier Ankhaf	Voice; also narrator at the start of the first animated sequence
1989	Minder	Detective Inspector Dyer	Episode: "The Last Video Show"
1990	The Castle of Adventure	Sam Scar
1991	Lovejoy	Harry Catapodis	Episode: "The Black Virgin of Vladimir"
	Prisoner of Honor	General Gonse
	Galahad of Everest	George Mallory
1993	Lady Chatterley	Petty Officer	Episode: "Episode #1.4"
1994	Roman City	General Gaius Valerius	Voice
	MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis	Atticus	Television film
1995	Johnny and the Dead	William 'Bill' Sticker
	Kidnapped	Cluny MacPherson	Television film
1996	Catherine the Great	Bestuzhev
	Summit Fever	Self	Documentary[2]
1997	The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling	Squire Western
	Sooty & Co	Santa Claus	Episode: "Fun in the Snow"
1998	Dennis the Menace	Captain	Episode: "Skull and Crossbones"
1999	Adam's Family Tree	Cavalier	Episode: "A Cavalier Spirit"
1999-2000	The Big Knights	Sir Morris	Voice
1999	The Greatest Store in the World	Mr. Scottley	Television film
	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything	King Henry VIII	Television film
2000	Sooty Heights	Practical Joker	Episode: "You Must Be Joking"
2001	Fun at the Funeral Parlour	Himself	Episode: "The Mountains of Doom"
	Alexander the Great	Narrator	Video documentary
	I Love Christmas	Father Christmas, Host/Self	Television documentary
2003	Winter Solstice	Max	Television film
2004	The Legend of the Tamworth Two	Wild Boar	Voice
2006	Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy	Sir Gregory	Television film
2007–2011	Doctors	Dominic Duvall / Micky 'Rebel' Becket	2 episodes
2008	Kika & Bob	Bob
	The Wrong Door	Captain Goiter	2 episodes
	Family Guy	Prince Vultan	Voice, episode: "Road to Germany"
	The Royal	Sir Edward Fawcett	Episode: "Pastures New"
	Have I Got News for You	Guest Presenter	Episodes: "Episode #35.3" "Episode #36.10"
2009	Henry 8.0	Henry Tudor
2010	Fee Fi Fo Yum	GTV Announcer	Voice
	Little Princess	Great Uncle Walter	Episode: "I Want My Horace"
2010–present	Peppa Pig	Grampy Rabbit	Recurring role
2010–2011	The Legend of Dick and Dom	King	Episodes: "Beastly" "Home"
2011	Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War	Narrator	Video documentary
	QI	Himself	Episode: "Ice"[3]
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Boss Nass	Voice, television special
2012–13	Wizards vs Aliens	Nekross King	Voice, series 1 and 2
2012-19	The Amazing World of Gumball	Santa Claus	Voice, 3 episodes
2013	Have I Got News for You	Guest Presenter	Episode: "Episode #45.2"
	Piers Morgan's Life Stories	Himself	Episode: "Brian Blessed"[4]
	Sooty	Santa Claus	Episode: "Pranks and Presents"
	Russell Howard's Good News	Himself	Series: 8 "Episode 10"
2013–15	Henry Hugglemonster	Eduardo Enormomonster	Voice
2015	Toast of London	Col. Gonville Toast	Episode: "Hamm on Toast"
2015-16	Danger Mouse	Santa Claus	Voice, 2 episodes
2016	Would I Lie to You?	Himself	Series 10, Episode 5
2017	The Lodge	Walter	Episode: "No Hard Feelings"
	Santa Blessed's Christmas Sleighlist	Santa Blessed	Festive Music TV Special
	The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe	The Moany Mountain	Episode: "The Prince and the Moany Mountain"
2019	Small Fortune	Big Voice	Voice, 3 episodes
2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Charlemagne	Episode: "Dragon's Den"
	Worzel Gummidge	Abraham Longshanks	Voice, episode: "Saucy Nancy"
	The Apeman of the Amazon	The Host	TV Short
2022	Close Enough	Sir Jack Kleghorn	Voice, episode: "Never Meet Your Heroes"

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1996	Privateer 2: The Darkening	Uncle Kashumai
1999	Tarzan	Clayton
2002	Kingdom Hearts
2003	Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior	Admiral Constantine
2006	Rome Total War: Alexander	Narrator
2008	Viking: Battle for Asgard
2009	Invizimals	Professor Dawson
	Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon	Zeus
2010	Invizimals: Shadow Zone	Professor Dawson
2011	Invizimals: The Lost Tribes
2012	War of the Roses	Narrator
2013	Invizimals: The Alliance	Professor Dawson
2014	Elite Dangerous	Vasco
2016	LEGO Dimensions	Battle Arena Announcer
2017	Loco Dojo	The Grand Sensei
	Total War: Warhammer II	Gotrek Gurnisson
2018	Kingdom Come: Deliverance	Konrad Kyeser
	Call of Duty: Black Ops 4	Jonathan Warwick
2021	Evil Genius 2	Red Ivan
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Boss Nass[5]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Blood Wedding	Unknown	Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
1957-8	The Room		National Student Drama Festival.
	Camino Real		Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal.
1959	The Man with the Golden Arm	'Zero' Schweifka / McTigue	Nottingham Playhouse
	The Rape of the Belt	Zeus	Nottingham Theatre Trust
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Snug	Nottingham Playhouse (Goldsmith Street)
1960	Henry IV, Part 2	Justice Silence	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
	Henry IV, Part 1	Unknown
	The School for Scandal
	Lysistrata
	One Way Pendulum
	The Cherry Orchard	Lopakhin
	One Man’s Meat	Big Mac's Voice
	Family First	Swedenhelm
	The Bastard Country	John Willy	Birmingham Repertory Company
	Strange to Relate	The Policeman	Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company
	Hobson’s Choice	Tubby Wadlow	Birmingham Repertory Theatre
	The Three Cavaliers	Sgt. Tidy
1961	Antony and Cleopatra	Lepidus/Guard to Antony
1966	Incident at Vichy	Bayard, the Electrician	Phoenix Theatre, London
1975	The Exorcism	Edmund	Comedy Theatre, London
1977	State of Revolution	Gorky	National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
1979	The Devil’s Disciple	Rev Anthony Anderson	Chichester Festival Theatre
	The Eagle Has Two Heads	Baron Foehn
1980	Macbeth	Banquo	A production starring Peter O'Toole at The Old Vic Theatre.
1981-2002	Cats	Bustopher Jones Old Deuteronomy	Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical at the New London Theatre in West End
1983-4	Henry V	Duke of Exeter	Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon
1984-5	Richard III	Lord Hastings
	Hamlet	Claudius	RSC production, directed by Ron Daniels. Roger Rees as Hamlet and Virginia McKenna as Gertrude. Kenneth Branagh was also in the cast as Laertes.
1989	Metropolis	John Freeman	Joseph Brooks and Dusty Hughes's musical adaptation of the 1927 silent film at the Piccadilly Theatre in West End
1994-5	The Wizard of Oz	Zeke/Cowardly Lion	Theatre Royal, Bath
2000	Hard Times: The Musical	Charles Dickens	Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London and Theatre Royal, Windsor.
2001	The Relapse	Sir Tunbelly Clumsy	National Theatre – Olivier, National Theatre
2002	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Baron Bomburst	The Sherman Brothers' musical adaptation of the 1968 film at the London Palladium in West End
2004	The Haunted Hotel	Sir Francis Westwick	Mercury Theatre Colchester, and Theatre Royal Windsor
2005-6	Peter Pan	Mr Darling / Captain	Regent Theatre, Ipswich
2009-10	Jack and the Beanstalk	Voice of the Giant	Towngate Theatre, Basildon
	Aladdin	Unknown	New Wimbledon Theatre
2016	Eugenius!	Space Lord	Voice only Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins' musical at the London Palladium in West End

Audio dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Les Misérables	Jean Valjean	Focus on the Family Radio Theatre
2013	The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: Under Drake's Flag	G.A. Henty
2014	The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: In Freedom's Cause		(Post-Production)
2015	The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty: The Dragon And The Raven
2018	Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realmslayer	Gotrek Gurnisson
2019	Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realmslayer - Blood of the Old World

References

1. "Brian Blessed filmography". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016.
2. "Summit Fever (1996)". BFI website. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016.
3. "QI - Ice". BBC. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
4. "Piers Morgan's Life Stories". itv.com. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
5. WingedRobot #BlackLivesMatter [@WingedRobot] (6 April 2022). "Started Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga last night. My partner and I wanted to know who voices young Anikin, so we decided to watch the credits. Fast forward what felt like 15 minutes or so later, and this is what we got. What the hell, @wbgames, @TTGames, @Disney? https://t.co/5rVjChULBc" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Twitter.