Portrait of Brian Blessed

Acting

Brian Blessed

Career

Active from 1966 to 2027, busiest in 1975 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
43
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for I, Claudius
I, Claudius
GoodWatch score92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brian Blessed Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.1, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 7
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Family-Friendly 4
  • British Humor 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Literary Adaptation 3
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Historical 2
  • Absurdist Humor 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Loyalty and Betrayal 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

154
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles ยท average score 66
Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs
Dudley & the Invasion of the Space Slugs (2027)

as Arthur (voice)

Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph (2026)

as Mentor

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Time Travel Is Dangerous! (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gavin the Octopus (voice)

Peppa's Cinema Party
Peppa's Cinema Party (2024)
GoodWatch score 53

as Grampy Rabbit (voice)

Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Peppa Pig: Wedding Party! (2024)

as Grampy Rabbit (voice)

Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth!
Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth! (2022)

as Narrator

Best & Bester
Best & Bester (2022)

TV show ยท as Shouty Shirt (Voice)

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
GoodWatch score 72

as Charlemagne (voice)

Close Enough
Close Enough (2020)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Sir Jack Kleghorn (voice)

Eugenius!
Eugenius! (2020)

as Space Lord

Dear Mr. Burton
Dear Mr. Burton (2020)

as Narrator

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 59
Robin Hood: The Rebellion
Robin Hood: The Rebellion (2018)
GoodWatch score 36

as Friar Tuck

Danger Mouse
Danger Mouse (2015)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Santa Claus (voice)

The Seventeenth Kind
The Seventeenth Kind (2014)

as The Voice (voice)

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)
GoodWatch score 37

as Judge Jawbreaker (voice)

LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out
LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012)
GoodWatch score 67

as Boss Nass (voice)

So You Want To Be A Pirate!
So You Want To Be A Pirate! (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as The Pirate King

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Pirate King (voice)

Wizards vs Aliens
Wizards vs Aliens (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as The Nekross King (voice)

The Amazing World of Gumball
The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Santa Claus (voice)

Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War
Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War (2011)

as Narrator

Take Me Out
Take Me Out (2010)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show ยท as Announcer (voice)

Mr. Bojagi
Mr. Bojagi (2010)

as Mr. Bojagi

2000s

21 titles ยท average score 49
All Star Mr & Mrs
All Star Mr & Mrs (2008)

TV show

Back in Business
Back in Business (2007)
GoodWatch score 46

as Trevor Pilkington

Day of Wrath
Day of Wrath (2006)
GoodWatch score 41

as Lord Francisco del Ruiz

The Conclave
The Conclave (2006)
GoodWatch score 64

as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin

Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy (2006)

as Sir Gregory (voice)

As You Like It
As You Like It (2006)
GoodWatch score 48

as Duke Senior/Duke Frederick

448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas (2004)

as Narrator

Peppa Pig
Peppa Pig (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Grampy Rabbit (voice)

Alexander
Alexander (2004)
GoodWatch score 40

as Wrestling Trainer

The Paul O'Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show (2004)
GoodWatch score 35

TV show

Devil's Harvest
Devil's Harvest (2003)

as Father Gabriel Norton

The Mumbo Jumbo
The Mumbo Jumbo (2000)

as Lucifer Bounder

1990s

32 titles ยท average score 66
Tarzan
Tarzan (1999)
GoodWatch score 79

as Clayton (voice)

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Prince Vultan (voice)

The Big Knights
The Big Knights (1999)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Sir Morris

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
GoodWatch score 57

as Boss Nass (voice)

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Squire Western

The Bruce
The Bruce (1996)
GoodWatch score 55

as Edward I

Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great (1996)
GoodWatch score 54

as Bestuzhev

Johnny and the Dead
Johnny and the Dead (1995)

TV show ยท as William Stickers

MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (1994)
GoodWatch score 66

as Atticus

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
GoodWatch score 50

as El Supremo (voice)

Exam Conditions
Exam Conditions (1992)

as Mr. Carksdale

The Castle of Adventure
The Castle of Adventure (1990)

as Sam

1980s

24 titles ยท average score 64
Henry V
Henry V (1989)
GoodWatch score 82

as Exeter

David Macaulay: Pyramid
David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)

as Ankhaf (voice)

My Family and Other Animals
My Family and Other Animals (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Spiro

John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1986)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Long John Silver

Lovejoy
Lovejoy (1986)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Harry Catapodis

High Road to China
High Road to China (1983)
GoodWatch score 44

as Suleman Khan

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
GoodWatch score 60

as Geoffrey Lyons

Blackadder
Blackadder (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as King Richard IV

Natural World
Natural World (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Cosmic Princess
Cosmic Princess (1982)
GoodWatch score 31

as Mentor

The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo (1981)

TV show ยท as Peppone

Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon (1980)
GoodWatch score 68

as Prince Vultan

1970s

31 titles ยท average score 72
Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Freddie Dyer

I, Claudius
I, Claudius (1976)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Augustus

The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity (1975)

as Dr. Tom Bowen

The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow (1975)

TV show ยท as Dr. Tom Bowen

King Arthur, the Young Warlord
King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)

as Mark of Cornwall

A Midsummer Nightmare
A Midsummer Nightmare (1975)

as Det Sgt George Briggs

Space: 1999
Space: 1999 (1975)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Cabot Rowland / Mentor

Boy Dominic
Boy Dominic (1974)

TV show ยท as William Woodcock

Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha (1972)
GoodWatch score 60

as Pedro

Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
GoodWatch score 68

as Suffolk

The Trojan Women
The Trojan Women (1971)
GoodWatch score 61

as Talthybius

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love (1970)
GoodWatch score 60

as Jack Baird

1960s

17 titles ยท average score 74
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part (1969)
GoodWatch score 68

as Sergeant

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show ยท as Ted Gissing

Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm (1968)

TV show ยท as Reuben Starkadder

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967)

TV show ยท as Porthos

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show ยท as Reg Sugden / Jim Carter

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1966)

TV show ยท as Porthos

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Sgt. Kite

Public Eye
Public Eye (1965)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Rev. William Pratt

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show ยท as Peter / Will

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as King Yrcanos

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as PC William "Fancy" Smith / PC Fancy Smith

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Mark Dayton / Sergeant Hearn

1950s

1 title ยท average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Captain Teach