Brian Blessed Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More

Brian Blessed

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Brian Blessed

BIRTHDAY

October 9, 1936

BORN ON DAY

Friday

NEXT BIRTHDAY ON

Thursday

BIRTHPLACE

Mexborough, United Kingdom

AGE

88 Years 5 Months 12 Days

NATIONALITY

British

PROFESSION

Movies (Actor)

ZODIAC

LIBRA

ALSO NOTED FOR

Writer

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

5'9''(feet & inches)

1.7526 meters

175.26 cm

WEIGHT

N/A

Brian Blessed Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Hilda Wall

FATHER

William Blessed

BROTHER(S) NAME

Alan Blessed

Brian Blessed Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Hildegarde Neil (1978-)

Child(ren) of Brian Blessed and Hildegarde Neil

Rosalind Blessed

Catherine Blessed

Fame & Address

DEBUT

Z Cars (TV Series 1962)

FAMOUS FROM/AS

Tarzan (Film 1999)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School

More Information

Career of Brian Blessed

He appeared in the BBC television series Z-Cars as PC "Fancy" Smith. He played the role of Caesar Augustus in the BBC Two drama series I, Claudius. He had a starring role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Cats. He appeared in the film Flash Gordon as Prince Vultan, in the first series of The Black Adder as Richard IV. He provided the voice on Star Wars: Episode I? The Phantom Menace and to hunter Clayton in Disney's animated feature film Tarzan, Grampy Rabbit in Peppa Pig.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Brian Blessed

Does Brian Blessed takes alcohol? Yes.
Is Brian Blessed in the habit of Smoking? NA.
He has very sharp eyes and can see molecular structure in leaves.
Once terrorized his teacher whom he does not like at all by flinging stones at her arse.
On the same night when he met Peter O'Toole, he punched Harold Pinter downstair. However, Pinter was first to start the fight but his punch was not that effective as Brian'.
When he started working he was in a very bad financial condition and he stole food and trousers from the theatre.
He is the only actor whose voice can be heard even if the television is mute.
He once helped a lady in delivering a baby under a tree in a park.
He has tried to climb Mount Everest three times and reached up to 8600m in 1993.
He succeeded in climbing Mount Aconcagua in Argentina and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Once he was a victim of a Plane crash during The Venezuelan Expedition but was lucky to be alive.
He also saves the life of a man on Everest.
He was the oldest man who treks to the North Pole. Also in his adventure, he scared a polar bear by punching his nose.
He refuses to work on famous television series Doctor Who as he wanted to play the character as Chinese 'Doctor Hoo!'.
He is an animal lover and is a part of various Wildlife and Conservation Projects. He and his wife run an animal sanctuary and according to them, they have more than thousand animals to take care. He loves the animals so much that he sleeps naked like them to experience how they feel when there is a cold night or a bad weather.
He can speak both Chinese and Japanese.
He also has good relation with Dalai Lama. Once he had taken part in a boxing match with him and also discussed with him about the reincarnation of his dead brother.
He is an adventurous man and also has experience ride in a Parachute when he was a Paratrooper in the RAF.
He is a fully trained cosmonaut and is trained at the space center in Moscow.
He also knows Judo.
He got a golden opportunity to get a sketch drawn by the world famous painter Picasso when he was just 14-years-old but threw the sketch as according to him it was not that what he was expected from the painter.