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Robert Powell
ActorBorn June 1, 1944 (80 years)
Robert Powell was born on June 1, 1944 in Salford, Manchester, England. In 1964, he started his acting career while attending Manchester University. In 1967, he made his film debut, and later landed his first starring role in The Italian Job (1969). Some of his well known movies include Franco Ziefirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) and Mahler (1974), the remake of The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), and the popular TV series "Doomwatch" (1970). Robert married on 29th August, 1975 to Barbara 'Babs' Lord. They now have a son and a daughter. In 1982, Robert won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Imperative (1982). He won the best actor award at the Paris Film Festival for Harlequin (1980). For his portrayal of Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth he received best actor awards from TV Times and Italian TV Times, the international arts prize at the Fiuggi Film Festival, grand prize at the Saint-Vincent Film Festival, and a nomination as best actor from The Irish Academy of Film and Television arts. In reference to his role as Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth, Robert said, "I hope Jesus Christ will be the last in my line of sensitive young men for quite a while."
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Filmography
| 2025 | The Queen of Heaven · as Jesus / Nikodemus |
| 2017 | The Real Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2013 | The Bible (TV Series) · as Narrator (uk) |
| 2009 | Capitalism: A Love Story · as Jesus |
| 2009 | World War II in HD Colour (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Great Raids of World War II · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Robert |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Dr. Haydock |
| 2004 | Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness · as Abu Hamid Muhammad Al-Ghazali |
| 2003 | Hey Mr DJ · as Jerome Jackson |
| 2003 | World War I in Colour (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Seven Games from Glory · as Narrator |
| 2002 | The Zulu Wars 1879 · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Mark Williams |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Treasure Island · as Dr. Livesey |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Barry Jemmerson |
| 1995 | Fantomcat (TV Series) · as Fantomcat |
| 1993 | The Century of Warfare (TV Series) |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Dr. Livesey (voice) |
| 1993 | The Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Victory · as Narrator |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Dave Briggs |
| 1992 | Great Crimes and Trials (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Boer War · as Narrator |
| 1992 | Chunuk Bair · as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith |
| 1991 | The First Circle · as Gleb Nershin |
| 1991 | Merlin of the Crystal Cave (TV Series) · as Ambrosius |
| 1991 | Max Ernst: Mein Vagabundieren - Meine Unruhe · as Max Ernst |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series) · as Cabbie |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet · as Romeo (voice) |
| 1988 | Hannay (TV Series) · as Richard Hannay |
| 1987 | Love Sins · as Gabriele D'annunzio |
| 1986 | Classic Ghost Stories (TV Series) · as Professor |
| 1986 | Shaka Zulu (TV Series) · as Dr. Henry Fynn |
| 1985 | The Wandering Company · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | What Waits Below · as Rupert 'wolf' Wolfsen |
| 1984 | Frankenstein · as Victor Frankenstein |
| 1983 | The Jigsaw Man · as Jamie Fraser |
| 1983 | Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1982 | Countdown (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Imperative · as Augustin |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Phoebus |
| 1981 | The Survivor · as Keller |
| 1980 | Walkabout to Hollywood · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan · as Pierre |
| 1980 | Harlequin · as Gregory Wolfe |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps · as Richard Hannay |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Voice Of Boris Pasternak |
| 1978 | The Four Feathers · as Jack Durrance |
| 1977 | Beyond Good and Evil · as Paul Rée |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) · as Jesus |
| 1977 | Jesus Of Nazareth · as Jesus |
| 1975 | Tommy · as Captain Walker |
| 1974 | Mahler · as Gustav Mahler |
| 1974 | Zodiac (TV Series) · as Brian Godfrey |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Paul Tanner |
| 1973 | Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Paul Tanner |
| 1972 | The Asphyx · as Giles Cunningham |
| 1972 | The Edwardians (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Lance Porter |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Running Scared · as Tom Betancourt |
| 1971 | Secrets · as Allan Wood |
| 1971 | Jude The Obscure (TV Series) · as Jude Fawley |
| 1970 | Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Tobias Wren |
| 1969 | The Italian Job · as Yellow |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Taigo Wilson |
| 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd · as Man At Harvest Dance |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gavin |
| 1967 | Robbery · as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Malcolm |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Arkie |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Richard |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Norris |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Phoebus |