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Robert Powell
Actor, Producer
Born June 1, 1944 (78 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."
Filmography
| 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 |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Robert |
| 2004 | Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness · as Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Dr. Haydock |
| 2004 | Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage · as Dr. Haydock |
| 2003 | World War I in Colour (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Seven Games from Glory · as Narrator |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Mark Williams |
| 1997 | Treasure Island · as Dr. Livesey |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Barry Jemmerson |
| 1995 | Fantomcat (TV Series) · as Fantomcat |
| 1993 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Unknown |
| 1993 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Dave Briggs |
| 1993 | The Legends of Treasure Island (TV Series) · as Dr. Livesey (voice) |
| 1993 | The Century of Warfare (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | Chunuk Bair · as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith |
| 1992 | The Boer War · as Narrator |
| 1992 | Great Crimes and Trials (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances (TV Series) · as Cabbie |
| 1988 | Hannay (TV Series) · as Richard Hannay |
| 1986 | Shaka Zulu (TV Series) · as Dr. Henry Fynn |
| 1986 | Classic Ghost Stories (TV Series) · as Professor |
| 1984 | Frankenstein · as Victor Frankenstein |
| 1984 | What Waits Below · as Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen |
| 1984 | The Wandering Company · as Narrator |
| 1983 | The Jigsaw Man · as Jamie Fraser |
| 1982 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Phoebus |
| 1982 | Countdown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | The Survivor · as Keller |
| 1980 | Harlequin · as Gregory Wolfe |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan · as Pierre |
| 1980 | Walkabout to Hollywood · as Narrator |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps · as Richard Hannay |
| 1978 | The Four Feathers · as Jack Durrance |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Voice of Boris Pasternak |
| 1977 | Beyond Good and Evil · as Paul Rée |
| 1977 | Jesus of Nazareth (TV Series) · as Jesus |
| 1975 | Tommy · as Captain Walker |
| 1974 | Mahler · as Gustav Mahler |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) (TV Series) · as Rook |
| 1972 | Asylum · as Dr. Martin |
| 1972 | The Asphyx · as Giles Cunningham |
| 1972 | Running Scared · as Tom Betancourt |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Edwardians (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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 | Robbery · as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Gavin |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Frank Gardner |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Arkie |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Norris |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Phoebus |