Robert Powell
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1944-06-01 (80 years old)
Place of Birth Salford, Manchester, England, UK
Also Known As Robert Thomas Powell
Robert Powell
Biography
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."
Known For
Actor
as Jesus / Nikodemus
as Himself
as Host
as Self - Participant
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Robert
as Narrator
as Dr. Haydock
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Mark Williams
as Dr. Livesey
as David Webb
as Barry Jemmerson
as Fantomcat
as Dr Livesey (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Livesey (voice)
as Dave Briggs
as John Barth
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith
as Edward Foster
as Gleb Nershin
as Ambrosius
as Self
as Romeo (voice)
as Cabbie
as Kruger
as Richard Hannay
as Gabriele D'Annunzio
as Professor
as Professor
as Dr. Henry Fynn
as Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen
as Victor Frankenstein
as Narrator (voice)
as Jamie Fraser
as Narrator
as Augustin
as Phoebus
as Higgins
as Keller
as Pierre
as Gregory Wolfe
as Narrator (voice)
as Richard Hannay
as Jack Durrance
as Self
as Paul Rée
as Jesus
as Jesus
as Captain Walker
as Frank Clancy
as Rook
as Gustav Mahler
as Paul Tanner
as Himself
as Paul Tanner
as Rook
as Giles Cunningham
as Dr. Martin
as Frank Gardner
as Percy Bysshe Shelley
as Tom Betancourt
as Lance Porter
as Allan Wood
as Jude Fawley
as Lionel Crane
as Shaun
as Tobias Wren
as Earl of Warwick
as Yellow
as Arkie
as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)
as Valentine
as Phoebus
Crew
as Stunt Double
Creator
as Creator