Richard Branson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1950-07-18 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom

Also Known As Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, Sir Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Biography

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.   At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student.  In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores.  Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic and expanded the Virgin Records music label. According to the Forbes 2012 list of billionaires, Branson is the sixth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of US$4.6 billion. /Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Branson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia./

Known For

Actor

Amol Rajan Interviews

as Self - Interviewed Guest

2024
DEVO

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Branson

as Self

2021
Send It!

as Self (as Sir Richard Branson)

2017
Matthews

as Himself

2016
Don't Look Down

as Himself

2014
We Are Many

as Self

2012
Choice Point

as Self

2012
2011
2009
Shark Tank

as Self

2008
Fuel

as Self - Founder, Virgin Group

2006
Casino Royale

as Man at Airport Security (uncredited)

2006
Rabbit Fever

as Himselft

2006
Rabbit Fever

as Himself

2006
Superman Returns

as Shuttle Engineer

2006
Tripping Over

as Himself

2005
Iconoclasts

as Self

2005
The X Factor

as Self

2004
2004
Open Access

as Self

2001
2001
2000
The Filth and the Fury

as Self (archive footage)

2000
2000
Click

as Self

1999
Loose Women

as Self

1996
1994
Friends

as Vendor

1990
1989
The Simpsons

as Richard Branson (voice)

1989
Birds of a Feather

as Richard Branson

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

1987
Going Live!

as Self

1979
Derek and Clive Get the Horn

as Man with a Beard

1979
Question Time

as Self - Panellist

Producer

1984
Electric Dreams

as Executive Producer

1980
The Space Movie

as Producer