Brian Blessed (born October 9, 1936) is a respected English actor. He is a large, charismatic man with a booming voice who often plays powerful men in Shakespearian and medieval dramas.
He is the son of a South Yorkshire miner and once lived in Goldthorpe.
He has been criticised for what his critics see as his use of shouting as an all-purpose characterization technique and was described by one magazine as "the loudest man alive".
Blessed is also an adventurer. On three occasions, he has tried to climb Mount Everest; climbing higher than any other man of his age, in 1993.
Blessed currently lives in Surrey. He is married to Hildegarde Neil and has a daughter, Rosalind .
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