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Robert Powell Age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Powell

Date of Birth:

Jun 01, 1944

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Robert Powell

    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 of

Robert Powell

Found 46 Movies in total

... 2023

... 2018

Colour Me Kubrick

Robert ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

Seven Games From Glory

Narrator ( Actor )

... 2002

The Boer War: 1899-1902

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1992

The English Civil Wars

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1992

Chunuk Bair

Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith ( Actor )

... 1992

The First Circle

Gleb Nershin ( Actor )

... 1992

Merlin Of The Crystal Cave

Ambrosius ( Actor )

... 1991

Romeo.Juliet

Romeo (voice) ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1988

Love Sins

Gabriele D'Annunzio ( Actor )

... 1987

Classic Ghost Stories

Professor ( Actor )

... 1986

What Waits Below

Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen ( Actor )

... 1984

Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein ( Actor )

... 1984

The Wandering Company

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1984

The Jigsaw Man

Jamie Fraser ( Actor )

... 1983

Imperative

Augustin ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1982

Pygmalion

Higgins ( Actor )

... 1981

The Survivor

Keller ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1980

Harlequin

Gregory Wolfe ( Actor )

... 1980

Walkabout to Hollywood

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1980

The Thirty Nine Steps

Richard Hannay ( Actor )

... 1978

The Four Feathers

Jack Durrance ( Actor )

... 1978

Beyond Good and Evil

Paul Rée ( Actor )

... 1977

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus ( Actor )

... 1977

Tommy

Captain Walker ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1974

Mahler

Gustav Mahler ( Actor )

... 1974

Lady Killer

Paul Tanner ( Actor )

... 1973

... 1973

The Asphyx

Giles Cunningham ( Actor )

... 1972

Asylum

Dr. Martin ( Actor )

... 1972

Mrs. Warren's Profession

Frank Gardner ( Actor )

... 1972

Running Scared

Tom Betancourt ( Actor )

... 1972

Secrets

Allan Wood ( Actor )

... 1971

The Hunting of Lionel Crane

Lionel Crane ( Actor )

... 1970

Season of the Witch

Shaun ( Actor )

... 1970

Tower of London: The Innocent

Earl of Warwick ( Actor )

... 1969

The Italian Job

Yellow ( Actor )

... 1969

Robbery

Deltic Train Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1967