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Brian Blessed OBE (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor. He is known for his distinctive bushy beard, booming voice, and exuberant personality and performances. He portrayed PC "Fancy" Smith in Z-Cars; Augustus in the 1976 BBC television production of I, Claudius; King Richard IV in the first series of Blackadder; Prince Vultan in Flash Gordon; Bustopher Jones and Old Deuteronomy in the 1981 original London production of Cats at the New London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, in Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace; and the voice of Clayton and the Tarzan yell in Disney's Tarzan. In 2016, Blessed was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to the arts and charity. Blessed was born on 9 October 1936 at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Blessed, a socialist coal miner at Hickleton Main Colliery (and himself the son of a coal miner) and cricketer for the Yorkshire second team, and Hilda (née Wall). He had a brother Alan, seven years younger, and the pair "went everywhere together" when they were growing up. Alan Blessed died from leukaemia aged 52; their mother died aged 87, and their father died aged 99. Blessed's great-great-grandfather, Jabez Blessed, was the father of 13 children and worked as a china and glass dealer in Brigg, Lincolnshire; many of Blessed's relatives hail from Brigg. Blessed went to Bolton on Dearne Secondary Modern School, and completed his national service in the RAF, in Bicester, before enrolling at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1956.
Brian Blessed
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for Administrator Ulfric in Thor (2011)
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Thor, the arrogant Asgardian prince, is exiled to Earth after an impulsive attack on the Jotunheim giants, which provokes war with the Frost Giants. Stripped of his powers and Mjolnir, he lands in New Mexico. During his time on Earth, Thor learns humility and begins to embrace the responsibility of his birthright. Meanwhile, Loki, Thor’s adoptive brother, secretly conspires to use the Tesseract to open a portal to summon Thanos’ army to Earth. Thor, now more grounded, fights alongside Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, and S.H.I.E.L.D. to stop Loki’s plan. As Thor earns back Mjolnir by proving his worth, he faces Loki in a battle that ultimately prevents the portal from opening. Loki, in the aftermath, flees and is presumed dead. Thor, now more mature and selfless, is crowned as a true hero. The cosmic threat of Thanos looms, setting the stage for future conflicts. Post-Credit Scene: Loki, thought to have perished, is revealed to have survived. He manipulates Dr. Erik Selvig, into studying the Tesseract, hinting at a larger plan.
