Brian Blessed
English actor
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| 2024 | Blessed contributed to the spoken word intro track 'The Prophecy' from Saxon's album 'Hell, Fire and Damnation'. |
| 2021 | Voiced the megalomaniacal Red Ivan in the base building game Evil Genius 2: World Domination. |
| 2018 | Voiced German military engineer Konrad Kyeser in the open-world medieval RPG, Kingdom Come: Deliverance. |
| 2017 | Blessed was featured in 'If you remember' music video by British indie band The Ramona Flowers, marking his first music video appearance. The video reached over 725,000 views and was directed by Roger Sargent and produced by Connor Simmons. |
| 2016 | Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Birthday Honours for services to the arts and charity. |
| 2015 | Blessed contributed vocals to the track 'Sonic Attack' on the Hawkwind album 'Space Ritual Live'. |
| January 30 2015 | Withdrew from the King Lear production on advice of his heart specialist and was fitted with a pacemaker. |
| January 19 2015 | Collapsed on stage during a performance of King Lear with the Guildford Shakespeare Company, but returned to complete the play after 20 minutes. |
| 2014 | Blessed appeared on Pythia's album 'Shadows of a Broken Past'. |
| 2011 | Nominated for the post of chancellor at the University of Cambridge. |
| 2011 | Became a patron of Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood, Essex. |
| October 2010 | Recorded voice for TomTom satellite navigation system following a Facebook campaign. |
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