Robert Powell (born June 1, 1944) is an English actor. 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.".
as Jesus / Nikodemus
as Jesús
as Himself
as Host(4 eps)
as Self
as Self - Participant(1 ep)
as Narrator(13 eps)
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator (voice)(13 eps)
as Robert
as Narrator
as Dr. Haydock(1 ep)
as Narrator(7 eps)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Narrator(2 eps)
as Mark Williams(316 eps)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Livesey
as David Webb
as Barry Jemmerson(2 eps)
as Fantomcat(26 eps)
as Dr Livesey (voice)
as Dr. Livesey (voice)(26 eps)
as Narrator
as Dave Briggs(29 eps)
as Narrator (voice)
as John Barth
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith
as Prof. Edward Foster
as Gleb Nershin
as Ambrosius(5 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Cabbie(1 ep)
as Romeo (voice)
as Kruger
as Richard Hannay(13 eps)
as Gabriele D'Annunzio
as Professor
as Professor(5 eps)
as Dr. Henry Fynn(10 eps)
as Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen
as Victor Frankenstein
as Narrator (voice)
as Jamie Fraser
as Narrator(1 ep)
as Augustin
as Phoebus
as Higgins
as Professor Henry Higgins(1 ep)
as Keller
as Pierre
as Gregory Wolfe
as Narrator (voice)
as Richard Hannay
as Self(2 eps)
as Jack Durrance
as Paul Rée
as Jesus(4 eps)
as Frank Clancy(5 eps)
as Captain Walker
as Rook
as Gustav Mahler
as Brian Godfrey(1 ep)
as Himself
as Paul Tanner(1 ep)
as Rook(1 ep)
as Paul Tanner
as Giles Cunningham
as Charles Stewart Rolls(1 ep)
as Dr. Martin
as Lance Porter(1 ep)
as Frank Gardner
as Percy Bysshe Shelley
as Tom Betancourt
as Self(1 ep)
as Allan Wood
as Frank Gardner(1 ep)
as Jude Fawley(6 eps)
as Frederic Moreau(4 eps)
as Tobias Wren(13 eps)
as Lionel Crane
as Shaun
as Earl of Warwick
as Yellow
as Arkie
as Paul Pevney(1 ep)
as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)
as Valentine(1 ep)
as Martin(1 ep)
as Arkie(1 ep)
as Shaun(1 ep)
as Lionel Crane(1 ep)
as Phoebus(1 ep)