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."

Known For: Acting

Born: Salford, Manchester, England, UK, 1944-06-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Robbery	Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)	65
2	1969	Bam! Pow! Zap!	Arkie	0
3	1969	The Italian Job	Yellow	70
4	1969	Tower of London: The Innocent	Earl of Warwick	60
5	1969	Walk a Crooked Path		35
6	1970	Season of the Witch	Shaun	0
7	1970	The Hunting of Lionel Crane	Lionel Crane	0
8	1971	Secrets	Allan Wood	48
9	1972	Running Scared	Tom Betancourt	0
10	1972	Shelley	Percy Bysshe Shelley	0
11	1972	Mrs. Warren's Profession	Frank Gardner	0
12	1972	Asylum	Dr. Martin	60
13	1972	The Asphyx	Giles Cunningham	60
14	1973	All Systems Go: Alan Garner	Himself	0
15	1973	Lady Killer	Paul Tanner	67
16	1974	Mahler	Gustav Mahler	67
17	1974	Death to Sister Mary	Rook	0
18	1975	Tommy	Captain Walker	65
19	1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Jesus	90
20	1977	Beyond Good and Evil	Paul Rée	59
21	1978	The Four Feathers	Jack Durrance	67
22	1978	The Thirty Nine Steps	Richard Hannay	67
23	1980	Walkabout to Hollywood	Narrator (voice)	0
24	1980	Harlequin	Gregory Wolfe	66
25	1980	Jane Austen in Manhattan	Pierre	61
26	1981	The Survivor	Keller	53
27	1981	Pygmalion	Higgins	0
28	1982	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Phoebus	58
29	1982	Imperative	Augustin	55
30	1983	The Jigsaw Man	Jamie Fraser	48
31	1984	The Wandering Company	Narrator (voice)	0
32	1984	Frankenstein	Victor Frankenstein	58
33	1984	What Waits Below	Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen	38
34	1986	Classic Ghost Stories	Professor	0
35	1987	Love Sins	Gabriele D'Annunzio	30
36	1988	Down There in the Jungle	Kruger	0
37	1990	Romeo.Juliet	Romeo (voice)	0
38	1992	The Golden Years		0
39	1992	The First Circle	Gleb Nershin	48
40	1992	Il segno del comando	Edward Foster	50
41	1992	Chunuk Bair	Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith	80
42	1992	The English Civil Wars	Narrator	100
43	1992	The Boer War: 1899-1902	Narrator	50
44	1992	Das lange Gespräch mit dem Vogel	John Barth	0
45	1993	Titanic - The Story	Narrator (voice)	0
46	1993	The Mystery of Edwin Drood		57
47	1993	The Battle of Trafalgar: Nelson's Victory	Narrator	0
48	1993	The Legends of Treasure Island	Dr Livesey (voice)	80
49	1997	Pride of Africa	David Webb	0
50	1997	Treasure Island	Dr. Livesey	0
51	1999	The Second World War in Color	Narrator (voice)	0
52	2002	Seven Games From Glory	Narrator	85
53	2003	The Queen's Lost Uncle	Narrator	0
54	2005	Napoleon 1812 - The Road to Moscow	Narrator	0
55	2005	Colour Me Kubrick	Robert	57
56	2012	Tales of Television Centre	Self	80
57	2018	Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life	Himself	0
58	2023	Mike Yarwood: Thank You For The Laughs	Self	0
59	2025	The Queen of Heaven	Jesus / Nikodemus	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Phoebus	87
2	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Valentine	50
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month		50
4	1966	The Hunchback of Notre Dame		0
5	1970	Doomwatch	Tobias Wren	57
6	1971	Jude the Obscure	Jude Fawley	53
7	1972	Crown Court	Lance Porter	54
8	1972	The Edwardians		57
9	1973	Thriller	Paul Tanner	66
10	1973	Thriller	Rook	66
11	1975	Looking for Clancy	Frank Clancy	0
12	1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Jesus	78
13	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
14	1982	Countdown		58
15	1983	Natural World	Narrator	71
16	1986	Shaka Zulu	Dr. Henry Fynn	71
17	1986	Classic Ghost Stories	Professor	0
18	1988	Hannay	Richard Hannay	50
19	1990	Canned Carrott		60
20	1990	Keeping Up Appearances	Cabbie	76
21	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	31
22	1991	Merlin of the Crystal Cave	Ambrosius	0
23	1993	The Detectives	Dave Briggs	67
24	1993	The Legends of Treasure Island	Dr. Livesey (voice)	74
25	1993	The Century of Warfare		0
26	1993	Great Crimes and Trials		100
27	1995	Fantomcat	Fantomcat	40
28	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe		64
29	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe	Barry Jemmerson	64
30	1999	Holby City	Mark Williams	57
31	2004	Great SAS Missions	Narrator	0
32	2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Dr. Haydock	76
33	2009	International Terrorism Since 1945	Narrator (voice)	0
34	2009	World War II in Colour	Narrator	76
35	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
36	2017	The Real Jesus of Nazareth	Host	73