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Robert Powell
British actor
For other people named Robert Powell, see Robert Powell (disambiguation).
Robert Thomas Powell (POW-əl; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in Mahler (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) and its subsequent spinoff television series. Other major screen roles have included Tobias "Toby" Wren in the BBC science-fiction programme Doomwatch (1970), David Briggs in the sitcom The Detectives (1993–1997) with Jasper Carrott, and Mark Williams in the medical drama Holby City (2005–2011).
Powell’s distinctive voice has become well known as a narrator of documentaries, especially those concerning World War II including World War II in HD Colour, Hitler's Bodyguard, The Story of the Third Reich and Secrets of World War II.
Powell was nominated for a Best Actor BAFTA TV Award for Jesus of Nazareth in 1978 and won a Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in the film Imperative in 1982.
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Throughout his career Robert Powell has proved himself equally adept at playing heroes or villains in costume dramas, comedies, contemporary thrillers and recently even soaps, although he will probably always remain best known for starring in Jesus of Nazareth (ITV, 1977).
Born on 1 June 1944 in Salford, he attended Manchester University where he first became interested in acting. With his piercing blue eyes, sonorous voice and brooding good looks, Powell was soon appearing in major supporting roles and in 1969 alone appeared in such disparate projects as a two-part episode of Z Cars (BBC, 1962-78), Nigel Kneale's play about the consequences of violence Bam! Pow! Zap! (BBC, tx. 5/3/1969) as well as the classic caper The Italian Job (US/UK, d. Peter Collinson). His first major roles came with the ecological thriller series Doomwatch (BBC, 1970-72) and the six-part Thomas Hardy adaptation Jude the Obscure (BBC, 1971), which for the first time pointed to that elusive quality in Powell's screen persona that has made him particularly good in dark or equivocal roles.
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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
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