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''Click [[Brian Blessed/Self Demonstrating|here]]. Receive [[Large Ham|ham]].''
Perhaps best known in America as Prince Vultan of the Hawkmen in the ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' movie ("GORDON'S ALIVE?!" "DIIIIIIIIIVVEEEEE!!"), he is widely regarded as one of the [[Large Ham|Largest Hams]] in existence. However, he is by nature a stage actor, and his hamming is by design, not by ineptitude or accident. As he has proven on (very) occasional films, he is actually capable of delivering a subtle and understated performance; he just usually doesn't bother (and is probably aware of why people hire him). His crowning moment of hamness is the ''[[Blake's
In 1977, he appeared as the villainous hunter Brod in the third season ''[[Survivors (TV series)|Survivors]]'' episode "Law of the Jungle". He put in a performance that for anyone else would be over the top. For him, it qualifies as ''subtle''. "You're not a tax inspector, are you, Charlie?!"
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He's also appeared in [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] animated adaptation of ''[[Tarzan]]'' as Clayton, and went on to repeat the same role in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. His performance was still quite hamlike. He also provided the "Tarzan yell" for the film. His voice performance of Boss Nass (the Gungan king) in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' was equally over the top and possibly the most fun performance in the entire movie. Additionally, he narrated ''[[Viking: Battle for Asgard]]'' in which his narration stole the show and catapulted said game into the halls of awesome!
He also appeared in original series [[Doctor Who]]: ([[Doctor Who/Recap/S23
He had no lines in the almost-dialogue-free short film ''Exam Conditions'', and still managed to be the loudest person in the film.
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He taught [[MacGyver]] archaeology as part of Mac's [[Expansion Pack Past]] as seen in the ''Lost Treasure of Atlantis'' telemovie.
He has also been sighted presenting [[Unbeatable Banzuke]], enthusiastically, in the guise of "Banzuke Brian" attired in what appears to be red plastic faux-samurai armour several sizes too small, on the UK's Challenge telly channel.
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You need a Brian Blessed [http://youtu.be/P0XCsdz5Ofs alarm clock].
Author [[Neil Gaiman]] is deadset on having Blessed play the role of Destruction in a movie adaptation of ''[[The Sandman]]'' comic series.
[[Happily Married]], he reportedly once accused his daughter's boyfriend of dating her to get close to him, he may have been joking. [[Old Friend]] of [[Patrick Stewart]] who he describes having known from age 9 and studying [[Shakespeare]] in his home. Mentions his father being adamant that his son wouldn't follow him down the mines.
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