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''Click [[Brian Blessed (Creator)/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 ''[[
In 1977, he appeared as the villainous hunter Brod in the third season ''[[Survivors (TV)|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?!"
He served up not one, but '''two''' large portions in ''[[
Was also in the first season of ''[[Black Adder]]'' as King Richard IV ("Chiswick! Fresh horses!"). Was far less hammy as the ghost in fellow large ham [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s ''[[Stealth Pun|Ham]][[Hamlet (Theatre)|let]]'' (he even managed to ''whisper'' loudly) and Signore Antonio in Branagh's ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre)|Much Ado About Nothing]]''. Also, the Duke of Exeter in Branagh's ''[[Henry V (Theatre)|Henry V]]''. ("What treasure, Uncle?" "Tennis balls, my liege!") Surprisingly, Keanu Reeves claimed in an interview on British radio that during filming of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'' Blessed befriended him and taught him to meditate. Moviegoers who are sympathetic to Reeves might have thought it more likely [[Dull Surprise|the other way round]]. Blessed may be [[Gentle Giant|calmer than apparent]]. During the filming of ''Prisoner of Honor'' he reportedly managed to keep [[Oliver Reed]] sober by sheer force of being big and scary.
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