
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 Self

as Robert

as Narrator

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as Narrator (voice)

as Dr. Livesey

as David Webb

as Dr Livesey (voice)

as Narrator

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as John Barth

as Narrator

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as Sgt. Maj. Frank Smith

as Prof. Edward Foster

as Gleb Nershin

as Romeo (voice)

as Kruger

as Gabriele D'Annunzio

as Professor

as Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen

as Victor Frankenstein

as Narrator (voice)

as Jamie Fraser

as Augustin

as Phoebus

as Higgins

as Keller

as Pierre

as Gregory Wolfe

as Narrator (voice)

as Richard Hannay

as Jack Durrance

as Paul Rée

as Captain Walker

as Rook

as Gustav Mahler

as Paul Tanner

as Himself

as Giles Cunningham

as Dr. Martin

as Frank Gardner

as Percy Bysshe Shelley

as Tom Betancourt

as Allan Wood

as Lionel Crane

as Shaun

as Earl of Warwick

as Yellow

as Arkie

as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)