Robert Powell profile
Actor profile

Robert Powell

1st June 1944 Salford, Manchester, England, UK Acting

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.".

59 Movies 34 TV Shows 1 In Production 94 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Love Sins poster
Love Sins 30th January 1987 as Gabriele D'Annunzio
Tommy poster
Tommy 19th March 1975 as Captain Walker
Mahler poster
Mahler 4th April 1974 as Gustav Mahler
Asylum poster
Asylum 17th November 1972 as Dr. Martin
Shelley poster
Shelley 5th July 1972 as Percy Bysshe Shelley
Secrets poster
Secrets 21st September 1971 as Allan Wood
Robbery poster
Robbery 1st August 1967 as Deltic Train Guard (uncredited)
Hannay poster
Hannay 6th January 1988 as Richard Hannay
Zodiac poster
Zodiac 25th February 1974 as Brian Godfrey
The Queen of Heaven poster Coming soon
The Queen of Heaven 18th December 2026 as Jesus / Nikodemus