Robert Powell [24682] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.8263 Birthplace: Salford, Manchester, England, UK Birthday: 1944-06-01 Age: 81 years Movies: 56 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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 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." The Queen of Heaven2025-04-04 Mike Yarwood: Thank You2023-10-21 Franco Zeffirelli: Dire2018-11-15 Tales of Television Cen2012-05-17 Colour Me Kubrick2005-10-06 The Queen's Lost Uncle2003-11-06 Seven Games From Glory2002-06-25 The Second World War in1999-01-01 Treasure Island1997-07-14 Pride of Africa1997-01-01 The Legends of Treasure1993-09-10 The Battle of Trafalgar1993-06-01 The Mystery of Edwin Dr1993-04-23 Titanic - The Story1993-01-01 Das lange Gespräch mit1992-08-20 The Boer War: 1899-19021992-07-01 Chunuk Bair1992-04-25 Il segno del comando1992-03-01 The First Circle1992-02-25 The Golden Years1992-01-02 Romeo.Juliet1990-01-01 Down There in the Jungl1988-02-04 Love Sins1987-01-30 Classic Ghost Stories1986-12-31 What Waits Below1984-11-19 Frankenstein1984-06-17 The Wandering Company1984-01-01 The Jigsaw Man1983-11-11 Imperative1982-04-01 The Hunchback of Notre 1982-02-02 Pygmalion1981-12-27 The Survivor1981-07-09 Jane Austen in Manhatta1980-07-01 Harlequin1980-03-28 Walkabout to Hollywood1980-02-11 The Thirty Nine Steps1978-11-04 The Four Feathers1978-01-01 Beyond Good and Evil1977-10-05 Tommy1975-03-19 Death to Sister Mary1974-05-21 Mahler1974-04-04 Lady Killer1973-01-18 All Systems Go: Alan Ga1973-01-01 The Asphyx1972-12-05 Asylum1972-11-17 Mrs. Warren's Professio1972-10-03 Shelley1972-07-05 Running Scared1972-05-01 Secrets1971-09-21 The Hunting of Lionel C1970-01-21 Season of the Witch1970-01-07 Walk a Crooked Path1969-08-31 Tower of London: The In1969-07-31 The Italian Job1969-06-02 Bam! Pow! Zap!1969-03-05 Robbery1967-08-01