Robert Powell

Robert Powell was born on Jun 01, 1944 in UK. Robert Powell's big-screen debut came with Robbery directed by Peter Yates in 1967, strarring Deltic Train Guard (uncredited). Robert Powell is known for The Bible directed by Crispin Reece, Keith David stars as Narrator and Robert Powell as Narrator (UK). Robert Powell has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Robert Powell achieved is Venice Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Robert Powell plays is The Bible - Season 1 which will be released on Mar 03, 2013.

Robert Powell was born on Thursday, June 1st, 1944, five days before D-Day, on Tuesday, June 6th, 1944, in Salford, Greater 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 L'or se barre (1969). Some of his well-known movies include Franco Zeffirelli's Jésus de Nazareth (1977), Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) and Mahler (1974), the sequel or remake of Les 39 marches (1978), and the popular TV series, Doomwatch (1970). Robert ended his bachelor life, when he married Barbara "Babs" Lord, on Friday, August, 29th, 1975. They are parents of two children (1 son & 1 daughter). In 1982, Robert won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in L'impératif (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."