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| Okay, like I said about a gazillion times, I could not find a lot of stuff on Robert. However, I did my best, and if I totally screwed up or left some stuff out, please feel free to email me! Robert Powell was born on June 1, 1944 in Salford, Lancashire, England. In 1964, he started his acting career while attending Manchester University. After a brief experience in the theatre, he began to play bit parts in films and TV. Fame came when he when acted a leading role in the TV series Doomwatch. He then returned to features to play prominent roles in films like the fantasy The Asphyx. A break came when he played the title role in Ken Russell's comparatively straightforward and handsomely wrought biopic of the sensitive, tormented composer Mahler. Robert acheived his widest visiblity in the next few years. He was the porgtagonist's father in Russell's film of the Who's rock opera Tommy. He ambitiously moved back to playing title characters himself when he made his US TV miniseries debut in Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth. Robert married on Feb. 15, 1975 to Barbara 'Babs' Lord. They now have a son, Barney, and a daughter, Kate. In 1982, Robert won the Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Imperitive. He won the best actor award at the Paris Film Festival for Harlequin. For his portrayal of Jesus in Jesus of Nazareth he recieved 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." |