Brian Blessed

[kiteloopy]

The man encountered a polar bear in the arctic and punched it in the nose to drive it off.

I'll say that again: Brian Blessed punched a wild polar bear in the nose

Found an artist's impression of the event

Hero!

 

[HumanShield]

Almost as good as the Jim'll Paint It version

http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/image/62917608703

Brian Blessed is amazing. Also great in Peppa Pig and Henry Hugglemonster (for those with kids)

 

[PinkFloyd]

He punched a polar bear? Haha, what a hero.

 

[Pestilence]

Brian Blessed is an absolute marvel.

 

[ubersonic]

I'm ashamed I didn't know more about this great man until now.

So you should be!

Has anyone ever met him ? If so what's he like in person?

Met him at a comic convention (he played Vultan in Flash Gordon, his most well known role, plus he was the king in Blackadder among his many other roles throughout the years) and he got in a (non serious) shouting match across the venue with the guy who played Flash Gordon over the size of their signatures on FG stuff XD

 

[Judgeneo]

Have you seen how many animals he owns? His house is practically a zoo

 

[FTM]

I love the way he talks softly and gently...then just bursts into a loud shout, always makes me laugh

 

[Scougar]

The gentlemen is a legend. He seems to come up every now and then and is always awesome. That voice!

He's managed to stay out of the targets of the nasty side of the media all these years thankfully.

I would be truly honoured to be able to meet him one day if I ever got the chance.

 

[ubersonic]

I love the way he talks softly and gently...then just bursts into a loud shout, always makes me laugh

 

[titaniumx3]

That HIGNFY episode was one of the funniest things ever.

 

[DanielMMS]

He was brilliant in a History of Tom Jones - A Foundling basically playing a drunken squire with a penchant for telling people to "kiss my arse".

 

[Atari]

That HIGNFY episode was one of the funniest things ever.

+1

One of the rare few times I actual laugh uncontrollably when watching TV. The other was the Big Fat 90's Quiz with Mr Blobby.

 

[Sonea Fifer]

National treasure.

He presented HIGNFY a while back and I was in tears laughing. I think it was the one with Alan Duncan MP on.

Just what I was about to say - without doubt the best episode of HIGNFY I've ever seen

 

[Raumarik]

National treasure.

He presented HIGNFY a while back and I was in tears laughing. I think it was the one with Alan Duncan MP on.

+1, guy is a gem, honestly if there's anyone who deserves a knighthood for being awesome it's him.

 

[Gilly]

Whilst he may have done some awesome stuff he's still annoying as ****

 

[chameleon]

Wouldn't mind seeing him on the piers Morgan show , unfortunately that would involve watching piers self satisfied smug git completely up his own arse Morgan as well.
Which I am not prepared to do.

 

[neil3k]

He should only get a knighthood when he finally stamps on Joe Pasquale in the NAH adverts!!

He is an absolute legend and the Blackadder where he is the ships captain is one of my favourites.

That was Tom Baker.

 

[Combat squirrel]

Amazing comments from everyone, £100 on the spot for charity, just awesome.

I think im going to have a Brain Blessed tv show/film day at some point !

Any docs made on him? They should make a film about him! lol

 

[Craterloads]

Surely I can't be the only one who finds him annoying....

 

[Gilly]

Surely I can't be the only one who finds him annoying....

The only one in the world.