Brian Deacon
Biography
Brian Deacon is an English actor and voice actor who was born in Oxford, where he trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre before making his West End debut in 1972 with The Rivals at the New Wimbledon Theatre. He is best known for playing Jesus Christ in the 1979 film Jesus, a part that followed producer John Heyman's screen tests of 900 actors. On television he played Heumac in The Feathered Serpent and Frank Miles in the 1978 series Lillie, and he took the role of Oswald Deuce in Peter Greenaway's A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), appearing alongside his brother Eric. From 1992 to 1993 he was the Honourable Neil Kincaid in the soap opera Emmerdale. He has also voiced characters in video games, including Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II and Total War Saga: Troy.
77years old
Turns 78 on February 13in 123 days
- Born Oxford
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 46 years1972 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018The BeyondIMDb rating 4.9
- 1985A Zed & Two NoughtsIMDb rating 7.2
- 1979The Jesus FilmIMDb rating 7.2
- 1972The Triple EchoIMDb rating 6.4
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Deacon played Jesus Christ in the 1979 film Jesus, also called The Jesus Movie. Producer John Heyman screen tested 900 actors, and Deacon was picked for the part.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Hasraf DulullDirector, 1 film, 2018
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John KrishDirector, 1 film, 1979
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