Richard O'Brien
Acting
- Born:
- 1942-03-25
- Place of birth:
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Biography
Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith, 25 March 1942) is an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer, best known for writing the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show (1973), famously adapted into a film in 1975, the longest-running theatrical release in history. O'Brien was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. In 1951, the family emigrated to Tauranga, New Zealand but he moved back to England in 1964. On becoming an actor, he changed his name to Richard O'Brien (his maternal grandmother's surname). O'Brien presented the 1990–93 Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze, and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb (2008–2015; 2025–present) and its two films (2011 and 2020). His other acting credits include Flash Gordon (1980), Spice World (1997), EverAfter (1998), Dark City (1998), Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), and Jackboots on Whitehall (2010). O'Brien is transgender and identifies himself as third gender and uses he/him pronouns.
Known For
Filmography
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Tiny Little Voices
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
The Stolen
Life After Flash
Rocky Horror Show Live
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
The Last Impresario
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
The British Guide to Showing Off
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Jackboots on Whitehall
Mongrels
Phineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to you !
Night Train
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
Phineas and Ferb
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
The Children's Party at the Palace
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
The Ten Commandments
The Perfect Scary Movie
Spicks and Specks
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Dungeons & Dragons
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
The Mumbo Jumbo
Urban Gothic
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Where Are They Now?
A Perfect Carry On
EverAfter
Dark City
Spice World
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
The Ink Thief
The Detectives
Cluedo
The Crystal Maze
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Going Live!
Revolution
Robin of Sherwood
Digital Dreams
Shock Treatment
The Rocky Horror Treatment
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Flash Gordon
Rushton's Illustrated
The Odd Job
The Contraption
Jubilee
An Audience with...
A Hymn from Jim
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Four Dimensions of Greta
Zee and Co.
ITV Playhouse
Carry On Cowboy