Acting
Richard O'Brien
1942-03-25 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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
Dark City
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
EverAfter
Flash Gordon
Phineas and Ferb
Dungeons & Dragons
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Spice World
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Night Train
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Revolution
Shock Treatment
Movie credits · 54
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Tiny Little Voices
The Rocky Horror Show Live 2021
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
The Stolen
Life After Flash
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
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
Night Train
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
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 Perfect Scary Movie
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
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
A Perfect Carry On
EverAfter
Dark City
Spice World
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Revolution
Digital Dreams
The Return of Captain Invincible
TV credits · 16
The Crystal Maze
Mongrels
Phineas and Ferb
The Ten Commandments
Spicks and Specks
Urban Gothic
Where Are They Now?
The Ink Thief
The Detectives
Cluedo
The Crystal Maze
Going Live!
Robin of Sherwood
An Audience with...
Premiere
ITV Playhouse
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