Richard O'Brien

Known for ActingBorn 1942-03-25 (age 84)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tiny Little Voices

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Ink Thief

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show

A Perfect Carry On

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer

Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents

Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer

Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk

Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!

Mongrels

Going Live!

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia

The Perfect Scary Movie

Spicks and Specks

The Crystal Maze

Where Are They Now?

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

Robin of Sherwood

EverAfter

Dark City

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

The Contraption

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Rocky Horror Show Live

The Mumbo Jumbo

The Detectives

Digital Dreams

Premiere

Cluedo

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

ITV Playhouse

The Crystal Maze

Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream

The British Guide to Showing Off

Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Flash Gordon

The Return of Captain Invincible

Carry On Cowboy

Fangs

Jubilee

Life After Flash