Acting
Richard O'Brien
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.
Filmography
Tiny Little Voices
Film · 2025
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Film · 2025
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
Film · 2021
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Film · 2020
The Stolen
Film · 2017
Life After Flash
Film · 2017
Rocky Horror Show Live
Film · 2015
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Film · 2014
The Last Impresario
Film · 2014
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Film · 2013
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Film · 2013
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
Film · 2012
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Film · 2011
The British Guide to Showing Off
Film · 2011
Jackboots on Whitehall
Film · 2010
Mongrels
Series · 2010
Night Train
Film · 2009
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
Film · 2008
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
Film · 2008
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
Film · 2007
Phineas and Ferb
Series · 2007
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Film · 2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
Film · 2006
The Ten Commandments
Series · 2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
Film · 2005
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
Film · 2005
Spicks and Specks
Series · 2005
Elvira's Haunted Hills
Film · 2002
Dungeons & Dragons
Film · 2000
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
Film · 2000
The Mumbo Jumbo
Film · 2000
Urban Gothic
Series · 2000
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Film · 1999
Where Are They Now?
Series · 1999
Dark City
Film · 1998
A Perfect Carry On
Film · 1998
EverAfter
Film · 1998
Spice World
Film · 1997
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
Film · 1995
The Ink Thief
Series · 1994
The Detectives
Series · 1993
The Crystal Maze
Series · 1990
Cluedo
Series · 1990
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Film · 1989
Going Live!
Series · 1987
Revolution
Film · 1985
Robin of Sherwood
Series · 1984
Digital Dreams
Film · 1983
Shock Treatment
Film · 1981
The Rocky Horror Treatment
Film · 1981
Flash Gordon
Film · 1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Film · 1980
Jubilee
Film · 1978
The Contraption
Film · 1978
The Odd Job
Film · 1978
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Film · 1977
A Hymn from Jim
Film · 1977
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Film · 1975
Zee and Co.
Film · 1972
The Four Dimensions of Greta
Film · 1972
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Carry On Cowboy
Film · 1965