Richard O'Brien
Acting
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.
Filmography
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025 · Movie
Tiny Little Voices
2025 · Movie
The Rocky Horror Show Live 2021
2021 · Movie
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2021 · Movie
The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream
2020 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020 · Movie
The Stolen
2017 · Movie
Life After Flash
2017 · Movie
The Crystal Maze
2017 · Series
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
2016 · Movie
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2015 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2014 · Movie
The Last Impresario
2014 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2013 · Movie
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
2012 · Movie
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011 · Movie
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010 · Movie
Mongrels
2010 · Series
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
2009 · Movie
Night Train
2009 · Movie
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008 · Movie
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Series
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007 · Movie
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006 · Movie
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006 · Movie
The Ten Commandments
2006 · Series
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005 · Movie
Spicks and Specks
2005 · Series
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
2005 · Movie
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002 · Movie
Dungeons & Dragons
2000 · Movie
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000 · Movie
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000 · Movie
Urban Gothic
2000 · Series
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999 · Movie
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Series
A Perfect Carry On
1998 · Movie
EverAfter
1998 · Movie
Dark City
1998 · Movie
Spice World
1997 · Movie
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995 · Movie
The Ink Thief
1994 · Series
The Detectives
1993 · Series
Cluedo
1990 · Series
The Crystal Maze
1990 · Series
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989 · Movie
Going Live!
1987 · Series
Revolution
1985 · Movie
Robin of Sherwood
1984 · Series
Digital Dreams
1983 · Movie
The Return of Captain Invincible
1983 · Movie
Shock Treatment
1981 · Movie
Fangs
1981 · Movie
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981 · Movie
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980 · Movie
Flash Gordon
1980 · Movie
The Odd Job
1978 · Movie
The Contraption
1978 · Movie
Jubilee
1978 · Movie
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
A Hymn from Jim
1977 · Movie
Premiere
1977 · Series
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977 · Movie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Movie
Zee and Co.
1972 · Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Carry On Cowboy
1965 · Movie