Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1942-03-25 (Age: 84)
Place of Birth
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Richard O'Brien
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 1990β93 Channel 4 game show The Crystal Maze, and voiced Lawrence Fletcher in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb (2008β2015; 2025βpresent) 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 (52)
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
Tiny Little Voices
2025
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2021
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020
The Stolen
2017
Life After Flash
2017
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2015
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2014
The Last Impresario
2014
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2013