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.

Фільмографія

• 2025Tiny Little Voices
• 2021The Rocky Horror Show Live 2021 — Music
• 2020The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream — Writer
• 2020Фінеас і Ферб: Кендис проти Всесвіту — Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
• The Crystal Maze — Creator
• 2017The Stolen — Mr. Russell
• 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again — Original Film Writer
• 2015Rocky Horror Show Live — Narrator, Music, Writer, Lyricist, Original Music Composer
• 2014Фінеас і Ферб: Зоряні війни — Lawrence Fletcher / Additional Voices (voice)
• 2013Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel — Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
• 2013Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents — Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
• 2012Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
• 2011The British Guide to Showing Off
• 2011Фінеас і Ферб у другому вимірі — Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice)
• 2010Jackboots on Whitehall — Himmler (voice)
• Mongrels — Zombie Dog (voice)
• 2009Night Train — Mrs. Froy
• 2008Rocky Horror Tribute Show — Himself - Host, Writer, Music, Lyricist, Creator
• Фінеас і Ферб — Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
• 2006The Children's Party at the Palace — The Childcatcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
• The Ten Commandments — Anander
• 2005Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia — Prince Kasim
• Spicks and Specks
• 2002Elvira's Haunted Hills — Lord Vladimere Hellsubus
• 2000Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
• 2000The Mumbo Jumbo — Archie
• Urban Gothic — Thin Man
• 2000Підземелля драконів — Xilus
• 1998Історія вічного кохання, або Попелюшка — Pierre Le Pieu
• 1998Темне місто — Mr. Hand
• 1997Світ Спайс Ґьолз — Damien
• The Ink Thief — The Ink Thief
• The Detectives — Dr. Phibes
• 1989The Wolves of Willoughby Chase — James
• 1985Revolution — Lord Hampton
• Robin of Sherwood — Gulnar
• 1983Digital Dreams — Partridge, the Surly Servant, Writer
• 1983The Return of Captain Invincible — Lyricist, Writer
• 1981Fangs — Original Film Writer
• 1981Shock Treatment — Dr. Cosmo McKinley / Kitchenware Announcer (voice), Lyricist, Screenplay, Music
• 1980An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
• 1980Флеш Гордон — Fico
• 1978Jubilee — John Dee
• 1978The Contraption — The Man
• 1978The Odd Job — Batch
• 1977A Hymn from Jim — Reporter, Writer
• 1977It's Only Rock 'n' Roll — Dave Head
• Premiere — Writer
• 1975Шоу жахів Роккі Горрора — Riff Raff, Screenplay, Lyricist, Theatre Play
• 1972The Four Dimensions of Greta — Balding Hippy
• 1972Zee and Co. — Party Guest
• ITV Playhouse — Dave Head
• 1965Carry On Cowboy — Rider (uncredited)

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (17)

• 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror — Self
• 2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie — Self
• 2017Life After Flash — Self
• 2014The Last Impresario — Self
• 2008Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach — Self
• 2007Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk — Self
• 2006Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream — Self
• 2005The Perfect Scary Movie — Self
• 1999Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Self
• Where Are They Now? — Self
• 1998A Perfect Carry On — Self
• 1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show — Self
• Cluedo — Himself
• The Crystal Maze — Himself - Host
• Going Live! — Self
• 1981The Rocky Horror Treatment — Self
• An Audience with... — Self