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.
66 acting credits
Acting · 66
Phineas and Ferb
2007
An Audience with...
1978
ITV Playhouse
1967
Robin of Sherwood
1984
Spicks and Specks
2005
Going Live!
1987
Where Are They Now?
1999
The Detectives
1993
Dark City
1998
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975
Cluedo
1990
Urban Gothic
2000
EverAfter
1998
The Crystal Maze
1990
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Mongrels
2010
Flash Gordon
1980
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020
The Ten Commandments
2006
Spice World
1997
Revolution
1985
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2014
Night Train
2009
Shock Treatment
1981
Carry On Cowboy
1965
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010
The Stolen
2017
Jubilee
1978
The Ink Thief
1994
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2015
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989
Zee and Co.
1972
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
2009
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000
The Last Impresario
2014
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014
Tiny Little Voices
2025
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006
Digital Dreams
1983
Life After Flash
2017
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000
The Odd Job
1978
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
2005
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2013
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980
A Hymn from Jim
1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015
The Contraption
1978
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2021
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
2012
A Perfect Carry On
1998