
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.

as Dave Head

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2007

as Self
1978

as Dave Head
1967

as Gulnar
1984

2005
as Self
1999

as Self
1987

as Mr. Hand
1998

as Dr. Phibes
1993

as Pierre Le Pieu
1998

as Riff Raff
1975

as Fico
1980
as Self
2021

as Self
2025

2025

as Self
2021

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2020

as Mr. Russell
2017

as Self
2017

as Narrator
2015

as Lawrence (voice)
2015

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2014

as Lawrence Fletcher / Additional Voices (voice)
2014

as Self
2014

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2014

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2013

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2013

2012

2011

as Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice)
2011

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2010

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2009

as Mrs. Froy
2009

as Himself - Host
2008

as Self
2008
as Self
2007

as The Childcatcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
2006
as Dave Head
1 ep.

as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
223 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Dave Head
1 episodes

as Gulnar
5 episodes

1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes

as Self
2 episodes

as Dr. Phibes
1 episodes

as Himself
1 episodes

as Zombie Dog (voice)
1 episodes

as Himself - Host
52 episodes

as Thin Man
1 episodes

as Anander
2 episodes

as The Ink Thief
7 episodes
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