
Known for
Acting
Born
March 25, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
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 (20...
2025
2025
2021
2021
as Self
2020
2020
as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2017
as Mr. Russell
2017
as Self
2017
2016
Original Film Writer, Writer
2015
as Narrator, Lyricist, Writer, Music, Original Music Composer
2014
as Lawrence Fletcher / Additional Voices (voice)
2014
as Self
2013
as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2013
as Lawrence Fletcher (voice)
2012
2011
2011
as Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice)
2010
as Himmler (voice)
2010
2009
as Mrs. Froy
2008
as Himself - Host, Music, Lyricist, Writer, Creator
2008
2007
2007