Brian Deacon | |
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Born | Oxford, England | 13 February 1949
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1971–present |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Brian Deacon (born 13 February 1949) is a British actor known for portraying Jesus in the 1979 film Jesus , which was made by the evangelical organization The Jesus Film Project. [1] [2] Deacon was chosen for the part out of a field of 900 actors screen tested by producer John Heyman. [3]
Deacon has also portrayed Heumac in The Feathered Serpent (1976, 1978), Frank Miles in the 1978 TV series Lillie , and appeared with his brother, Eric, in the Peter Greenaway film, A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), as Oswald Deuce. [1] [4] Between 1992 and 1993, he played the role of The Rt Hon. Neil Kincaid in British soap opera Emmerdale , the lover of established character Kim Tate (Claire King). [5]
Deacon was born in Oxford, where he later trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre. [6] He has been married twice, firstly to Rula Lenska (1977-1987), with whom he had a daughter, Lara Parker Deacon. [7] In 1998 he married the French actress and producer Nathalie Bloch-Lainé. [6] [8]
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