Brian Deacon

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Brian Deacon
Born (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 76)
Oxford, England
OccupationActor
Years active1971–present
Spouses
(m. 1977;div. 1987)
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé
(m. 1998)
Children1

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]

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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]

Personal life

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]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Brian Deacon". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017.
  2. "Partner | Jesus Film Project". www.jesusfilm.org.
  3. "The JESUS Film Project | Casting "Jesus"". Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
  4. "BFI Screenonline: Zed and Two Noughts, A (1985)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  5. "Emmerdale[05/01/93] (1993)". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 July 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Brian Deacon". TVGuide.com.
  7. "Rula's ruling the roost from now on". The Irish News. 14 October 2013.
  8. Nathalie Bloch My Heritage
  9. Good Girl at IMDb