Brian Deacon

Brian Deacon
Born (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 75)
Oxford, England
OccupationActor
Years active1971–present
Spouses
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(m. 1977; div. 1987)​
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé
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(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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "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.