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The son of a Miner , Blessed was born in Bolton-on-Dearne He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School . He has written about his early life in his Autobiography , ''Dynamite Kid'' (1992). Blessed now lives in Surrey . He is married to the actress Hildegard Neil and has a daughter, Rosalind Blessed , also an actress. He provided the vocal links on the Sony Award-winning Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio and introduces adverts for Orange mobile phones. At Christmas 2006 he presented a Cinderella style play for Virgin Radio starring actors such as David Tennant and Thandie Newton . In November 2006 Blessed made a surprise appearance on the midday talk show '' Loose Women ''. Blessed is generally recognised as a Shakespearean actor, as well as an immensely entertaining and often parodied comic figure, mainly because of his instantly recognisable voice. He has appeared in four of the five Shakespeare films directed by . He played a brief role in the Warhammer 40,000 game Fire Warrior . Demonstrating his versatility, Blessed has also starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's '' Cats '' as both Old Deuteronomy and Bustopher Jones during the original London production. In 2002, under the direction of Royal Shakespeare Company director, Adrian Noble , Blessed originated the role of Baron Bombhurst for the stage musical version of '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang '', for which he received tremendous acclaim. Blessed is also an Adventurer . On three occasions, he has tried to climb Mount Everest (though he never reached the summit), and climbed higher than any other man of his age (56 years at the time; his height record was broken by Yuichiro Miura , aged 70, in 2003) during one attempt in 1993. He was on the mountain on May 10 , 1996 , when 8 Climbers Were Killed in a sudden late-afternoon Blizzard , though Blessed was safe at his Base Camp that day. He has successfully climbed Aconcagua in Argentina as well as Kilimanjaro in Tanzania . In 2004, he sang on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes as Luciano Pavarotti . Blessed is also known for his footballing (soccer) knowledge and appeared as an expert on the British satellite station UKTV G2 during the 2006 World Cup. He also appeared on '' A Question Of Sport '' in 2006. He is a Manchester United fan. '']] SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
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