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 (2008–2015; 2025–present) and its two films (2011 and 2020). His other acting credits include Flash Gordon (1980), Spice World (1997), EverAfter (1998), Dark City (1998), Dungeons & Dragons (2000), Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001), and Jackboots on Whitehall (2010). O'Brien is transgender and identifies himself as third gender and uses he/him pronouns.
53 movies · 14 shows
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
2025·8.3
Tiny Little Voices
2025·10.0
Rocky Horror 45: The Movie
2021·10.0
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020·7.2
The Stolen
2017·5.5
Life After Flash
2017·5.6
Rocky Horror Show Live
2015·7.0
Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer
2015·8.0
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
2014·7.9
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
2014·7.2
The Last Impresario
2014·5.5
Phineas and Ferb Save Summer
2014·8.0
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013·6.6
Phineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
2013·8.4
Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
2012·0.0
The British Guide to Showing Off
2011·6.6
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011·7.1
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010·4.9
Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!
2010·7.8
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
2009·7.1
Night Train
2009·5.6
Rocky Horror Tribute Show
2008·6.2
Dark City: Memories of Shell Beach
2008·0.0
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
2007·8.0
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006·2.8
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
2006·6.3
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005·7.7
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves: The Lost Scimitar of Arabia
2005·7.8
Elvira's Haunted Hills
2002·5.5
Dungeons & Dragons
2000·4.4
Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special
2000·5.5
The Mumbo Jumbo
2000·7.0
Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1999·10.0
A Perfect Carry On
1998·9.5
EverAfter
1998·7.5
Dark City
1998·7.3
Spice World
1997·4.9
The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show
1995·9.7
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989·5.7
Revolution
1985·5.4
Digital Dreams
1983·7.0
Shock Treatment
1981·5.8
The Rocky Horror Treatment
1981·0.0
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980·3.8
Flash Gordon
1980·6.3
The Odd Job
1978·5.9
The Contraption
1978·7.5
Jubilee
1978·6.0
A Hymn from Jim
1977·0.0
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977·0.0
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975·7.4
Zee and Co.
1972·5.7
Carry On Cowboy
1965·6.3