Richard O'Brien
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.
Filmography (65 titles)
8.2MovieStrange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
Self · 2025
10.0MovieTiny Little Voices
2025
10.0MovieRocky Horror 45: The Movie
Self · 2021
7.2MoviePhineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Lawrence Fletcher (voice) · 2020
5.5MovieThe Stolen
Mr. Russell · 2017
5.6MovieLife After Flash
Self · 2017
7.0MovieRocky Horror Show Live
Narrator · 2015
7.1MoviePhineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Lawrence Fletcher / Additional Voices (voice) · 2014
5.5MovieThe Last Impresario
Self · 2014
6.6MoviePhineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Lawrence Fletcher (voice) · 2013
8.6MoviePhineas and Ferb: The Perry Files - Animal Agents
Lawrence Fletcher (voice) · 2013
MovieAmanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra
2012
6.3MovieThe British Guide to Showing Off
2011
7.1MoviePhineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
Lawrence Fletcher / Lawrence-2 (voice) · 2011
4.9MovieJackboots on Whitehall
Himmler (voice) · 2010
7.8ShowMongrels
Zombie Dog (voice) · 2010
MoviePhineas and Ferb Summer Belongs to you !
Lawrence Fletcher · 2010
5.6MovieNight Train
Mrs. Froy · 2009
6.2MovieRocky Horror Tribute Show
Himself - Host · 2008
MovieDark City: Memories of Shell Beach
Self · 2008
7.9ShowPhineas and Ferb
Lawrence Fletcher (voice) · 2007
Once Upon a Time in New York: the Birth of Hip Hop, Disco and Punk
Self · 2007
2.8MovieThe Children's Party at the Palace
The Childcatcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) · 2006
6.3MovieMidnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Self · 2006