British actor
Brian Deacon |
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| Born | (1949-02-13) 13 February 1949 (age 74)
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
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| Spouses |
Nathalie Bloch-Lainé
( m. 1998) |
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| Children | 1 |
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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]
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]
