When was Brian Deacon born?

Brian Deacon is a British actor.

Brian Deacon is best known for portraying Jesus in the 1979 film Jesus, which was produced by the evangelical organization the Jesus Film Project.

Deacon was chosen for the part out of a field of 900 actors screen tested by producer John Heyman.

Aside starring as Jesus, Deacon has also portrayed;

1. Heumac in The Feathered Serpent (1976, 1978),
2. Frank Miles in the 1978 TV series Lillie, and
3. Appeared with his brother, Eric, in the Peter Greenaway film, A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), as Oswald Deuce.

   

Between 1992 and 1993, Deacon played the role of The Rt Hon. Neil Kincaid in British soap opera Emmerdale, the lover of established character Kim Tate (Claire King).

Brian Deacon was born on 13 February 1949 in Oxford.

As destiny would have it, Deacon later trained at the Oxford Youth Theatre.

Brian Deacon has been married twice, firstly to Rula Lenska (1977-1987), with whom he had a daughter, Lara Parker Deacon.

In 1998, Brian Deacon married his second wife Natalie Bloch.