Doug Bradley

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Doug Bradley is an actor, born on September 7, 1954 in Liverpool, England.

Since school, Bradley has been a close friend of Clive Barker. He has played the role of the Cenobite Pinhead in all eight Hellraiser films, as well as the character of Captain Elliot Spencer in two of the films Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992).

Bradley has performed vocals on four songs by Cradle of Filth, the English extreme heavy metal band. The first was 2000's "Her Ghost in the Fog", however he could not appear in the music video and was replaced by actor David McEwen who would play the character of Kemper in Cradle of Fear. Bradley also appeared on its sequel - "Swansong For A Raven". In 2006, he lent his vocals to "Rise of the Pentagram" and "Tonight In Flames".

Bradley is also a member of UK animation company Renga Media, makers of the independent British CGI 'Dominator' movies and shorts, dividing job roles between producer and voice actor. He also voiced the Loc-Nar in the short animated crossover 'Heavy Metal vs. Dominator', in which characters from the Dominator universe meet and fight with characters from the film Heavy Metal 2000. Cradle Of Filth's lead singer Dani Filth provided the voice of Dominator in the first movie and crossover, Doug Bradley has voiced a character called Doctor Payne, the most prominent human protagonist who is an exorcist and has also voiced the main villain of the first movie, Lord Desecrater, as well as narrating the first Dominator short "A Brief History Of Hell".

He lives in London with his wife, Lynne, a son and a daughter, and a cat.

Doug is also a die hard Liverpool FC supporter, though he has only been to one cup final.

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Doug Bradley - The Official Site
Doug Bradley at the Internet Movie Database
http://www.rengamedia.com/dougbradley.html
Revelations - The Official Clive Barker Resource Constantly updated news and archive of fascinating comment.

The Hellraiser Series
Films: Hellraiser \| Hellbound: Hellraiser II \| Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth \| Hellraiser: Bloodline Hellraiser: Inferno \| Hellraiser: Hellseeker \| Hellraiser: Deader \| Hellraiser: Hellworld
Cenobites: Pinhead \| Chatterer \| Female Cenobite
Other topics: Philip Lemarchand \| Lemarchand's box \| Clive Barker \| Doug Bradley \| The Hellbound Heart