Doug Bradley
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| Doug Bradley | |
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 Bradley attending the Fangoria "Weekend of Horrors" in San Jose, 2007. |
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| Born | Douglas William Bradley September 7, 1954 Liverpool, England |
| Years active | 1973 – present |
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Douglas William Bradley (born September 7, 1954) is an English actor. He is well known for playing the role of the Cenobite Pinhead in all eight Hellraiser films, as well as the character of Captain Elliot Spenser in two of the films Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992). He is one of only 2 actors to play the same horror character 8 consecutive times, the other being Robert Englund who's also portrayed Freddy Krueger 8 consecutive times.
Bradley has appeared in an advert for direct line insurance in the UK (as a gym teacher.) Appearing on everything from T.V, The backs of buses, in tube stations and internet adverts. He has performed vocals on several songs by Cradle of Filth, an English extreme metal band. The first was 2000s "Her Ghost in the Fog" (as well as "Death Magick For Adepts" and "Tortured Soul Asylum"), 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" (as well as the album intro "Satyriasis"). In 2006, he lent his vocals to "Rise of the Pentagram" and "Tonight In Flames".
Bradley has appeared in a lot of horror shorts including Red Lines and On Edge. 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.
Bradley was born in Liverpool, England. He lives in London with his wife, Lynne, a son and a daughter, and a cat. He is a longtime close friend of horror/fantasy novelist Clive Barker, the two having met when they attended secondary school, and has worked with Barker in various capacities(from a theatre group to the Hellraiser films) since the early 1970's. He is also a die hard Liverpool FC supporter.
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[edit] External links
- Doug Bradley - The Official Site
- Doug Bradley at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.rengamedia.com/dougbradley.html
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