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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-07-18 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom

Richard Branson

Biography:

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate and investor, best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.   At the age of sixteen his first business venture was a magazine called Student.  In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores.  Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic and expanded the Virgin Records music label. According to the Forbes 2012 list of billionaires, Branson is the sixth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, with an estimated net worth of US$4.6 billion.

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Known For

Acting

2024

DEVO as Self (archive footage)

2022

Branson as Self

2021

Send It! as Self (as Sir Richard Branson)

2020

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Fuel as Self - Founder, Virgin Group

2006

Casino Royale as Man at Airport Security (uncredited)
Rabbit Fever as Himself
Superman Returns as Shuttle Engineer
Tripping Over as Himself

2005

2004

2003

2001

2000

The Filth and the Fury as Self (archive footage)
Click as Self

1999

Loose Women as Self

1996

1994

Friends as Vendor

1990

1989

The Simpsons as Richard Branson (voice)
Birds of a Feather as Richard Branson

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1987

Going Live! as Self

1980

1979

Derek and Clive Get the Horn as Man with a Beard
Question Time as Self - Panellist

1964

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Production

1984

Electric Dreams as Executive Producer

1980

The Space Movie as Producer