Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Known for
Acting
Born
July 18, 1950 (age 76)
Birthplace
Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom

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. /Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Branson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia./

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Discovery Live: Into The Blue Hole poster

Discovery Live: Into The Blue Hole

Movie

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One Planet

One Planet

Movie · as Self

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Network First poster

Network First

TV · 1 ep

2026
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly poster

Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly

Movie · as Self

2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible poster

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

Movie · as Self

2024
Mrs Robinson poster

Mrs Robinson

Movie

2024
DEVO poster

DEVO

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Branson poster

Branson

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2021
Eating Our Way to Extinction poster

Eating Our Way to Extinction

Movie · as Self

2021
Space Titans: Musk, Bezos, Branson poster

Space Titans: Musk, Bezos, Branson

Movie · as Self

2021
Send It! poster

Send It!

Movie · as Self (as Sir Richard Branson)

2021
Amol Rajan Interviews poster

Amol Rajan Interviews

TV · as Self - Interviewed Guest · 1 ep

2020
The Secret Life of Lele Pons poster

The Secret Life of Lele Pons

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip poster

Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

Movie · as Self

2018
The Kodiak Queen poster

The Kodiak Queen

Movie · as Self

2017
The 21st Century Race For Space poster

The 21st Century Race For Space

Movie · as Self

2017
Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers poster

Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers

Movie · as Self

2017
Matthews poster

Matthews

Movie · as Self

2017
The Russell Howard Hour poster

The Russell Howard Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne

Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins poster

Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins

Movie · as Self - Rider

2016
Don't Look Down poster

Don't Look Down

Movie · as Self

2015
Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story poster

Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
We Are Many poster

We Are Many

Movie · as Self

2014
Nelson Mandela Redrawn poster

Nelson Mandela Redrawn

Movie · as Self

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
ANIXE auf Reisen

ANIXE auf Reisen

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Miracle Rising: South Africa

Miracle Rising: South Africa

Movie · as Self

2013
When Albums Ruled the World poster

When Albums Ruled the World

Movie · as Self

2013
Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story poster

Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story

Movie · as Self

2012
The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia poster

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

Movie · as Self

2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Movie · as Self

2012
Choice Point poster

Choice Point

Movie · as Self

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
A Man's Story poster

A Man's Story

Movie · as Self

2010
210 Days – Around the World with Jessica Watson poster

210 Days – Around the World with Jessica Watson

Movie · as Narrator

2009
The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald poster

The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald

TV · 1 ep

2009
Kate Garraway's Life Stories poster

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Shark Tank poster

Shark Tank

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Meaning of Life poster

The Meaning of Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Fuel poster

Fuel

Movie · as Self - Founder, Virgin Group

2008
Oh So Cosmo

Oh So Cosmo

TV · 1 ep

2006
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · as Man at Airport Security (uncredited)

2006
Rabbit Fever

Rabbit Fever

Movie · as Self

2006
Superman Returns poster

Superman Returns

Movie · as Shuttle Engineer

2006
Tripping Over poster

Tripping Over

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2005
Iconoclasts poster

Iconoclasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The X Factor poster

The X Factor

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Around the World in 80 Days poster

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie · as Balloon Man

2004
The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best

The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best

TV · 12 eps

2004
Open Access

Open Access

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
There's Only One Paul McCartney poster

There's Only One Paul McCartney

Movie · as Self

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2000
The Filth and the Fury poster

The Filth and the Fury

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
FBI Music Magazine

FBI Music Magazine

TV · 1 ep

2000
Click poster

Click

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Fox News Sunday poster

Fox News Sunday

TV · 2 eps

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Vendor · 1 ep

1994
The Day Today poster

The Day Today

TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1990
Condom poster

Condom

Movie

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Richard Branson (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Birds of a Feather poster

Birds of a Feather

TV · as Richard Branson · 1 ep

1989
Baywatch poster

Baywatch

TV · as Richard Branson · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1987
Going Live! poster

Going Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1980
XTC at the Manor poster

XTC at the Manor

Movie

1980
Russell Harty

Russell Harty

TV · 1 ep

1979
Derek and Clive Get the Horn poster

Derek and Clive Get the Horn

Movie · as Man with a Beard

1979
Question Time poster

Question Time

TV · as Self - Panellist · 3 eps

1967
Omnibus poster

Omnibus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
Horizon poster

Horizon

TV · 1 ep

1963
World in Action poster

World in Action

TV · 3 eps