Michael Praed

Acting

Michael Praed

Born 1960-04-01 · Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Michael Praed (born Michael David Prince) is an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Robin of Loxley (Robin Hood) in the British television series "Robin of Sherwood".

Acting credits

Nightflyers poster
4.7

A scientific group set out on a journey into space to find a magical creature. What they find is a killer computer on the ship they chartered.

Nightflyers

1987

Staggered poster
5.3

Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?

Staggered

1994

Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer poster
NR

His family massacred by Norman soldiers, Robin takes on the mantle of the Hooded Man, a champion long prophesied. His first challenge is to free Maid Marion from the clutches of the evil, powerful Baron de Belleme. The feature-length pilot for the popular TV series.

Robin of Sherwood: Robin Hood and the Sorcerer

1984

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies poster
6.0

The film explores the background and build-up to this final flight to disaster. Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and exclusive interviews with leading historians and engineering experts, the special delves into the political and scientific events that led up to the catastrophe.

Hindenburg: Titanic of the Skies

2007

Darkness Falls poster
4.2

A tragic accident leaves behind a desperate husband looking for answers - and revenge. Mark and Sally Driscoll appear to have it all but appearances can be deceiving. Mark is about to close the deal that will save his life. Sally leads a life of luxury, ignorant of her husband's sexual betrayals. They are suddenly confronted by a strange intruder who is determined to get to the truth. Before the night is over, all their darkest secrets are revealed.

Darkness Falls

1999

Hijack poster
NR

Documentary. September 1970: a BOAC flight with 20 school children on board was hijacked in the name of a Palestinian guerrilla group; the first and last time a British commercial aircraft has ever been hijacked. With hijacks attempted on five planes in total, this was just one part of an audacious plan called Skyjack Sunday. With interviews from hostages and their hijackers, Timewatch goes back to the time when air travel changed for ever.

Hijack

2007

9 Dead Gay Guys poster
5.9

The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.

9 Dead Gay Guys

2002

Son of Darkness: To Die For II poster
3.0

Vampires come to town. Who's a vampire? Who's not? Ask our main character, who is suspicious, and our main character's brother, who gets seduced by one.

Son of Darkness: To Die For II

1991

Riders poster
5.0

Arrogant aristocrat Rupert Campbell-Black has high social position, women at his feet, money and fame in the world of show jumping. But Rupert has a rival - the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, whose loathing for the "Pin Up of Penscombe" has driven him to the top of the riding world to match Rupert's skills. A bitter feud festers between the two stars, who have fought and fornicated their way round the show rings of the world, and now comes to a showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics. As rivals in love and sport, the stage is set for what becomes a compulsive blend of sex, romance, and adventure.

Riders

1993

Writer's Block poster
10.0

A female writer of popular thrillers decides that it is time to kill off one of her characters, a serial killer who has appeared in many of her recent books. Soon afterward, she finds herself pursued by a copy-cat serial killer.

Writer's Block

1991

Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields poster
NR

Thirty years ago, Communist Cambodian leader Pol Pot set about establishing a nation of people living to serve the state. He insisted that anything private, right down to his subjects' thoughts and emotions, were immoral. When Pol Pot's plan to increase rice production failed, he declared it was due to enemies within the party. Thus began the purge of some of Pol Pot's most devoted followers and their families.

Pol Pot: The Journey to the Killing Fields

2005

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Pharaoh's Lost City

2008

Serengeti 24 poster
NR

Documentary following two families of big cats and a migration of 500,000 wildebeests during the wet season in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, over 24 hours.

Serengeti 24

2005

Les Minoens: La civilisation engloutie poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les Minoens: La civilisation engloutie

2010

Beautiful and Damned poster
NR

Epitomising all the glamorous hedonism of the Roaring Twenties, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were a legendary couple, but their relationship was notoriously volatile and though both passionate and tender it was also mutually destructive in many respects.

Beautiful and Damned

2004

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Julius Caesar's Greatest Battle

Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler poster
6.0

During World War II, a psychological analysis of the person Adolf Hitler was prepared in the United States in the hope of predicting his strategies.

Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler

2005