40 years ago actor Robert Powell famously played the role of Jesus in Franco Zeffirelli’s six-hour miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and he is the guide in this look beyond the pages of the bible ...

Robert Powell played the titular role in “Jesus of Nazareth” 40 years ago. Today, he’s returning to the Holy Land to learn more about Jesus Christ, and filming it all for Smithsonian Channel.

The series, hosted by Robert Powell, who played the biblical figure in the 1977 miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth,” will premiere on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m. The premiere is timed to the ...

the Smithsonian Channel has greenlit The Real Jesus Of Nazareth, a four-part series which will debut sometime next year. The show follows Robert Powell, the British actor who played Jesus in the ...

Back in 1975 I was offered a part in the film Jesus of Nazareth ... be focused on me at the foot of the cross, and so it was not necessary for Robert Powell, the actor who portrayed Jesus ...

In any case, for these reasons and others, I preferred the first part of “Jesus of Nazareth,” which concentrates ... And when it comes to Robert Powell as Jesus, I tried, but I don’t know ...

Robert Powell was born on June 1 ... Some of his well known movies include Franco Ziefirelli's "Jesus of Nazareth" (1977), Ken Russell's Tommy (1975) and Mahler (1974), the remake of The Thirty ...

In the four decades since it made its debut on Palm Sunday and Easter of 1977, I’ve watched Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth in ... art and imagination. Robert Powell’s face, bearing ...

Robert Powell ... resurrection of Jesus. With Laurence Olivier, James Earl Jones and Ian McShane. This movie is derived from combining all 4 parts of the original Jesus of Nazareth mini-series ...

Jesus of Nazareth, the 1977 British-Italian epic ... Haunting, gripping, tortured Robert Powell nailed the look and every time he looked into the camera I thought he was looking directly into ...

Robert Powell played the titular role in “Jesus of Nazareth” 40 years ago. Today, he’s returning to the Holy Land to learn more about Jesus Christ, and filming it all for Smithsonian Channel.

the Smithsonian Channel has greenlit The Real Jesus Of Nazareth, a four-part series which will debut sometime next year. The show follows Robert Powell, the British actor who played Jesus in the ...