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

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

Friends

The Colbert Report

Horizon

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

All Movies (37)

• Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible2025 · as Self
• Mrs Robinson2024
• DEVO2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Space Titans: Musk, Bezos, Branson2021 · as Self
• Eating Our Way to Extinction2021 · as Self
• Send It!2021 · as Self (as Sir Richard Branson)
• Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip2018 · as Self
• The Kodiak Queen2018 · as Self
• Matthews2017 · as Self
• The 21st Century Race For Space2017 · as Self
• Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers2017 · as Self
• Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins2016 · as Self - Rider
• Don't Look Down2016 · as Self
• Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Visioneer: The Peter Diamandis Story2015 · as Self
• Nelson Mandela Redrawn2014 · as Self
• We Are Many2014 · as Self
• Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story2013 · as Self
• Miracle Rising: South Africa2013 · as Self
• When Albums Ruled the World2013 · as Self
• The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia2012 · as Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball2012 · as Self
• Choice Point2012 · as Self
• A Man's Story2011 · as Self
• 210 Days – Around the World with Jessica Watson2010 · as Narrator
• Fuel2008 · as Self - Founder, Virgin Group
• Casino Royale2006 · as Man at Airport Security (uncredited)
• Rabbit Fever2006 · as Self
• Superman Returns2006 · as Shuttle Engineer
• Around the World in 80 Days2004 · as Balloon Man
• There's Only One Paul McCartney2002 · as Self
• The Filth and the Fury2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Condom1990
• XTC at the Manor1980
• Derek and Clive Get the Horn1979 · as Man with a Beard
• Discovery Live: Into The Blue Hole—
• One Planet— · as Self

All TV Shows (40)

• Branson2022 · as Self
• Amol Rajan Interviews2021 · as Self - Interviewed Guest
• The Secret Life of Lele Pons2020 · as Self
• The Russell Howard Hour2017 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• ANIXE auf Reisen2014 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Shark Tank2009 · as Self
• The Secret Caribbean with Trevor McDonald2009
• The Meaning of Life2009 · as Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• Kate Garraway's Life Stories2009 · as Self
• Oh So Cosmo2008
• Tripping Over2006 · as Self
• Iconoclasts2005 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• The X Factor2005 · as Self
• The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best2004
• Open Access2004 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• FBI Music Magazine2000
• Click2000 · as Self
• Loose Women1999 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Fox News Sunday1996
• Friends1994 · as Vendor
• The Simpsons1989 · as Richard Branson (voice)
• Birds of a Feather1989 · as Richard Branson
• Baywatch1989 · as Richard Branson
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Going Live!1987 · as Self
• Russell Harty1980
• Question Time1979 · as Self - Panellist
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• Horizon1964
• World in Action1963