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name: "Doug Bradley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-bradley"
fi1m_id: "doug-bradley"
imdb_id: "nm0103208"
tmdb_id: 73040
wikidata_id: "Q705531"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 September 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:48:38.834401+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Doug Bradley

## Identity

Doug Bradley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-bradley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-bradley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0103208
- **TMDB ID:** 73040
- **Wikidata ID:** Q705531
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bradley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73040

Actor. Born 7 September 1954 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 September 1954, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- **Active:** 1987–2000
- **Also known as:**  Douglas William Bradley , Douglas Bradley, Bill Bradley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bradley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705531, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103208/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73040

## Biography

Doug Bradley is an English actor born in Liverpool on 7 September 1954. He attended Quarry Bank High School with Clive Barker and co-founded the progressive theatre group Dog Company with him in the 1970s.

Bradley is best known for playing the Cenobite leader Pinhead in the first eight Hellraiser films. He portrayed the character, initially credited as the Lead Cenobite, in *Hellraiser* (1987) and reprised the role in *Hellraiser: Inferno* (2000) and six other entries in the series. He also played Captain Elliot Spencer in *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988) and *Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth* (1992).

His other film credits include *Nightbreed* (1990). He has worked as a voice actor and has been credited under the name Bill Bradley on some makeup department roles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hellraiser: Inferno* (2000), Fi1m 54, as Pinhead — [page](https://film.one/film/hellraiser-inferno.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Demonatrix* (2025), as Edward MacGowan
- *Thy Will Be Done* (2025), as Captain Christopher Torrance
- *Witch Hunter* (2024), as King Konrad
- *The TRIP* (2024), as Jack A. Caruso
- *The Exorcists* (2023), as Father Patrick Ryland
- *Thorns* (2023), Actor
- *Gotham Knights* (2023), series, as Joe Chill
- *The United States of Horror: Chapter 2* (2022), as Narrator
- *The Barn Part II* (2022), as Walter Daniels
- *Corrective Measures* (2022), as Senator Zechariah
- *Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender* (2021), as General Legs (voice)
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, as The Technicians (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *DOTA: Dragon's Blood* (2021), series, as Byssrak (voice), Kashurra / Byssrak (voice), Kashurra (voice)
- *Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness* (2018), as Nyarlathotep (voice)
- *Lore* (2017), series, as Dr. Robert Knox
- *Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom* (2017), as The Envoy / Nyarlathotep (voice)
- *Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom* (2016), as The Envoy (Nyarlathotep) (voice)
- *Shame the Devil* (2013), as Victor
- *Scream Park* (2012), as Mr. Hyde
- *Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines* (2012), as Maynard
- *Lucifer's Unholy Desire* (2012), as Rev. McDowell (voice)
- *Deer Crossing* (2012), as Sheriff Lock
- *The Inflicted* (2012), as Agent Wilson
- *A Vampire's Tale* (2011), as Jacob
- *The Reverend* (2011), as Reverend Andrews
- *Underground Entertainment: The Movie* (2011), as Jim's Dad
- *Jack Falls* (2011), as Doug Bradley
- *Exorcismus* (2010), as Father Ennis
- *Book of Blood* (2009), as Tollington
- *Ten Dead Men* (2008), as The Narrator
- *The Cottage* (2008), as Villager with Dog
- *Doug Bradley's Spine Chillers: The Outsider* (2008), Narrator, Director
- *Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes* (2006), as Doc Fraser
- *Hellraiser: Hellworld* (2005), as Pinhead
- *Hellraiser: Deader* (2005), as Pinhead
- *The Prophecy: Uprising* (2005), as Laurel
- *Dominator* (2003), as Dr. Payne / Lord Desecrator (voice)
- *The Commander* (2003), series, Actor
- *Red Lines* (2002), as Teacher
- *Hellraiser: Hellseeker* (2002), as Pinhead / Merchant
- *Hellraiser: Inferno* (2000), as Pinhead — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hellraiser-inferno.md)
- *On Edge* (1999), as Dr. Matthews
- *Written in Blood* (1998), as Eric Myers
- *Archangel Thunderbird* (1998), as Dr. Churchill
- *Killer Tongue* (1996), as Wig
- *Hellraiser: Bloodline* (1996), as Pinhead
- *Jim's Gift* (1996), as Mr. Winthrop
- *Proteus* (1995), as Leonard Brinkstone
- *The Big Game* (1995), as Harry Woolf
- *Shepherd on the Rock* (1993), as James Culzean
- *Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth* (1992), as Pinhead / Elliot · Makeup Artist
- *Nightbreed* (1990), as Dirk Lylesberg
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), as Pinhead
- *Hellraiser* (1987), as Lead Cenobite
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as Clergyman Williams — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *The Forbidden* (1978), Actor
- *Salome* (1973), as Herod
- *The Hairy Hands*, as voice
- *The 4th Reich*, as SS-Hauptsturmführer Gast

## Gallery

- ![Doug Bradley](https://film.one/media/person/95335/gallery-4d36e2cbd41d.jpg) Doug Bradley — Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Paris_Manga_13_-_Doug_Bradley_-_001.jpg/1280px-Paris_Manga_13_-_Doug_Bradley_-_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Doug Bradley](https://film.one/media/person/95335/gallery-639895474d6e.jpg) Doug Bradley — Image via TMDB

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