Doug Bradley

Douglas William "Doug" Bradley (born 7 September 1954) is an English actor, best known for his role as Lead Cenobite in the Hellraiser film series. Early life Bradley was born in Liverpool, England. He attended Quarry Bank High School. Career Bradley is best known for playing the role of Lead Cenobite, the antagonist in eight Hellraiser films (the only exception being Hellraiser: Revelations), as well as Captain Elliot Spencer in two of the films, Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988) and Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992). He is one of only five actors to play the same horror character at least six consecutive times, the others being Sir Christopher Lee (who portrayed Count Dracula), Robert Englund (who portrayed Freddy Krueger), Warwick Davis (who portrayed the Leprechaun), and Tobin Bell (who portrayed Jigsaw). Due to his eventual skill at application and removal of the Pinhead appliances and costume, he has been credited in some of the Hellraiser films as an assistant make-up artist named Bill Bradley, using his middle name. Personal life Bradley is an atheist. He is a longtime close friend of novelist Clive Barker, the two having met when they attended secondary school, and has worked with Barker in various capacities since the early 1970s.