Biography

British actor Bob Flag has a brief career as an actor appearing in a couple of films in the 1980's and early 2000's. However, he is best remembered for his unique and silent performance where his serious face and expression indicates he's watching everything and everyone. As the infamous leader Big Brother in 1984 (1984), directed by Michael Radford and adapted from George Orwell's classic novel, Flag's face is presented on a still photograph that is replicated in several screens presented on people's home, work places and everywhere indicating that the great leader is in charge of everything in his nation and people worship him as if he was a god. Except for Winston Smith, the rebellious lead character played by John Hurt. He doesn't trust the politics of Big Brother and challenges it several times.

He doesn't say a word in the whole film and the still photograph is the only way we can get a glimpse of his performance - that still says a lot. Flag's face was immortalized on the film's poster and became an iconic symbol that represents a tyrannic main authority in power and one who observes everything around him. Big Brother is watching you!

Before this role, he made his film debut in an free adaptation of James Joyce's classic Uliisses (1982). Other credits include Eat the Rich (1987), Too much ! (1987), Cold Light of Day (1990) and most recently in Calendar Girls (2003).

- IMDb mini biography by: Rodrigo Amaro