Which English actor played Pinhead in eight of the ‘Hellraiser’ series of films?
Pinhead (Hellraiser) as a rhombus in honour of Pinhead's master, the fictional character Leviathan. In the first eight Hellraiser films, Pinhead is portrayed by Doug Bradley. Because of his eventual skill at application and removal of the Pinhead appliances and costume, Bradley has been credited in some of the Hellraiser films as an assistant make-up artist. When he read the script for the first time, Bradley stated on interview that he saw Pinhead as a cross between Oscar Wilde and Noël Coward. Upon asking Barker how he should play Pinhead, Barker told him to "[think] of him as a cross between an
Pinhead (Hellraiser) The Hellbound Heart, the first two Hellraiser films, and the BOOM! comic series, with The Female and Butterball making appearances in The Scarlet Gospels and Chatterer appearing in all but two of the Hellraiser sequels. In "Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth" and "Hellraiser: Bloodline" Pinhead creates cenobites from his victims, giving them characteristics evocative of their past lives or professions. Later films in the series depict Pinhead accompanied by new Cenobites of unknown origin. Though he usually dominates other demons present in the films, in "Hellraiser: Bloodline", he encounters Angelique, whom he grudgingly treats as an equal: Though initially reverent