David Prowse

David Prowse is the man inside the most iconic mask in cinema: the towering body of Darth Vader was his. A Bristol-born former weightlifter, his sheer physical presence is what gave Vader that overwhelming gravity, and that fact still gives me chills. Someone else dubbed the voice, yet Prowse shook the whole world through posture and stance alone, which is a rare actorly feat. He also appeared in A Clockwork Orange and spent years as a diligent fitness advocate. He left us in 2020, but that silhouette is etched into the galaxy forever. I quietly salute him.

Name (English)

David Prowse

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・プラウズ

Reading

でびっど・ぷらうず

Born

July 1, 1935 – November 28, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / film actor / weightlifter / television actor / professional fitness coach

Awards & achievements

• Member of the Order of the British Empire

• Official sitehttp://www.darthvader-starwars.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Prowse
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128379

Tags

• Avon
• actor
• film actor
• weightlifter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.