Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.
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Credits
- 2024 · Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft as Charles Devereaux (voice)
- 2024 · Red Eye as Matthew Nolan
- 2024 · Fool Me Once as Joe Burkett
- 2023 · The Boy in the Woods as Jasko
- 2023 · Obsession as William Farrow
- 2022 · The Man from Rome as Father Quart
- 2021 · Stay Close as Ray Levine
- 2021 · The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out as Self
- 2021 · Space Sweepers as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
- 2020 · Uncle Vanya as Astrov
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2020 · The Stranger as Adam Price
- 2020 · The Lodge as Richard
- 2019 · My Zoe as James Lewis
- 2018 · Ocean's Eight as Claude Becker
- 2018 · I Am Urban as Chop
- 2017 · Sleepwalker as Dr. Scott White
- 2017 · Castlevania as Trevor Belmont (voice)
- 2017 · Pilgrimage as Raymond De Merville
- 2017 · Brain on Fire as Tom Cahalan
- 2016 · Berlin Station as Daniel Miller
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as King Oleron
- 2015 · Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon as Self
- 2014 · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Thorin Oakenshield
- 2014 · The Crucible as John Proctor
- 2014 · Into the Storm as Gary Morris
- 2013 · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Thorin Oakenshield
- 2013 · Hannibal as Francis Dolarhyde
- 2012 · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Thorin Oakenshield
- 2011 · Captain America: The First Avenger as Heinz Kruger
- 2011 · HMS Ark Royal as Himself - Narrator
- 2010 · Lost Land of the Tiger as Self - Narrator
- 2010 · Strike Back as John Porter
- 2010 · Leopards of Dead Tree Island as Narrator
- 2009 · Moving On as John Mulligan
- 2009 · The Great Sperm Race as Narrator (Voice)
- 2008 · Inspector George Gently as
- 2007 · Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall as Percy Courtenay
- 2006 · Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
- 2006 · The Impressionists as Claude Monet
- 2005 · Macbeth as Peter Macduff
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as
- 2005 · The Golden Hour as Dr. Alec Track
- 2005 · Malice Aforethought as William Chatford
- 2005 · Frozen as Steven
- 2004 · North & South as John Thornton
- 2003 · Between The Sheets as Paul Andrews
- 2002 · Ultimate Force as
- 2002 · Ultimate Force as Capt. Ian Macalwain
- 2002 · Sparkhouse as John Standring
- 2002 · Spooks as Lucas North
- 2002 · Spooks as Armed Police Officer
- 2002 · The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Philip Turner
- 2001 · Macbeth as Angus
- 1999 · Cleopatra as Epiphanes
- 1999 · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace as Tonra
- 1999 · This Year's Love as Smug Man at Party
- 1998 · Cold Feet as
- 1994 · The Vicar of Dibley as Harry Kennedy
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1986 · Casualty as Craig Parker
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1971 · Great Performances as Astov
- 2024 · Now & Then as Chris
- 2024 · Missing You as Ellis Stagger