Richard Armitage
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: August 22, 1971
Place of Birth: Leicester, England, UK
Known For
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta. This is prime territory for Africa's most secretive big cat and although leopards normally avoid contact with each other one island is the common hunting ground of three individuals as they are drawn together by the changing seasons and the movement of their prey. What unfolds is an in-depth portrayal of their private lives; following the tension, drama and in the end, heart wrenching tragedy as all three seek one common goal - to dominate one of the Okavango's most prized leopard territories.
Hannibal
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
Castlevania
A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.
North & South
Margaret Hale is a southerner from a country vicarage newly settled in the industrial northern town of Milton. In the shock of her move, she misjudges charismatic cotton mill-owner John Thornton, whose strength of purpose and passion are a match for her own pride and willfulness. When the workers of Milton call a strike, Margaret takes their side, and the two are brought into deeper conflict. As events spiral out of control, Margaret - to her surprise - begins to fall in love with Thornton...
Inspector George Gently
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Cold Feet
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
The Crucible
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
Filmography
as Self
as Ellis Stagger
as Charles Devereaux (voice)
as Dr. Matthew Nolan
as Joe Burkett
as Jasko
as William Farrow
as Father Quart
as Ray Levine
as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
as Astrov
as Self
as Adam Price
as Richard
as James Lewis
as Claude Becker
as Chop
as Dr. Scott White
as Trevor Belmont (voice)
as Raymond De Merville
as Tom Cahalan
as Daniel Miller
as King Oleron
as Thorin Oakenshield
as John Proctor
as Gary Morris
as Thorin Oakenshield
as Francis Dolarhyde
as Thorin Oakenshield
as Heinz Kruger
as Himself - Narrator
as Self - Narrator
as John Porter
as Narrator
as John Mulligan
as Narrator (Voice)
as Percy Courtenay
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
as Self
as Claude Monet
as Peter Macduff
as Dr. Alec Track
as William Chatford
as Steven
as John Thornton
as Paul Andrews
as Capt. Ian Macalwain
as John Standring
as Lucas North
as Armed Police Officer
as Philip Turner
as Angus
as Epiphanes
as Smug Man at Party
as Harry Kennedy
as Self
as Self
as Craig Parker
as Narrator
as Astov
as Chris