Richard Dillane

Richard Dillane (born 1964) is an English actor. He appears in Soldier Soldier (1995), Cold Feet (2000), Space Race (2005), Tristan & Isolde (2006), Spooks (2007), Casualty (2008-2009), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), Doctor Who (2011), Argo (2012), Dead in Tombstone (2013), Wolf Hall (2015), Peaky Blinders and Poldark (2016), Giri/Haji (2019), Young Wallander (2020),The Crown and Andor (2022).

Early life and education

Dillane is from Kent,^[1] and grew up near London with his brother Stephen (also an actor). Their mother is English and their father was born in Australia to Irish parents.^[2] He took a philosophy degree at Manchester University,^{[citation needed]} and lived in Australia for ten years,^[3] working in white-water rafting as a guide,^[2] also as an actor and director.^[4]

Career

In 2020, he appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander,^[4] based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo,^[3] and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.^[4]

He was Wernher von Braun in the BBC television docudrama Space Race,^[4] Nero in Howard Brenton's play Paul at the National Theatre of Great Britain and appeared several times as Stephen Maturin in the BBC radio adaptations of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey–Maturin novels and Peter Guillam in three John le Carré adaptations.^[4] Dillane's other film work includes The Dark Knight (as Acting Commissioner),^[4] Mindscape^[3] with Mark Strong, The Dinosaur Project,^[3] The Edge of Love, The Jacket,^[3] Tristan & Isolde (2006),^[3] and as Cole Porter's last lover Bill Wrather (a composite character) in Irwin Winkler's biopic De-Lovely, which starred Kevin Kline.^[4]

Recent television work includes Giri/Haji,^[3] The Last Kingdom, Peaky Blinders,^[2] Counterpart,^[4] Outlander,^[2] The Last Post,^[3] and Star Wars: Andor.^[4]

In 2015, he played Duke of Suffolk in the BBC TV series Wolf Hall,^[2] and in 2016 he appeared in the lead role of DCI Michael Waite in a double episode of the BBC TV series Silent Witness.^[2]

Prior to this, he played the captain of the shape-changing justice robot Teselecta in two episodes of Doctor Who^[4] ("Let's Kill Hitler" and "The Wedding of River Song"), rogue spy John Richardson in Spooks (2007),^[2] Australian conman Graham Poole in Hustle,^[4] photographer and old flame Miles Brodie in Cold Feet,^[4] posh drug addict Theodore Platt in the first episode of Lewis^[3] and the relationship counsellor Ben in Men Behaving Badly,^[4] as well as regular characters Sean Anderson in Casualty,^[2] and Australian sergeant Brad Connor in the ITV series Soldier Soldier.^[3]

On stage, Dillane has performed at the National Theatre of Great Britain in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.^[4] In 2000, he was the 1st Duke of Suffolk in the Olivier Award-winning Michael Boyd productions of Henry VI parts 1, 2 and 3 in Stratford, London and Michigan.^[5] He played Hamlet in Perth, Australia, directed by Ray Omodei.^[4]

He is also a regular radio actor and voice-over artist.^[3]

Personal life

His essay 'Making Sense of "To be, or not to be"', about Hamlet's soliloquy, was published in Shakespeare and Montaigne.

He is married to Scottish actress Jayne McKenna, and they live in Brighton, East Sussex (in 2015).^[1] They were married in 2005, and had three children, all boys, Austin, Murray and Ray.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Emmerdale: Revenge	D.S. Dan Campbell	Direct-to-Video
1999	Wing Commander	Lieutenant Hunter
2000	Seeing Red	Steve	TV film
2001	Doc Martin	Tim	TV film
2002	George Eliot: A Scandalous Life	John Cross	TV film
2004	EMR	Victor
2004	De-Lovely	Bill Wrather
2005	The Jacket	Captain Medley
2005	Our Hidden Lives	S	TV film
2006	Tristan & Isolde	Aragon
2006	One Hundredth of a Second	Connor	Short film
2008	The Edge of Love	Lieutenant Colonel David Talbot Rice
2008	The Dark Knight	Acting Commissioner
2009	Free Agents	Theatre Actor	TV film
	Moonshot	Tom Stafford	TV film
	Mad, Sad & Bad	Roger
2010	Oranges and Sunshine	Merv
2012	The Dinosaur Project	Jonathan Marchant
2012	Argo	OSS Officer Nicholls
2013	Dead in Tombstone	Jack Sutter	Direct-to-Video
2013	Mindscape	Robert
2014	United Passions	Larsen
	Altar	Greg
	The Last Hand	John	Short film
2017	Against the Law	Prosecutor Roberts	TV film
2018	Mother's Day	Dr. Tarring	TV film
2019	The Last Vermeer	Colonel Jenkins
2020	The Show	Flash Avenger
2020	The Forgotten Battle	Sinclair
2021	Munich – The Edge of War	Colonel Menzies

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Soldier Soldier	Sergeant Brad Connor	Recurring role; 10 episodes
1997	Heartbeat	Terry	Episode: "Peace and Quiet"
	Men Behaving Badly	Ben	Episode: "Ten"
	Solomon	Jeroboam	Mini-series
1998	The Grand	Sean Villiers	Series 2, Episode 6
	Big Women	Brian	Mini-series
	Verdict	Robert Horton-Smith	Episode: "Split Second"
1999	An Evil Streak	David Mereday	Mini-series
2000	Cold Feet	Miles Brodie	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2003	Jean Moulin, une affaire française	Anthony Harper	Mini-series
	Red Cap	Captain Finbar Glover	Episode: "Cover Story"
	Adventure Inc.	Michael Drake	Episode: "Spirit of the Mask"
2004	Spartacus	Julius Caesar	Episode: "Julius Caesar"
2005	Space Race	Wernher von Braun	Series regular
2006	Hustle	Graham Poole	Episode: "Law and Corruption"
2007	Casualty	Anthony Sharman	Episode: "The Silence of Friends"
	Waking the Dead	Ricardo Rivelli	Episode: "Mask of Sanity"
	Lewis	Theodore Platt	Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy"
	Rome	Centurion Vallo	Episode: "De Patre Vostro"
	Spooks	John Richardson	Episode: "The Broadcast"
2008	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Major Summerhayes	Episode: "Mrs McGinty's Dead"
2008-2009	Casualty	Sean Anderson	Series regular
2011	Doctor Who	Carter	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2012	DCI Banks	DCI Stuart Burgess	Episode: "Dry Bones That Dream"
2013	Midsomer Murders	Oliver Ordish	Episode: "Schooled in Murder"
	Foyle's War	Charles Roper	Series 7 Episode 3: "Sunflower"
	Atlantis	Pallos	Episode: "A Boy of No Consequence"
2014	Vera	Will Peyton	Episode: "The Deer Hunters"
2014	New Tricks	Lawrence Devlin	Episode: "Tender Loving Care"
2015	Wolf Hall	Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk	Series regular
2015	Partners in Crime	Bulldog	Episode: "The Secret Adversary"
2016	Endeavour	Leo Richardson	Episode: "Arcadia"
	Silent Witness	DCI Michael Waite	Episode: "Flight"
	Peaky Blinders	General Curran	Episode: "Series 3, Episode 1"
	Poldark	Henry Bull	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
	Berlin Station	Gerald Ellman	Episode: "Station to Station"
	Daye's Work	DI Harry Daye	Episode: "Pilot"
2017	The White Princess	Sir Thomas Stanley	Series regular
	The Last Post	Harvey Tilbrook	Series regular
	Outlander	Captain Raines	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2018	Counterpart	Ricky Langston	Episode: "Something Borrowed"
2019	West of Liberty	Ron Herriman	Series regular
	Twice Upon a Time	David Arron	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Strike Back	Whitehall	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Giri/Haji	Brian	Series 1, Episode 3
2020	The Last Kingdom	Ludeca	Recurring role; 4 episodes
	Betaal	Colonel Lynedoch	Series regular
	Young Wallander	Hemberg	Series regular
2021	Call the Midwife	Mr. Scarisbrick	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2021	Dalgliesh	Dr. Stephen Courtney-Briggs	Episode: "Shroud for a Nightingale"
2022	Father Brown	Sir Charles Hakeworth	Episode: "The Red Death"
	Andor	Davo Sculdun	Episode: "One Way Out"
	The Crown	George V	Episode: "Ipatiev House"
2023	The Diplomat	Tom Libby	2 episodes

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref
1996	Twelfth Night	Antonio	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre	^[6]
1996	Troilus and Cressida	Diomedes	Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre	^[7]
2000	Henry VI	Suffolk	Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon	^[5]
2001	Double Indemnity	Walter Huff	Playhouse, Salisbury & New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich	^[8]
2001	Richard III	Rivers	Young Vic, London	^[4]
2002	Measure for Measure Malaya	Angelo	Riverside Studios, London	^[9]
2004	Uncle Varick	Dr. Michael	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh	^[10]
2005	Paul	Nero	Royal National Theatre, London	^[11]
2006	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Theatre Royal, Bristol	^[12]
2012	The Lady from the Sea	Arnholm	Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames	^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "East Kilbride actress lands starring role in West End musical War Horse". dailyrecord.co.uk. 10 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Richard Dillane". tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Richard Dillane Voice". sueterryvoices.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Richard Dillane". conwayvangeldergrant.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b "RSC Performances Henry VI". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "RSC Performances Twelfth Night". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "RSC Performances Troilus and Cressida". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ "Reflex Action for Ipswich Wolsey Theatre". etNow. 19 November 2001.
^ Billington, Michael (8 November 2002). "Theatre - Measure for Measure Malaya". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Jones, Sarah (22 April 2004). "Uncle Varick, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Billington, Michael (10 November 2005). "Theatre - Paul". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Gore-Langton, Robert (16 May 2006). "The Taming Of The Shrew, Old Vic, Bristol". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ Fox, Killian (4 March 2012). "The Lady from the Sea – review". The Guardian. The Observer. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

External links

Richard Dillane at IMDb
Richard Dillane profile, radiolistings.co.uk; accessed 2 March 2016.

[jayne-1] "East Kilbride actress lands starring role in West End musical War Horse". dailyrecord.co.uk. 10 April 2015.

[tv-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Richard Dillane". tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[sue-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Richard Dillane Voice". sueterryvoices.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[conway-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Richard Dillane". conwayvangeldergrant.com. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[henry-5] "RSC Performances Henry VI". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[6] "RSC Performances Twelfth Night". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[7] "RSC Performances Troilus and Cressida". Shakespeare Theatre Company. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[8] "Reflex Action for Ipswich Wolsey Theatre". etNow. 19 November 2001.

[9] Billington, Michael (8 November 2002). "Theatre - Measure for Measure Malaya". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[10] Jones, Sarah (22 April 2004). "Uncle Varick, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[11] Billington, Michael (10 November 2005). "Theatre - Paul". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[12] Gore-Langton, Robert (16 May 2006). "The Taming Of The Shrew, Old Vic, Bristol". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[13] Fox, Killian (4 March 2012). "The Lady from the Sea – review". The Guardian. The Observer. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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Richard Dillane

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre credits

References

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