Richard Dillane
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1964-10-15 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- London, England, United Kingdom
Biography
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, 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, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.
Known For
TV Shows (41)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Oliver Ordish
Peaky Blinders
2013
as General Curran
Doctor Who
2005
as Carter
Outlander
2014
as Captain Raines
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Major Summerhayes
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mr. Scarisbrick
The Crown
2016
as King George V
The Last Kingdom
2015
as Ludeca
Vera
2011
as Will Peyton
Casualty
1986
as Anthony Sharman / Sean Anderson
Andor
2022
as Davo Sculdun
Father Brown
2013
as Sir Charles Hakeworth
Heartbeat
1992
as Terry
Endeavour
2013
as Leo Richardson
Spooks
2002
as John Richardson
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ricardo Rivelli
Foyle's War
2002
as Charles Roper
Hustle
2004
as Graham Poole
Lewis
2007
as Theodore Platt
New Tricks
2004
as Lawrence Delvin
Poldark
2015
as Henry Bull
The Diplomat
2023
as Tom Libby
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
as Patrick Wayne
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Sgt Brad Connor
Wolf Hall
2015
as Duke of Suffolk
Berlin Station
2016
as Gerald Ellman
Atlantis
2013
as Palos
Cold Feet
1998
as Miles Brodie
Dalgliesh
2021
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
Giri/Haji
2019
as Brian
The White Princess
2017
as Thomas Stanley
Young Wallander
2020
as Hemberg
Adventure Inc.
2002
as Michael Drake
The Grand
1997
as Sean Villiers
The Last Post
2017
as Harvey Tilbrook
Twice Upon a Time
2019
as David Arron
Stonehouse
2023
as Mackenzie
Space Race
2005
as Wernher von Braun
Solomon
1997
as Jeroboam
West of Liberty
2019
as Ron Harriman
Inheritance
as Eugene Desfrienes
Movies (31)
The Dark Knight
2008
as Acting Commissioner
Argo
2012
as OSS Officer Nicholls
Murder at the Embassy
2025
as Robert
The Jacket
2005
as Captain Medley
Anna
2013
as Robert Greene
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Aragon
Wing Commander
1999
as Lt. Hunter
The Forgotten Battle
2021
as Sinclair
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Colonel Menzies
The Edge of Love
2008
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Spartacus
2004
as Julius Caesar
De-Lovely
2004
as Bill Wrather
Solomon
1997
as Jeroboam
The Last Vermeer
2019
as Colonel Jenkins
The Dinosaur Project
2012
as Marchant
Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Jack Sutter
Altar
2014
as Greg
United Passions
2014
as Larsen
The Show
2021
as Henry Gaunt
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Merv Humphreys
Against the Law
2017
as Prosecutor Roberts
Emmerdale: Revenge
1998
as D.S. Dan Campbell
Doc Martin
2001
as Tim
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as John Cross
One Hundredth of a Second
2006
as Connor
Seeing Red
2000
as Steve
The Real Sopranos
2006
as Narrator
Interview with a Poltergeist
2007
as Narrator
Mother's Day
2018
as Dr Tarring
Space Race
2005
as Werner Von Braun
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Roger
About Richard Dillane
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, 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, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine. With 72 credits spanning from 1986 to 2025, Richard Dillane has appeared in 31 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Dillane Movies
- The Dark Knight (2008) — as Acting Commissioner
- Argo (2012) — as OSS Officer Nicholls
- Murder at the Embassy (2025) — as Robert
- The Jacket (2005) — as Captain Medley
- Anna (2013) — as Robert Greene
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