Harry Richardson (actor)

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Harry Richardson
Born
Harry Richardson

(1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 30)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Harry Richardson (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Drake Carne in Poldark and Frank Gresham in Doctor Thorne . He currently portrays Larry Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age .

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== Early life and career ==

Richardson was born in Sydney, Australia, before moving to London at the age of two. [1] At the age of 12, he then went back to Australia for high school at Sydney Grammar School, where he discovered his love for acting, and then returned to the UK when he was 18. He then did a short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, before enrolling at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth in 2012 [2] [1] Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with Ivana Chubbuck at the 16th Street Acting School in Melbourne.

Richardson's first film was Looking for Grace in which he stars as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series Doctor Thorne when visiting family in London and attended "an audition in the morning before [his] flight back to Australia". [2] He then starred in Poldark , from the third season onward, as Drake Carne. [3] Richardson dated fellow Poldark actor Eleanor Tomlinson for around one year, until they broke up in June 2018. [4] He appeared in the 2017 film Dunkirk "for a second", but described the experience as a "teaser to a dream that I want to actualize". [5] In 2019, he starred in the Australian TV series Total Control as Senator Irving's Adviser Jonathan Cosgrove. [6] He currently portrays Larry Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Looking for Grace Jamie
2017 Dunkirk Private
2019I've Been Thinking About What You Look LikeMaxwellShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Doctor Thorne Frank Gresham4 episodes
2017–2019 Poldark Drake Carne25 episodes
2018 Death in Paradise Gabe LeeEpisode: "Meditated in Murder"
2019 Total Control Jonathan Cosgrove6 episodes
2022 - Present The Gilded Age Larry Russell9 episodes

Radio

YearTitleRoleProduction companyRef.
2017SnakeJarrod BBC Radio 4 [7]

Theatre

YearPlayRoleProduction companyRef.
2011 Suddenly Last Summer Assistant Director National Art School [8]
2013 The Golden Age Peter WAAPA
No WorriesSinger/Turbo Tongue
As You Like It Le Beau/Amiens
Chekhov in YaltaChekov
Hour of the Wolf Mr Kreisler
2014 Arturo Ui Old Dogsborough [9]
Festen Lars [8] [10]
Great Expectations Herbert [11]

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  3. ↑ "Will Aidan Turner have competition from new Poldark hunks Harry Richardson and Tom York in series 3?". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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