Richard Bremmer

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Richard Bremmer
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Born (1953-01-27) 27 January 1953 (age 71)
Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1981–present

Richard Bremmer (born 27 January 1953) is an English actor.

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Early life

Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire.

Career

Bremmer first began his career in the short film of Couples and Robbers before being in his first full-length film The Girl with Brains in Her Feet. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). [1] He was cast as Skeld in The 13th Warrior and also appeared in the 2004 film Viper in the Fist, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin.

Bremmer's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream , Julius Caesar , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead , King Lear and MacBeth . He has appeared in movies such as the 2014 biographical drama Mr. Turner , the 2015 adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea , the 2007 biographical drama Control , the 2003 action comedy Shanghai Knights and the 2001 comedy film Just Visiting . His television credits include the fantasy drama series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands , the historical drama series The Borgias , the adventure-drama series Crusoe , and the docudrama Dunkirk . [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Couples and RobbersPC
1997 The Girl with Brains in Her Feet Vic
1999 The 13th Warrior Skeld Beowulf & Grendel
Onegin Diplomat at ball
2001 Just Visiting King Henry
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Lord Voldemort Voice provided by Ian Hart
2002 Half Past Dead Sonny Eckvall
2003 Shanghai Knights Master at Arms
To Kill a King Abraham
The Sin Eater Bookstore Owner
2004 Ripper 2: Letter from Within Dr. Weisser
Viper in the Fist L'abbé Traquet
2007 Control Ian's Father
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Lord VoldemortArchive footage
The Power of ThreeDonald
2012City SlackerMatt
2014 Mr Turner George Jones
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Benjamin Fuller
2016 Swallows and Amazons Old Billy
2018 In Fabric Mr. Lundy
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker First Order officer #5
2022 Flux Gourmet Dr. Glock

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Juliet Bravo Thomas BriggsEpisode: "Unpicking the Stitches"
1982 Made in Britain Policeman #2TV film
1984 Miracles Take Longer
1985 By the Sword Divided Escort CommanderEpisode: "The Mailed Fist"
Theatre Night Episode: "Trelawny of the 'Wells'"
1986 Zastrozzi: A Romance Petrol AttendantTV mini-series
1993 Scarlet and the Black Laughing CoachmanEpisode #1.2
1994–1996 The Bill Ted the Barman
Ian Wilson
Episodes: "Final Straw", "Hedging Your Bets"
1999 Peak Practice Nick BowmanEpisode: "No Bounds"
2004 Coronation Street Malcolm PhillipsEpisode #1.5829
Casualty Willie MalloyEpisode: "Past Imperfect"
2006 Marple Mr SimEpisode: "Sleeping Murder"
2008–2009 Crusoe GallerneEpisodes: "Name of the Game", "The Traveler"
2010 Holby City NormanEpisode: "Get Busy Living"
2011 The Borgias NotaryEpisode: "The Poisoned Chalice"
2012 The Hollow Crown Abbot of WestminsterEpisode: "Richard II"
2013 Murder on the Home Front Charlie MaxtonTV film
2016 Our Zoo Casper ButterfieldTV mini-series
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands RothEpisode #1.4
2018 The Alienist MorticianEpisode: "A Fruitful Partnership"
Into the Badlands Old ManEpisode: "Chapter XX: Blind Cannibal Assassins"
2020 The Third Day Old ManEpisodes: "Friday – The Father"
"Saturday – The Son"
"Sunday – The Ghost"

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