Richard Cunningham is an English actor known for playing Ryall in Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winning Dancing on the Edge , [1] for the BBC with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Goode.
Richard was born in Hove, in Sussex, and grew up in the small village of Wisborough Green before going on to train as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Other television appearances include playing Barry Flowers in the Law and Order: UK episode Help, the Sherlock episode "A Scandal in Belgravia"[ citation needed ] and in series 1 of Law and Order UK , the first actor to play two different roles in the series.[ citation needed ] He appeared as Norman Wright in Hollyoaks, Gates with Joanna Page, Colin Chalmers in EastEnders, Doctors, the BAFTA nominated London Spy with Ben Wishaw BBC2 and Dickensian as the Reverend Crisparkle. He will soon be seen in The Royals with Elizabeth Hurley and Stan Lee's Lucky Man with James Nesbitt.
His film appearances include General Ramda in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , the Warner Brothers film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows ,[ citation needed ] the 2014 Hammer Films movie The Quiet Ones , with Jared Harris, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared , The Theory of Everything, the British thriller Breakdown with Craig Fairbrass, James Cosmo and Emmett J. Scanlan and the award-winning Andrew Haigh film 45 Years with Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay who won Silvers Bears at the Berlin International Film Festival and the film won The Michael Powell Award For Best British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Charlotte Rampling was also nominated for Best Actress at the 88th Academy Awards . He also appeared in Burnt with Bradley Cooper and The Man Who Knew Infinity with Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons .
Theatre roles include playing the Commander in Fuente Ovejuna at the Southwark Playhouse [2] and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink at the Aldwych Theatre.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Businessman | |
2013 | The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared | The Gardener | |
2014 | The Quiet Ones | Provost | |
2014 | The Theory of Everything | Equerry | Uncredited |
2015 | 45 Years | Mr Watkins | |
2015 | The Man Who Knew Infinity | Hobson | |
2015 | Burnt | Michelin Inspector #1 | |
2016 | Breakdown | Percy Johnson | |
2016 | Una | Prosecutor | |
2016 | Rogue One | General Ramda | |
2018 | Gold | Stanley | |
2023 | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | Lord Bute |
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay is an English actor. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he achieved prominence in the 1960s as part of actors of the British New Wave. Courtenay has received numerous accolades including three BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Silver Bear, and the Volpi Cup for Best Actor as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Emmy Award. He was knighted for his services to cinema and theatre in the 2001 New Year Honours.
Edward Cedric Hardwicke was an English actor, who had a distinguished career on the stage and on-screen. He was best known for playing Captain Pat Grant in Colditz (1972–73), and Dr. Watson in Granada Television's Sherlock Holmes (1986–94).
Geraint Wyn Davies is a British-American stage, film and television actor. Born in Wales and educated in Canada, he became a citizen of the United States on 13 June 2006, having been sworn in by then Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. His most famous role as the vampire-turned police detective Nick Knight in the Canadian television series Forever Knight.
James Broadbent is an English actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, he came to prominence as a character actor for his many roles in film and television. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, an International Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award.
Tessa Charlotte Rampling is an English actress. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model. She was cast in the role of Meredith in the 1966 film Georgy Girl, which starred Lynn Redgrave. She soon began making French and Italian arthouse films, notably Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969) and Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter (1974). She went on to star in many European and English-language films, including Stardust Memories (1980), The Verdict (1982), Long Live Life (1984), and The Wings of the Dove (1997). In the 2000s, she became the muse of French director François Ozon, appearing in several of his films, notably Swimming Pool (2003) and Young & Beautiful (2013). On television, she is known for her role as Dr. Evelyn Vogel in Dexter (2013).
Marton Paul Csokas is a New Zealand actor of film, stage, and television. A graduate of the Toi Whakaari drama school, he has worked extensively in Australia and Hollywood, along with his native country, and often portrays villainous roles.
Andrew Scott is an Irish actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Television Award and two Laurence Olivier Awards, along with nominations for three Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Sophie Thompson is a British actress. She has worked in film, television and theatre and she won the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the London revival of Into the Woods. She has been nominated for the Olivier Award five other times for Wildest Dreams (1994), Company (1996), Clybourne Park (2011) Guys and Dolls (2016) and Present Laughter (2019).
Jack Shepherd is an English actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP, Bill Brand (1976), and the detective drama Wycliffe (1993–1998). His film appearances include All Neat in Black Stockings (1969), Wonderland (1999) and The Golden Compass (2007). He won the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Gareth S. Armstrong is a British actor, director, teacher and writer.
Elizabeth Ann Crowther is an English theatre actress. Her father was the actor, comedian and presenter Leslie Crowther and her mother was Jean Crowther, actress and dancer.
Jérôme Pradon is a French actor and singer who has performed in the West End, in Paris and in various other places around the world. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Catherine Russell is a British stage, television and screen actress.
Alan MacKenzie Howard, CBE was an English actor. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1966 to 1983 and played leading roles at the Royal National Theatre between 1992 and 2000.
Janice Margaret "Jan" Graveson is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in EastEnders as Disa O'Brien and Benidorm as Susie.
George Innes is a British actor.
Jonathan Keith Le Billon is a British born actor known for working in feature films, television shows and performing with classical theatre companies.
Sean Gerard Mathias is a Welsh actor, director, and writer. He is known for directing the film Bent and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in London, New York City, Cape Town, Los Angeles and Sydney.
Timothy William Marriott is a British television actor, playwright and theatre director. He is known for his role as Gavin Featherly in the BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a 1992 play written by English dramatist Jim Cartwright.