Richard Leaf | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1967 England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–2019 |
| Spouse | Tamsin Greig (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
Richard Leaf (born 1 January 1967) is an English actor.
He has had several small parts in television and stage productions. Leaf met actress Tamsin Greig at a wrap party after Neil Gaiman's 1996 miniseries Neverwhere finished recording. [1] They married in 1997 and they have three children. [2] [3] The actor is notable for his role as the Duke of York, nephew of King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart . He appeared as Hannibal Lecter's father in the 2007 film Hannibal Rising . [4] He also appeared as John Dawlish, an Auror, in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , [5] and portrayed Jack, the bartender of the Cloverdilly public house, in the 2006 film Penelope .
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Saint Joan | The Inquisitor | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh | Charles Nowosielski | play by George Bernard Shaw [6] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Braveheart | Duke of York | |
| Jack and Sarah | Stoned Man | ||
| Cutthroat Island | Snake the Lookout | ||
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Screaming Girl's Father | |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Neighbour | |
| This Is the Sea | Pastor Lamthorn | ||
| A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua | Capo esercito inglese | ||
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Conscience - Young Man | |
| 2000 | Best | Constable Davies | |
| Maybe Baby | Justin Cocker | ||
| 2001 | Enigma | Baxter | |
| 2003 | The Order | Sin Eater at St. Peters | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie | Gunman | Episode "A Life in Pictures" |
| 2005 | Derailed | Night Clerk Ray | |
| 2006 | Penelope | Jack the Bartender | |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Father Lecter | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | John Dawlish | ||
| 2008 | Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth | Colonel Regamun | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Evan Jago | "The Sleeper Under the Hill" |
| 2011 | Stop the World | — | Director and writer; short film |