Richard Rankin

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Richard Rankin
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Richard Rankin in 2018
Born
Richard Harris

(1983-01-04) 4 January 1983 (age 41)
Rutherglen, Scotland
Alma mater Langside College
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, photographer, singer
Years active2006–present
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
RelativesColin Harris

Richard Rankin (born Richard Harris on 4 January 1983) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for the Scottish sketch show Burnistoun , for playing Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in the Starz drama Outlander and for playing the lead role in the 2024 TV series Rebus , adapted from the Inspector Rebus novels by Ian Rankin.

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Early life and education

Richard Rankin was born as Richard Harris [1] on 4 January 1983 [2] in Rutherglen, Scotland, [3] and spent part of his childhood in the East End of Glasgow. He moved to King's Park when he was ten, eventually attending Stonelaw High School. [4] [1] One of four boys born to a father on the police force and a mother in the hotel industry, he originally planned a career in the sciences or Information Technology. [1]

Rankin initially attended Glasgow Caledonian University as an IT major, but changed course after a chance encounter at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel during a holiday in Los Angeles. [5] A local film producer told the then 22-year-old that he had the look of an actor, and upon his return to Glasgow, Rankin auditioned for Langside College with his brother Colin Harris. [1] [5] Both graduated and went on to a career in acting, but when Rankin, who was then known by his birth name of Richard Harris, applied for his Equity card he began using his mother's maiden name (Rankin) to prevent confusion with Irish actor Richard Harris. [1] [6]

Career

Television

Rankin began his professional career in 2006 by starring alongside Robert Florence in VideoGaiden, a Scottish video game show originally aired on BBC Two Scotland . [7] [8] Between 2007 and 2010 he made appearances on episodic Scottish television programs Legit (2007) and The Old Guys (2009) for the BBC and Taggart (2010) for STV . [9] [10] [11] The Scottish sketch comedy series Burnistoun , which premiered in 2009 and ran for three series on BBC Two Scotland, featured Rankin in various roles. [12] [13]

Two years later Rankin was cast as lovelorn Army Captain Thomas Gillan, alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin, in the WWI based mini-series The Crimson Field . [14] [15] The program aired on BBC One in April 2014, but only ran for one series. [16] He joined the cast of BBC One's crime drama series Silent Witness in January 2015, starring as Detective Inspector Luke Nelson in series eighteen's two-part story "Falling Angels". [17] The episode focused on a series of murders on the London Underground, the investigation of which brought up mysterious childhood memories of his father's murder. [18] Rankin went on to guest star in two episodes of NBC's conspiracy thriller American Odyssey as corporate hit man Haney, though the series was cancelled after season one. [19] [20]

Richard Rankin (L) and Sophie Skelton (R) answer fan questions during a group panel at the Sasnak City Outlander convention on 18 November 2018. Richard Rankin (and Sophie Skelton) at the Sasnak City Outlander Convention 18 November 2018.jpg
Richard Rankin (L) and Sophie Skelton (R) answer fan questions during a group panel at the Sasnak City Outlander convention on 18 November 2018.

Writer Kay Mellor tailored the role of Sean McGary for Rankin, changing the character from a Northerner to a Scot, in 2015's third series of her anthology drama The Syndicate . [21] The series followed a group of colleagues who win the lottery, with Rankin portraying the gamekeeper of struggling English manor Hazelwood. [22] That same year, BBC One's four part crime drama From Darkness saw Rankin portray Norrie Duncan, husband to Anne-Marie Duff's ex-Manchester cop Claire Church. [23]

December 2015 brought the announcement that Rankin had been cast as adult Roger Wakefield in Starz's time-traveling drama series Outlander, which is based upon Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series. [24] Appearing first in the 2016 season two finale and then again in several episodes of season three, Rankin's character is the love interest of Brianna Fraser. [25] [26] He returned in seasons four and five, which premiered 4 November 2018 and 14 February 2020 respectively, with an expanded and recurring role in the series. [27] [28] Later in 2016, Rankin appeared as Detective Inspector Elliott Carne on the BBC's crime drama Thirteen. [22] The series centered on Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer), a young girl kidnapped and held for thirteen years, as she attempted to reconnect with the life she once had. [29]

Rankin had roles in two BBC productions in 2017. First was the dramatic miniseries The Replacement , which revolved around Ellen (Morven Christie), who was dealing with maternity leave and the effects it was having on her career. Rankin played her psychiatrist husband in the three-part series. [30] The second was a two-episode stint as Father Hrothweard in BBC Two's historical drama The Last Kingdom , which was based upon Bernard Cornwell's series of novels entitled The Saxon Stories . [31] [32]

Series twenty of ITV's long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders , which premiered in the United States in 2018 prior to its release in the UK, featured Rankin in episode four as rugby star Danny Wickham. [33] In 2019 Rankin starred in series two of BBC One's drama Trust Me as neurologist Dr. Alex Kiernan. [34] The second series, which began filming in Glasgow, Scotland in September 2018, featured a complete recasting from series one, with Rankin joining Alfred Enoch, Ashley Jensen, and John Hannah in the medical thriller. [35]

In July 2020, Rankin starred in an episode of the National Theatre of Scotland/BBC Scotland's Scenes for Survival, a series of short theatrical productions that were filmed in quarantine, which was created in response to a worldwide outbreak of COVID-19. The episode, entitled The Longest Summer, features Rankin as a man remembering his childhood summers and includes a title song written by Noisemaker and performed by Rankin. The song was later released as a single to raise funds for the Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund, which assists artists hardest hit by the pandemic. [36] [37]

In 2023 it was revealed that Rankin had been cast in the lead role of Detective Sergeant John Rebus, in a rebooted series based on the crime novels of author Ian Rankin, called Rebus . [38]

Film

Rankin starred in his first film role with 2011's short Dead Ringer, directed by Carter Ferguson. [39] Conceived, written, and filmed in a forty-eight hour period, the film won several awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Rankin, at the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project. [40] [41] [42] He would go on to star in an ultra low-budget horror film, House of Him, which was released during the Glasgow Film Festival, in February 2014. The film had a budget of approximately £900 and starred many of his Burnistoun colleagues, including Kirsty Strain and Louise Stewart. [43] [44] The next year Rankin was cast in John Well's film Burnt , alongside Bradley Cooper. [45] Returning to short films in 2016, Rankin starred as Vance in Chloë Wicks' The Wyrd, the story of a young couple in seventh century pagan England dealing with the introduction of Christianity. [46] [47] It was announced in 2021 that Rankin would star in the short film Hello, Muscles, alongside Game of Thrones alumna Kate Dickie, as part of a campaign to raise awareness for young carers (caregivers). [48] [49]

Theatre

In 2008, while still in school at Langside College, Rankin portrayed Bothwell in Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. [50] [51] [10] The next year he was cast, opposite his brother Colin Harris, in the dark comedy The Pillowman for XLC Productions. [52] The production, which originally ran in March 2009, was invited to return to the Citizen's Theatre for a second run in September of that year. [53] 2010 saw Rankin star as Donny in Martin McDonagh's Irish paramilitary play The Lieutenant of Inishmore [54] [55] before joining the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Gregory Burke's military play Black Watch. [56] The play chronicled the experiences of members of Scotland's senior infantry regiment during the war in Iraq and was the first from National Theatre of Scotland to tour internationally, performing in locations such as Belfast, New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. [57] [58]

Over the next two years Rankin would work with the Traverse Theatre, first in David Harrower's short play Good With People, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2012), [59] [60] and then in Irish playwright David Ireland's comedy Most Favoured (2013). [1] [61] In 2014 he would headline in Kieran Hurley's play Bruises, part of the Royal Court Theatre's Unusual Unions series, as one of two brothers with diametrically opposing views meeting after a long absence. [62] [63] In late 2021 Rankin returned to the stage, at London's Almeida Theatre, in award winning director Yaël Farber's production of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth . [64] [65] He was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award in the category of Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying Role for his turn as Ross in the production. [66]

Radio

Rankin appeared as Jack in BBC Radio Scotland's four-part Saddled in early 2019, a comedy which revolved around the adventures of The Easy Rider Cycling Club's members. [67] [68]

Podcast

Summer 2021 saw production Company The Big Light, in collaboration with musical theatre partner Noisemaker, produce an eight-part musical podcast entitled "Atlantic: A Scottish Tale". [69] The series focused on the final settlers of the remote Scottish island St. Kilda, with Rankin featuring as Sloane Sinclaire. [70]

Other activities

In addition to his acting credits, Rankin is an avid photographer. In March 2019 he hosted a one-night solo photography exhibition, entitled "His Mind’s Eye", at the Littlefield Gallery NYC in Brooklyn, New York. [71] [72] [73]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleCharacterProductionNotes
2006 VideoGaiden Various BBC 2 episodes
2007 Legit Nelson BBC One Scotland Episode: "Danny, Champion of the World"
2009 The Old Guys Groom BBC Episode: "Marriage"
2010TaggartGed McShane STV Episode: "I.O.U"
2009-2012 Burnistoun Various BBC Two Scotland Series regular, 19 episodes
2014 The Crimson Field Captain Thomas Gillan BBC One Series regular, 6 episodes
2015 Silent Witness D.I. Luke Nelson BBC One Episode: "Falling Angels" (2 parts)
American Odyssey Haney NBC 2 episodes
The Syndicate Sean McGary BBC One 6 episodes
From Darkness Norrie Duncan BBC One Series regular, 4 episodes
2016 Thirteen D.I. Elliott Carne BBC Three Series regular, 5 episodes
2016–Present Outlander Roger Wakefield (MacKenzie) [74] Starz Series regular (seasons 2–3), main role (seasons 4–8); 45 episodes
2017 The Replacement Ian Rooney BBC Miniseries
The Last Kingdom Father Hrothweard BBC Two 2 episodes
2018 Midsomer Murders Danny Wickham ITV Episode: "The Lions of Causton"
2019 Trust Me Dr. Alex Kiernan [35] BBC One 4 episodes
2020Scenes For SurvivalMan BBC Scotland Episode: "The Longest Summer"
2024 Rebus DS John Rebus Viaplay/BBC ScotlandSeries lead

Film

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2011Dead RingerRichieShort film/Independent
2014The House of HimHim
2015 Burnt Reece Waiter
2016The WyrdVanceScreened at Norwich Film Festival [46]
2022Hello, MusclesShort film

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorTheatre
2008 Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off Bothwell [50] [10] [51] David Lee Michael Citizens Theatre
2009The PillowmanTupolski [52] [53] David Lee-Michael Citizens Theatre
2010 The Lieutenant of Inishmore Donny [54] [55] David Lee-Michael & David Winter Citizens Theatre
2010- 2013 Black Watch Granty [56] [57] [58] John Tiffany [75] National Theatre of Scotland
2012Good With PeopleEvan [59] [60] George Perrin Traverse Theatre
2013Most FavouredMike [61] [1] Hamish Pirie Traverse Theatre
2014Unusual Unions: BruisesFreddie [62] [63] Caroline Steinbeis Royal Court Theatre
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth Ross [64] [76] Yaël Farber Almeida Theatre

Radio

YearTitleCharacterProductionDirector
2019SaddledJack BBC Radio Scotland Gus Beattie (Producer)

Podcast

YearTitleCharacterProductionDirector
2021Atlantic: A Scottish TaleSloane SinclaireThe Big Light, NoisemakerScott Gilmour

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2011Glasgow 48 Hour Film ProjectBest ActorDead Ringer [39] [42] Won
2017Satellite AwardsBest Ensemble (Television)Outlander [77] Won
2021 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor (Television)Outlander [78] [79] Nominated
WhatsOnStage Awards Best Supporting Performer in a Male Identifying RoleThe Tragedy of Macbeth [66] Nominated

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