Richard Short (actor)

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Richard Short
Richard Short.jpg
Short circa 2006 or 2008
Born (1975-10-08) 8 October 1975 (age 48)
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Teresa Palladino-Short
(m. 2004)

Richard Ian Porterfield Short (born 8 October 1975) is an English actor based in Los Angeles. He is starring in the 2017 TV drama series Mary Kills People . [1] In 2017 he appeared in the independent film The Dare and in 2016 Crazy Famous. On television he has had recurring roles on Vinyl and Covert Affairs [2] and has appeared on American Horror Story , White Collar , and Blue Bloods . Short has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows in the US and UK. On Broadway, he was a member of the 2011 company of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre.

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In January 2018 Short was nominated for Best Lead Actor, Drama Series, [3] from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for his performance on Mary Kills People .

He began acting with the Woking Youth Theatre in Woking, Surrey in 1992, and made his professional stage debut in the original UK cast of Grease in 1996. His first American film was Delirious , directed by Tom DiCillo, in 2007. That same year also saw Short make his American TV debut on Law & Order: Criminal Intent . In 2009, he appeared in the big-budget crime drama Public Enemies , [4] directed by Michael Mann. Short also appeared opposite Kevin Pollak in the 2011 film Choose [5] and the HBO series Bored to Death [6] with Jason Schwartzman.

Early life

Short was born in South Shields, England, [7] to Margaret Mooney and pipefitter Richard Short. He has two sisters, one half sister and one half brother. He grew up in South Shields and was educated at Highfield Infants School, then at the Cheviot Junior School; Broadmere Middle School, Woking; Holy Trinity School, Guildford, Surrey; Bishop David Brown School, Woking; and King Edward's School, Witley, Surrey. At Brooklands College, Weybridge, Surrey, he studied film and theatre, but left college to pursue acting full-time when he was 20 years old.

Career

As a teenager Short joined the Woking Young Players and performed in several productions, including Ways and Means, Hair, The Boyfriend and many more. In 1996 Short began performing professionally on the stage as Johnny Casino [8] in Grease . For two years he was in the UK tour of the original cast and appeared at the Opera House, Manchester, the Playhouse, Edinburgh, the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. He then joined the production in the West End at the Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden, London, until the show closed in 1999. Short was a part of the London Shakespeare Workshops [9] from 1999 to 2001 and appeared in Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , Richard III and Twelfth Night with guests such as Sam West, Mark Rylance, Richard Dreyfuss and Fenella Fielding.

Short toured the UK in The Real Monty (as Nobby) from 2001 to 2002, Macbeth (as Macduff) from 2003 to 2004 and in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius) from 2003 to 2004. Short moved to the United States soon after.

In 2006 he landed his first American stage role, understudying the part of Sloane in the play Entertaining Mr. Sloane opposite Alec Baldwin, directed by Scott Ellis at the Roundabout Theatre. In 2007 Short appeared in the Vineyard Theatre's successful off-Broadway production of J.M. Barrie's Mary Rose, opposite Keir Dullea and Paige Howard, as an Australian World War I veteran. [10] [8]

He followed this with Wasps in Bed at Theatre Row and the successful Bay Street Theatre production of The Night Season opposite Katherine Helmond, Michael O'Keefe and David Patrick Kelly, directed by Lonny Price. In 2007 he was cast in his first American television show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Privilege".

Short broke into film with the acclaimed independent director Tom DiCillo in Delirious opposite Steve Buscemi and Alison Lohman. [11] [12] The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Short was back at Sundance the following year in The Guitar , directed by Amy Redford. He returned to the television screen in both New Amsterdam in the episode "A Soldier's Heart" and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Avatar". He adopted an American accent in 2008 in both The King of Shadows by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa at the Working Theatre and Choose. For the 1930s crime drama Public Enemies, Short had to adopt an American accent to play FBI agent Samuel P. Cowley, the man who brought down Baby Face Nelson, played by Stephen Graham. Short worked with Christian Bale, who stars as agent Melvin Purvis.

In the spring of 2009 he wrapped Cafe , a feature film directed by Marc Erlbaum and shot in Philadelphia. Short plays a writer opposite star Jennifer Love Hewitt. Cafe was released in the US and Europe in 2011. Short was in the feature film The Exhibitionists for director Michael Melamedoff, released in 2013. In 2014 he was cast in three independent films: Cockroaches in Los Angeles and The Butterflies of Bill Baker and A New York Love Story, [13] shot in New York City.

Short starred as gay priest Peter Simmons in the 2023 film Mysterious Ways. [14]

Short is represented by Innovative Artists and manager Jennifer Wiley-Stockton.

Writing

Short became the football writer during the 2010 FIFA World Cup exclusively for Menshealth.com. Articles can be found at: Hearst Magazines

Advertising

Short has worked on several commercials in the UK and Ireland, as well as recorded voiceovers and jingles. Among his commercial credits:

Personal life

Short is married to Teresa Palladino-Short. They reside in Los Angeles.

Short has run in several marathons and half-marathons to raise money for charity, such as:

In football, he supports Sunderland A.F.C. and South Shields F.C. [15]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Delirious Jace HipleySundance 2007; American Film Debut
Deception Desk ClerkDirected by Marcel Langenegger
2008 The Guitar Loser MusicianSundance 2008; Directed by Amy Redford
2009 Public Enemies Samuel P. Cowley Directed by Michael Mann
ChooseBensonDirected by Marcus Graves
2011 Cafe WriterProducers Sean Covel, Chris Wyatt and J. Andrew Greenblatt
2012The ExhibitionistsWalter ToddDirected by Michael Melamedoff
2013The Butterflies of Bill BakerMacDirected by Sania Jhankar
2015A New York Love StoryThe PainterDirected by Apolla Echino
CockroachesJohnny SlimDirected by Christoffer Aldell
Not WelcomeTerryDirected by Marc Sloboda
2016Crazy FamousSmithDirected by Paul Jarrett
2017The DareAdam HeinzDirected by Giles Alderson
2020Arthur & Merlin: Knights of CamelotKing ArthurDirected by Giles Alderson
2021 The Tragedy of Macbeth SiwardDirected by Joel Coen
2023Mysterious WaysPeter SimmonsDirected by Paul Oremland

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dylan MercerEpisode "Privilege"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Erik WintonEpisode "Avatar"
2008 New Amsterdam Robert CampEpisode "A Soldier's Heart"
2009 Bored to Death VincentHBO series written by Jonathan Ames; executive producer Troy Miller
Fringe Bob DunnEpisode "Midnight"
2010 Blue Bloods LemonEpisode "After Hours"
Gravity Spin GuyEpisode "Damn Skippy"
2011 White Collar Andrew CollinsEpisode "What Happens in Burma"
Vera Neville FurnessEpisode "The Crow Trap" based on the book by Ann Cleeves. Produced by ITV Studios.
2011 American Horror Story Gary Episode "Rubber Man"
2013 666 Park Avenue Harlan MooreRecurring Episodes
Covert Affairs ReeseRecurring Episodes
2015 Agent Carter Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton Episode "The Iron Ceiling"
2016 Vinyl Billy McVicarRecurring Episodes
Training Day WikstromOne episode
Time After Time HarperOne episode
2017–2019 Mary Kills People Desmond "Des" BennettSeries regular
2018 Code Black Drake FinnOne episode
2022 Jack Ryan Scott Harrisepisodes 1-3

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorPlaywrightTheatre
1996 Grease Johnny CasinoDavid Gilmore Jim Jacobs/Warren Casey UK Tour
1999 Grease Johnny CasinoDavid Gilmore Jim Jacobs/Warren Casey Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden
2000 Millennium Dome Show Actor Mark Fisher Peter Gabriel (composer) Millennium Dome, Greenwich
2001The Real MontyNobbyDavid GrahamUK Tour
2003 Macbeth Macduff Julian Chenery William Shakespeare UK Tour
A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius Julian Chenery William Shakespeare UK Tour
2006 Entertaining Mr. Sloane Sloane (understudy) Scott Ellis Joe Orton Roundabout Theatre Company, NYC
WASPS in BedCal Lisa Marie Meller Nicola Behrman Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC
An Evening with Simon GrayJapes Simon Gray Simon Gray Lincoln Center
2007The Night SeasonJohn Eastman Lonny Price Rebecca Lenkiewicz Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY [16]
Mary Rose Harry Tina Landau J.M. Barrie Vineyard Theatre, NYC
2008 Mister Roberts Wiley/Gerhart Scott Ellis Thomas Heggen/Joshua Logan (Roundabout Theatre Company staged reading) American Airlines Theatre
King of ShadowsEric Saunders Connie Grappo Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Theater for the New City, NYC [17] [18]
2011 Jerusalem Danny Whitworth Ian Rickson Jez Butterworth Music Box Theatre, NYC
2018Cleo Richard Burton Bob Balaban Lawrence Wright Alley Theatre, Houston [19] [8]

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