Richard Short (actor)

Last updated

Richard Short
Richard Short.jpg
Short circa 2006 or 2008
Born (1975-10-08) 8 October 1975 (age 48)
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
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.

Contents

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] [11]

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. [12] [13] 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, [14] shot in New York City.

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: http://blogs.menshealth.com/football-fever/

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

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‘’Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (TV series) ‘’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] [20]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sam Waterston</span> American actor (born 1940)

Samuel Atkinson Waterston is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television, and film. He has received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a BAFTA Award. His acting career has spanned over five decades acting on stage and screen. Waterston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Samantha Eggar</span> British-American actress

Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar is a retired British-American actress. After beginning her career in Shakespearean theatre she rose to fame for her performance in William Wyler's thriller The Collector (1965), which earned her a Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonny Lee Miller</span> British actor (born 1972)

Jonathan Lee Miller is a British actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film Trainspotting (1996) and as Dade Murphy in Hackers (1995) before earning further critical recognition for his performances in Afterglow (1997), Mansfield Park (1999), The Flying Scotsman (2006), Endgame (2009), and T2 Trainspotting (2017). For The Flying Scotsman he received a London Film Critics' Circle nomination for Actor of the Year. He was also part of the principal cast in the films Melinda and Melinda (2004), Dark Shadows (2012), and Byzantium (2013). He has appeared in several theatrical productions, most notably After Miss Julie and Frankenstein, the latter of which earned him an Olivier Award for Best Actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher Plummer</span> Canadian actor (1929–2021)

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer was a Canadian actor. His career spanned seven decades, gaining him recognition for his performances in film, stage, and television. He received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him the only Canadian recipient of the "Triple Crown of Acting". He also received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ned Beatty</span> American actor (1937–2021)

Ned Thomas Beatty was an American actor. In a career that spanned five decades, he appeared in more than 160 films. Throughout his career, Beatty gained a reputation for being "the busiest actor in Hollywood". His film appearances included Deliverance (1972), White Lightning (1973), All the President's Men (1976), Network (1976), Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), Back to School (1986), Rudy (1993), Shooter (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Rango (2011). He also had the series regular role of Stanley Bolander in the first three seasons of the hit NBC TV drama Homicide: Life on the Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Modine</span> American actor (born 1959)

Matthew Avery Modine is an American actor. He rose to prominence through his role as U.S. Marine Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987). Other films include Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), Married to the Mob (1988), Gross Anatomy (1989), Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Oppenheimer (2023). On television, he portrayed Dr. Don Francis in the HBO film And the Band Played On (1993), the oversexed Sullivan Groff on Weeds (2007), Ivan Turing in Proof (2015), and Dr. Martin Brenner in Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Roxburgh</span> Australian actor

Richard Roxburgh is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including four AACTA Awards, three Logie Awards, and two Helpmann Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Cavanagh</span> Canadian actor (born 1963)

Thomas Cavanagh is a Canadian actor. He is known for a variety of roles on American television, including starring roles in Ed (2000–2004), Love Monkey (2006) and Trust Me (2009), and recurring roles on Providence and Scrubs. From 2014 to 2023, he portrayed Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash and the various versions of Harrison Wells on The CW television series The Flash; Cavanagh also directed several episodes of The Flash. In 2023, he became the host of Hey Yahoo on GSN.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Margaret Avery</span> American actress

Margaret Avery is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on stage and later had starring roles in films including Cool Breeze (1972), Which Way Is Up? (1977), Scott Joplin (1977), and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Goldwyn</span> American actor and director (born 1960)

Anthony Howard Goldwyn is an American actor, singer, producer, director, and political activist. He made his debut appearing as Darren in the slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), and had his breakthrough for starring as Carl Bruner in the fantasy thriller film Ghost (1990), which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. He went on to star as Harold Nixon in the biographical film Nixon (1995), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and as Neil Armstrong in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frank Finlay</span> English actor (1926–2016)

Francis Finlay, was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). In 1983, he was directed by Italian filmmaker Tinto Brass in the erotic classic The Key, with Stefania Sandrelli. His first leading television role came in 1971 in Casanova. This led to appearances on The Morecambe and Wise Show. He also appeared in the drama Bouquet of Barbed Wire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Megan Follows</span> Canadian actress and director

Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian-American actress and director. She is known for her role as Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, in the television drama series Reign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salli Richardson</span> American actress and director (born 1967)

Salli Elise Richardson-Whitfield (née Richardson) is an American actress, director and producer. Richardson is known for her role as Angela in the film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) and for her role as Dr. Allison Blake on the Syfy comedy-drama series Eureka (2006–2012).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iain Glen</span> Scottish actor

Iain Alan Sutherland Glen is a Scottish actor. He has appeared as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Jorah Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). Other notable film and television roles include John Hanning Speke in Mountains of the Moon (1990), Larry Winters in Silent Scream (1990) for which he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, Manfred Powell in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Brother John in Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), the title role in Jack Taylor (2010–2016), Sir Richard Carlisle in Downton Abbey (2011), James Willett in Eye in the Sky (2015), and Bruce Wayne in Titans (2019–2021).

Thomas A. DiCillo is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">André De Shields</span> American entertainer (born 1946)

André Robin De Shields is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Mangan</span> English film and stage actor (born 1968)

Stephen James Mangan is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge, Seán Lincoln in Episodes, Bigwig in Watership Down, Postman Pat in Postman Pat: The Movie, Richard Pitt in Hang Ups, Andrew in Bliss (2018), and Nathan Stern in The Split (2018–2022).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Groh</span> American actor (1939–2008)

David Lawrence Groh was an American actor best known for his portrayal of Joe Gerard in the 1970s television series Rhoda, opposite Valerie Harper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tracy Letts</span> American actor and screenwriter

Tracy S. Letts is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for August: Osage County (2007), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. As an actor, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Lowden</span> British actor (born 1990)

Jack Andrew Lowden is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films.

References

  1. ↑ "Mary Kills People's Richard Short: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me". 21 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "'Covert Affairs', 'Wayward Pines' Add Actors". 8 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "2018 TV Nominees".
  4. ↑ "Shields actor's blockbuster debut with Johnny Depp", by Angela Reed, The Shields Gazette, accessed 5 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "'Traveling' screenwriters producing thriller - the Screening Log - Movie Reviews Film Trailers Box Office Reports". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "HBO loads up on laughs". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "Richard Short". IMDb .
  8. ↑ "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "The London Shakespeare Workout Homepage".
  10. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (21 February 2007). "Reviving a Barrie Fantasy Not Called 'Peter Pan'". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.
  12. ↑ Holland, Jonathan (4 October 2006). "Delirious". Variety. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "A NEW YORK LOVE STORY with Courtney Reed Premieres at SOHO Int'l Film Fest Tonight, 5/18".
  15. ↑ "Hollywood actor throws support behind South Shields FC in Wembley bid | Shields Gazette".
  16. ↑ "Premiere at Bay Street – theaterlife".
  17. ↑ Hampton, Wilborn (8 September 2008). "Teenage Runaway's Alternate Universe". The New York Times.
  18. ↑ "* OFFOFFOFF theater review KING OF SHADOWS play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Working Theater with Satya Bhabha as Nihar, Kat Foster as Jessica Denomy, Sarah Lord as Sarah Denomy, Richard Short as Eric Saunders".
  19. ↑ "Liz, at Last!". 12 February 2018.
  20. ↑ "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.