Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.
Movie | The Boy in the Woods | Jasko | 2023-09-19 |
Movie | The Man from Rome | Father Quart | 2022-10-21 |
Movie | Space Sweepers | James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS | 2021-02-05 |
Movie | The Lodge | Richard | 2020-01-16 |
Series | The Stranger | Adam Price | 2020-01-30 |
Movie | Uncle Vanya | Astrov | 2020-10-27 |
Movie | My Zoe | James Lewis | 2019-11-14 |
Movie | I Am Urban | Chop | 2018-04-02 |
Movie | Ocean's Eight | Claude Becker | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Pilgrimage | Raymond De Merville | 2017-04-23 |
Movie | Brain on Fire | Tom Cahalan | 2017-02-22 |
Series | Castlevania | Trevor Belmont (voice) | 2017-07-07 |
Movie | Sleepwalker | Dr. Scott White | 2017-10-10 |
Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | King Oleron | 2016-05-25 |
Series | Berlin Station | Daniel Miller | 2016-10-16 |
Movie | The Crucible | John Proctor | 2014-12-04 |
Movie | Into the Storm | Gary Morris | 2014-08-06 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Thorin Oakenshield | 2014-12-10 |
Series | Hannibal | Francis Dolarhyde | 2013-04-04 |
Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Thorin Oakenshield | 2013-12-11 |
Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Thorin Oakenshield | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Heinz Kruger | 2011-07-22 |
Series | Strike Back | John Porter | 2010-05-05 |
Series | Lost Land of the Tiger | Self - Narrator | 2010-09-21 |
Movie | The Great Sperm Race | Narrator (Voice) | 2009-02-22 |
Series | Moving On | John Mulligan | 2009-05-18 |
Series | Inspector George Gently | Unknown | 2008-04-08 |
Movie | Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall | Percy Courtenay | 2007-05-09 |
Series | The Impressionists | Claude Monet | 2006-04-30 |
Series | Robin Hood | Sir Guy of Gisbourne | 2006-10-07 |
Movie | Frozen | Steven | 2005-03-12 |
Series | Malice Aforethought | William Chatford | 2005-04-10 |
Series | The Golden Hour | Dr. Alec Track | 2005-09-14 |
Series | ShakespeaRe-Told | Unknown | 2005-11-07 |
Movie | Macbeth | Peter Macduff | 2005-11-14 |
Series | North & South | John Thornton | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Between The Sheets | Paul Andrews | 2003-11-17 |
Series | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Unknown | 2002-04-08 |
Series | Spooks | Lucas North | 2002-05-13 |
Series | Ultimate Force | Unknown | 2002-09-16 |
Series | Sparkhouse | John Standring | 2002-09-01 |
Movie | Macbeth | Angus | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Tonra | 1999-05-19 |
Movie | This Year's Love | Smug Man at Party | 1999-02-19 |
Series | Cleopatra | Epiphanes | 1999-05-23 |
Series | Cold Feet | Unknown | 1998-11-15 |
Series | The Vicar of Dibley | Harry Kennedy | 1994-11-10 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |