Derek Riddell
Birthday
1967/01/11 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland
Also know as
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Biography
Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series Happy Valley. He is also known for Gentleman Jack, Industry and The Missing. He has guest-starred in Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Silent Witness, Waterloo Road, and Shetland. Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the...Read more
Acting
(2009) A Previous Engagement
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(2007) Forgiven
as Stephen
(2002) The Project
as Richard Loach
(2005) Much Ado About Nothing
as Don
(2009) Micro Men
as Nigel Searle
(2012) Bad Sugar
as Father Rodrigo
(2024) National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
as John
(2018) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Torquil Travers
(2017) Mary Shelley
as William Baxter
(2007) The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as Parson
(2004) Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss
as Tumshie McFadgen
(2005) Meat the Campbells
as Mr. Campbell
(2024) The Christmas Quest
as Victor Grimes
(1983) Taggart
as ---
(2002) The Book Group
as Rab
(2004) No Angels
as ---
(2007) Five Days
as Nick Durden
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Stuart
(2009) Law & Order: UK
as ---
(2005) ShakespeaRe-Told
as Don
(2023) Payback
as DCI Adam Guthrie
(2009) Trust Me
as Dan
(2019) A Confession
as Pete
(2005) Doctor Who
as Sir Robert
(2014) Happy Valley
as Richard Cawood
(2002) Spooks
as Steven
(2009) Garrow's Law
as Matthew Bambridge
(2016) Undercover
as Paul Brightman
(2021) Crime
as Richie Gulliver
(2013) The Village
as ---
(2000) Urban Gothic
as ---
(1992) Strathblair
as Alec Ritchie
(2012) Ripper Street
as Constantine
(1986) Casualty
as Jeff Marriot
(2023) Bodies
as Chief Inspector Calloway
(2018) Hard Sun
as DCS Roland Bell
(2006) The Virgin Queen
as Sir Walter Raleigh
(2014) W1A
as Clive Cook
(2017) Gunpowder
as King James I
(2013) Frankie
as Andy Peat
(2011) The Field of Blood
as DS Patterson
(2008) Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Lachlan Weaver
(2019) Gentleman Jack
as Captain Sutherland
(2007) State of Mind
as James LeCroix, PhD
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Des McCordell
(2012) Secrets and Words
as John Jones
(2011) Death in Paradise
as Patrick Knight
(2013) Shetland
as Chris Brooks
(2020) Industry
as Clement Cowan