Richard Armitage
Birthday
1971/08/22 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Leicester, England, UK
Also know as
Ρίτσαρντ Άρμιταζ, 리차드 아미티지, 李察·阿米塔吉, ریچارد آرمیتاژ
Biography
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),...Read more
Acting
(2007) Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
as Percy Courtenay
(2011) Captain America: The First Avenger
as Heinz Kruger
(2023) The Boy in the Woods
as Jasko
(2005) Frozen
as Steven
(2010) Leopards of Dead Tree Island
as Narrator
(2012) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Thorin Oakenshield
(2013) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Thorin Oakenshield
(2001) Macbeth
as Angus
(2014) The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Thorin Oakenshield
(2009) The Great Sperm Race
as Narrator (Voice)
(2014) Into the Storm
as Gary Morris
(2014) The Crucible
as John Proctor
(2022) The Man from Rome
as Father Quart
(2017) Pilgrimage
as Raymond De Merville
(2017) Sleepwalker
as Dr. Scott White
(2017) Brain on Fire
as Tom Cahalan
(2015) Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
(2016) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as King Oleron
(2018) I Am Urban
as Chop
(1999) This Year's Love
as Smug Man at Party
(2018) Ocean's Eight
as Claude Becker
(2019) My Zoe
as James Lewis
(2020) The Lodge
as Richard
(2005) Macbeth
as Peter Macduff
(1999) Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Tonra
(2021) Space Sweepers
as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
(2020) Uncle Vanya
as Astrov
Now & Then
as Chris
(2021) The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
(1988) This Morning
as Self
(2002) Ultimate Force
as ---
(2002) The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Philip Turner
(2010) Lost Land of the Tiger
as Self - Narrator
(2002) Spooks
as Lucas North
(2003) Between The Sheets
as Paul Andrews
(2002) Sparkhouse
as John Standring
(2005) Malice Aforethought
as William Chatford
(2006) Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
(1971) Great Performances
as Astov
(2005) The Golden Hour
as Dr. Alec Track
(2008) Inspector George Gently
as ---
(2005) ShakespeaRe-Told
as ---
(2004) North & South
as John Thornton
(2006) The Impressionists
as Claude Monet
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator
(2023) Obsession
as William Farrow
(1993) GMTV
as Self
(2010) Strike Back
as John Porter
(1998) Cold Feet
as ---
(2021) Stay Close
as Ray Levine
(2009) Moving On
as John Mulligan
(2013) Hannibal
as Francis Dolarhyde
(2016) Berlin Station
as Daniel Miller
(2017) Castlevania
as Trevor Belmont (voice)
(1986) Casualty
as Craig Parker
(2020) Between the Covers
as Self
(1999) Cleopatra
as Epiphanes
(2002) Spooks
as Armed Police Officer
(2024) Red Eye
as Matthew Nolan
(2011) HMS Ark Royal
as Himself - Narrator
(2025) Missing You
as Ellis Stagger
(2020) The Stranger
as Adam Price
(1994) The Vicar of Dibley
as Harry Kennedy
(2002) Ultimate Force
as Capt. Ian Macalwain
(2024) Fool Me Once
as Joe Burkett
(2024) Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
as Charles Devereaux (voice)