Acting

Richard Dillane

Born 1964-10-15 · London, England, United Kingdom

Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.

Credits

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Possession
as Eugene Desfrienes
2026
Murder at the Embassy
as Robert
2025
The Diplomat
as Tom Libby
2023
Stonehouse
as Mackenzie
2023
Andor
as Davo Sculdun
2022
Munich - The Edge of War
as Colonel Menzies
2021
Dalgliesh
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
2021
The Show
as Henry Gaunt
2021
The Forgotten Battle
as Sinclair
2021
Young Wallander
as Hemberg
2020
West of Liberty
as Ron Harriman
2019
Giri/Haji
as Brian
2019
The Last Vermeer
as Colonel Jenkins
2019
Twice Upon a Time
as David Arron
2019
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Patrick Wayne
2019
Mother's Day
as Dr Tarring
2018
The Last Post
as Harvey Tilbrook
2017
The White Princess
as Thomas Stanley
2017
Against the Law
as Prosecutor Roberts
2017
The Crown
as King George V
2016
Berlin Station
as Gerald Ellman
2016
The Last Kingdom
as Ludeca
2015
Partners in Crime
as Bulldog
2015
Poldark
as Henry Bull
2015
Wolf Hall
as Duke of Suffolk
2015
Altar
as Greg
2014
Outlander
as Captain Raines
2014
United Passions
as Larsen
2014
Anna
as Robert Greene
2013
Dead in Tombstone
as Jack Sutter
2013
Atlantis
as Palos
2013
Peaky Blinders
as General Curran
2013
Endeavour
as Leo Richardson
2013
Father Brown
as Sir Charles Hakeworth
2013
Argo
as OSS Officer Nicholls
2012
The Dinosaur Project
as Marchant
2012
Call the Midwife
as Mr. Scarisbrick
2012
Call the Midwife
as Mr Scarisbrick
2012
Vera
as Will Peyton
2011
Oranges and Sunshine
as Merv Humphreys
2010
Mad Sad & Bad
as Roger
2009
The Dark Knight
as Acting Commissioner
2008
The Edge of Love
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2008
Lewis
as Theodore Platt
2007
Interview with a Poltergeist
as Narrator
2007
One Hundredth of a Second
as Connor
2006
The Real Sopranos
as Narrator
2006
Tristan & Isolde
as Aragon
2006
Space Race
as Wernher von Braun
2005
Doctor Who
as Carter
2005
The Jacket
as Captain Medley
2005
Space Race
as Werner Von Braun
2005
De-Lovely
as Bill Wrather
2004
Spartacus
as Julius Caesar
2004
Hustle
as Graham Poole
2004
New Tricks
as Lawrence Delvin
2004
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as John Cross
2002
Foyle's War
as Charles Roper
2002
Adventure Inc.
as Michael Drake
2002
Spooks
as John Richardson
2002
Waking the Dead
as Ricardo Rivelli
2001
Doc Martin
as Tim
2001
Seeing Red
as Steve
2000
An Evil Streak
as David Mereday
1999
Wing Commander
as Lt. Hunter
1999
Emmerdale: Revenge
as D.S. Dan Campbell
1998
Cold Feet
as Miles Brodie
1998
Solomon
as Jeroboam
1997
Solomon
as Jeroboam
1997
The Grand
as Sean Villiers
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Oliver Ordish
1997
Heartbeat
as Terry
1992
Soldier Soldier
as Sgt Brad Connor
1991
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Major Summerhayes
1989
Casualty
as Anthony Sharman
1986
Casualty
as Sean Anderson
1986