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Richard Dillane

Acting

Born October 15, 1964 · London, England, United Kingdom

Biography

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Peaky Blinders

2013as General Curran

The Dark Knight

2008as Acting Commissioner

Adventure Inc.

as Michael Drake

Andor

2022as Davo Sculdun

The Last Kingdom

2015as Ludeca

The Crown

2016as King George V

Outlander

2014as Captain Raines

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Major Summerhayes

Endeavour

2013as Leo Richardson

Pennyworth

2019as Patrick Wayne

Foyle's War

2002as Charles Roper

The White Princess

2017as Thomas Stanley

Poldark

2015as Henry Bull

Hustle

2004as Graham Poole

Spooks

2002as John Richardson

Cold Feet

1997

The Diplomat

2023as Tom Libby

Mother's Day

2018as Dr Tarring

Father Brown

2013as Sir Charles Hakeworth

Inspector Lewis

2006as Theodore Platt

Doctor Who

2005as Carter

Wolf Hall

2015as Duke of Suffolk

Call the Midwife

2012as Mr. Scarisbrick

Midsomer Murders

1997as Oliver Ordish

Giri/Haji

2019as Brian

Vera

2011as Will Peyton

Space Race

as Wernher von Braun

Argo

2012as OSS Officer Nicholls

New Tricks

2004as Lawrence Delvin

Berlin Station

2016as Gerald Ellman

Waking the Dead

2001as Ricardo Rivelli

Heartbeat

1992as Terry

The Forgotten Battle

2020as Sinclair

Young Wallander

2020as Hemberg

Doc Martin

2001as Tim

Oranges and Sunshine

2010as Merv Humphreys

Munich: The Edge of War

2021as Colonel Menzies

The Jacket

2005as Captain Medley

Dalgliesh

2021as Stephen Courtney-Briggs

Against the Law

2017as Prosecutor Roberts

Soldier Soldier

1991as Sgt Brad Connor

Tristan + Isolde

2006as Aragon

Solomon

1997as Jeroboam

The Last Post

2017as Harvey Tilbrook

West of Liberty

as Ron Harriman

The Last Vermeer

2019as Colonel Jenkins

Anna

2013as Robert Greene

Atlantis

2013as Palos

The Edge of Love

2008as Lt Col David Talbot Rice

Casualty

1986as Sean Anderson