Richard Armitage

Actor

Born: August 22, 1971 (age 54)
From: Leicester, England, UK

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…

Filmography (30)

One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars (2025)
Narrator
The Boy in the Woods (2023)
Jasko
The Man from Rome (2022)
Father Quart
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out (2021)
Self
Space Sweepers (2021)
James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
Uncle Vanya (2020)
Astrov
The Lodge (2020)
Richard
My Zoe (2019)
James Lewis
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Claude Becker
I Am Urban (2018)
Chop
Sleepwalker (2017)
Dr. Scott White
Pilgrimage (2017)
Raymond De Merville
Brain on Fire (2017)
Tom Cahalan
Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
King Oleron
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon (2015)
Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Thorin Oakenshield
The Crucible (2014)
John Proctor
Into the Storm (2014)
Gary Morris
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Thorin Oakenshield
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Heinz Kruger
Leopards of Dead Tree Island (2010)
Narrator
The Great Sperm Race (2009)
Narrator (Voice)
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall (2007)
Percy Courtenay
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth (2005)
Peter Macduff
Frozen (2005)
Steven
Macbeth (2001)
Angus
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Tonra
This Year's Love (1999)
Smug Man at Party
Now & Then
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