Richard Armitage
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),…
Known For
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Thorin Oakenshield
Captain America: The First Avenger
Heinz Kruger
Ocean's Eight
Claude Becker
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Tonra
Castlevania
Trevor Belmont (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
King Oleron
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Filmography
Acting (77)
Movies (37)
The Boy in the Woods
2023as Jasko
The Man from Rome
2022as Father Quart
Space Sweepers
2021as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
The Hobbit: M4 Book edit
2021as Thorin Oakenshield
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021as Self
The Lodge
2020as Richard
Uncle Vanya
2020as Astrov
My Zoe
2019as James Lewis
Ocean's Eight
2018as Claude Becker
I Am Urban
2018as Chop
Brain on Fire
2017as Tom Cahalan
Pilgrimage
2017as Raymond De Merville
Sleepwalker
2017as Dr. Scott White
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016as King Oleron
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015as Self
The Appendices, Part Eleven: The Gathering Storm
2015as Self
The Appendices, Part Twelve: Here at Journey's End
2015as Self
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014as Thorin Oakenshield
Into the Storm
2014as Gary Morris
The Crucible
2014as John Proctor
The Appendices, Part Ten: The Journey to Erebor
2014as Self
The Appendices, Part Nine: Into the Wilderland
2014as Self
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013as Thorin Oakenshield
The Appendices, Part Seven: A Long-Expected Journey
2013as Self
The Appendices, Part Eight: Return to Middle-earth
2013
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012as Thorin Oakenshield
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011as Heinz Kruger
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010as Narrator
The Great Sperm Race
2009as Narrator (Voice)
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007as Percy Courtenay
Frozen
2005as Steven
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005as Peter Macduff
Macbeth
2001as Angus
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999as Tonra
This Year's Love
1999as Smug Man at Party
Now & Then
as Chris
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Peter Macduff
Television (40)
Missing You
2025as Ellis Stagger
VE Day 80
2025as Self
Red Eye
2024as Dr. Matthew Nolan
Red Eye
2024as Dr. Matthew Nolan
Fool Me Once
2024as Joe Burkett
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
2024as Charles Devereaux (voice)
Obsession
2023as William Farrow
Stay Close
2021as Ray Levine
The Stranger
2020as Adam Price
Between the Covers
2020as Self
Castlevania
2017as Trevor Belmont (voice)
Berlin Station
2016as Daniel Miller
Hannibal
2013as Francis Dolarhyde
HMS Ark Royal
2011as Himself - Narrator
Strike Back
2010as John Porter
Strike Back
2010as John Porter
Lost Land of the Tiger
2010as Self - Narrator
Moving On
2009as John Mulligan
Inspector George Gently
2008
The One Show
2006as Self
Robin Hood
2006as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
The Impressionists
2006as Claude Monet
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Malice Aforethought
2005as William Chatford
The Golden Hour
2005as Dr. Alec Track
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
2005as Self
North & South
2004as John Thornton
Between The Sheets
2003as Paul Andrews
Spooks
2002as Lucas North
Spooks
2002as Armed Police Officer
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002as Philip Turner
Ultimate Force
2002
Sparkhouse
2002as John Standring
Cleopatra
1999as Epiphanes
Cold Feet
1998
GMTV
1993as Self
This Morning
1988as Self
Casualty
1986as Craig Parker
Natural World
1983as Narrator
Great Performances
1971as Astov
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