Richard Cant

Actor Dartford, Kent, England, UK 1996–2025 (29 year career)

7.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Crown

2016 · as Fagan''s Local MP

8.2

Outlander

2014 · as Collins

8.2

Bleak House

2005 · as Mercury

8.1

Known For

Film

My Policeman

Rudy

Film

Mary Queen of Scots

Thomas Andrews

Film

Stan & Ollie

Harry Langdon

Film

The Way We Live Now

Dolly Longestaffe

Film

Outlander

Collins

Film

The Crown

Fagan''s Local MP

Film

Doctor Who

Malcolm Wainwright

Film

Taboo

Magician

Filmography

Acting (22)

Movies (9)

National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest

2025

as Reverend Canon Chasuble

7.8

RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 2

2023

as Gloucester

6.0

RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 3

2023

as King Lewis/Lieutenant/Keeper

My Policeman

as Rudy

Stan & Ollie

as Harry Langdon

Mary Queen of Scots

as Thomas Andrews

National Theatre Live: Saint Joan

2017

as Poulengey/de Stogumber

7.0

Ian Fleming: Bondmaker

2005

as Shane O'Neill

Lawless Heart

2002

as Michael

4.9

Television (13)

It's a Sin

as Marcus

Taboo

as Magician

The Crown

as Fagan''s Local MP

Outlander

as Collins

Vexed

as Billy

Doctor Who

as Malcolm Wainwright

Bleak House

as Mercury

Shackleton

as First Lieutenant

The Way We Live Now

as Dolly Longestaffe

Gimme Gimme Gimme

as Degsy

Sunburn

as Paul Alcock

Midsomer Murders

as Dennis Rainbird

This Life

as Phil