
Richard Dillane
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Acting (73)
Movies (31)
Murder at the Embassy
2025as Robert
Munich – The Edge of War
2021as Colonel Menzies
The Forgotten Battle
2021as Sinclair
The Show
2021as Henry Gaunt
The Last Vermeer
2019as Colonel Jenkins
Mother's Day
2018as Dr Tarring
Against the Law
2017as Prosecutor Roberts
United Passions
2014as Larsen
Altar
2014as Greg
Anna
2013as Robert Greene
Dead in Tombstone
2013as Jack Sutter
Argo
2012as OSS Officer Nicholls
The Dinosaur Project
2012as Marchant
Oranges and Sunshine
2010as Merv Humphreys
Mad Sad & Bad
2009as Roger
The Dark Knight
2008as Acting Commissioner
The Edge of Love
2008as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Interview with a Poltergeist
2007as Narrator
Tristan & Isolde
2006as Aragon
One Hundredth of a Second
2006as Connor
The Real Sopranos
2006as Narrator
The Jacket
2005as Captain Medley
Space Race
2005as Werner Von Braun
Spartacus
2004as Julius Caesar
De-Lovely
2004as Bill Wrather
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002as John Cross
Doc Martin
2001as Tim
Seeing Red
2000as Steve
Wing Commander
1999as Lt. Hunter
Emmerdale: Revenge
1998as D.S. Dan Campbell
Solomon
1997as Jeroboam
Television (42)
The Diplomat
2023as Tom Libby
Stonehouse
2023as Mackenzie
Andor
2022as Davo Sculdun
Dalgliesh
2021as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
Young Wallander
2020as Hemberg
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019as Patrick Wayne
Giri/Haji
2019as Brian
Twice Upon a Time
2019as David Arron
West of Liberty
2019as Ron Harriman
The White Princess
2017as Thomas Stanley
The Last Post
2017as Harvey Tilbrook
The Crown
2016as King George V
Berlin Station
2016as Gerald Ellman
The Last Kingdom
2015as Ludeca
The Last Kingdom
2015as Ludeca
Poldark
2015as Henry Bull
Wolf Hall
2015as Duke of Suffolk
Outlander
2014as Captain Raines
Peaky Blinders
2013as General Curran
Father Brown
2013as Sir Charles Hakeworth
Endeavour
2013as Leo Richardson
Atlantis
2013as Palos
Call the Midwife
2012as Mr. Scarisbrick
Vera
2011as Will Peyton
Lewis
2007as Theodore Platt
Doctor Who
2005as Carter
Space Race
2005as Wernher von Braun
New Tricks
2004as Lawrence Delvin
Hustle
2004as Graham Poole
Foyle's War
2002as Charles Roper
Spooks
2002as John Richardson
Adventure Inc.
2002as Michael Drake
Waking the Dead
2001as Ricardo Rivelli
Cold Feet
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997as Oliver Ordish
The Grand
1997as Sean Villiers
Solomon
1997as Jeroboam
Heartbeat
1992as Terry
Soldier Soldier
1991as Sgt Brad Connor
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Major Summerhayes
Casualty
1986as Anthony Sharman
Inheritance
as Eugene Desfrienes
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