Richard Harrington

ActorDirectorCinematographer Mar 12 (age 51) Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK 1985–2025 (40 year career)

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Biography

Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975 in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor of stage and screen. He stars as DCI Richard Matthias in the acclaimed Welsh drama "Hinterland"/"Y Gwyll".

Known For

Film

Havoc

Jake

Film

Hinterland

DCI Tom Mathias

Film

Bleak House

Allan Woodcourt

Film

Lark Rise to Candleford

Gabriel Cochrane

Film

Requiem

Aron Morgan

Film

The Contractor

Terry Winchell

Film

Steeltown Murders

Colin Dark

Film

Gwen

Edward Morris

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (28)

Havoc

2025

as Jake

6.4

Fisherman's Friends: One and All

2022

as Morgan Jenkins

6.5

The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis

as Albert Lewis

Creepy Pasta Salad

Bitter Sky

as Roy

Gwen

as Edward Morris

Last Summer

as Dai Hop

Richard Harrington: My Grandfather's War

2017

as Himself

Royal Wives at War

2016

as Narrator

Just Jim

as Headmaster

Under Milk Wood

as Neighbour

Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter

2012

as Timothy Jenkins

4.9

Little Munchkin

2011

as Mr. Jones

Hope Eternal

as Evan

The Contractor

as Terry Winchell

The All Together

as Jerry Davies

Mathilde

as Babyface

Daddy's Girl

2006

as Stephen

4.2

Fatigue - Don't play with the fire

2005

as Hurley

3.0

Rehab

2003

as Powell

Score

2001

as Neil

Care

as Tony Collins

Deadly Instincts

as Jack

House of America

as Cat

The Proposition

as Evan

Dafydd

as Dafydd

Leaving Lenin

as Charlie

Nineteen96

as Kit Davis

Television (34)

The One That Got Away

as DS Rick Sheldon

Steeltown Murders

as Colin Dark

The Chelsea Detective

2022

as Rory Fisk

6.2

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Dalgliesh

2021

as Dr David Rollinson

6.7

Fflam

2021

as Beds

Gangs of London

as Mal

McDonald & Dodds

as Lenny Wood

Requiem

as Aron Morgan

On the Edge

as DI Nolan

The Crown

as Fred Phillips

Poldark

as Captain Blamey

Father Brown

as Benedict Northam

Endeavour

as Dr. Dai Ferman

Hinterland

as DCI Tom Mathias

Stella

Death in Paradise

as Bryn Williams

Land Girls

as Adam Blackfield

Missing

Lark Rise to Candleford

as Gabriel Cochrane

M.I. High

as Tommy Blumenheck

Holby Blue

as Luke French

Five Days

as Daf Parry

Sold

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

as Yohanon

Bleak House

as Allan Woodcourt

Hustle

as Sam Richards

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

as Thomas Percy

Spooks

as Will North

Midsomer Murders

as Leo Fincher

Oliver's Travels

A Mind to Kill

Civvies

Screen Two

as Marzi

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Dalen

2021

Director

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America

2007

Director of Photography

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