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
Complete Filmography
The Boy in the Woods
2023
as Jasko
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart...
The Man from Rome
2022
as Father Quart
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handsome Father Quart, of the church's Institute of Exte...
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
as Self
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at their favorite Dibley moments, and for the first ...
Space Sweepers
2021
as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destructi...
Uncle Vanya
2020
as Astrov
During a hot summer, Sonya and her uncle Vanya spend their days idle in a dilapidated farmhouse deep in the countryside. Alone and isolated, they only...
The Lodge
2020
as Richard
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, G...
My Zoe
2019
as James Lewis
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to h...
Ocean's Eight
2018
as Claude Becker
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
I Am Urban
2018
as Chop
A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving, out of control, c...
Sleepwalker
2017
as Dr. Scott White
A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life being turned upside down.
Pilgrimage
2017
as Raymond De Merville
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
Brain on Fire
2017
as Tom Cahalan
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into in...
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as King Oleron
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series' third season "reboot" of the Red Dragon arc.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
as Thorin Oakenshield
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...
The Crucible
2014
as John Proctor
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
Into the Storm
2014
as Gary Morris
As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be anything other than ordinary. Mother Nature, howe...
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
as Thorin Oakenshield
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
as Thorin Oakenshield
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Heinz Kruger
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers ...
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010
as Narrator
A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta. This is prime territory for Africa's most secretive big cat and a...
The Great Sperm Race
2009
as Narrator (Voice)
'The Great Sperm Race' tells the story of human conception as it's never been told before. With 250 million competitors, it is the most extreme race o...
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007
as Percy Courtenay
Jessie Wallace stars in this BBC drama based on the turbulent life and times of Marie Lloyd, known as the 'Queen of the Music Hall', who was famous at...
Macbeth
2005
as Peter Macduff
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian restaurant.
Frozen
2005
as Steven
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath remains haunted by a need to know what happened. Wh...
Macbeth
2001
as Angus
Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition. On the stag...
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Tonra
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...
This Year's Love
1999
as Smug Man at Party
The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the romantic misadventures of six young people in Cam...
Now & Then
N/A
as Chris
Christopher Metcalfe returns to his childhood home following the death of his father. Here, he confronts memories of his time at public school and rel...