Richard Dillane

Personal Info

Birthday

October 15, 1964

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, United Kingdom

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

Midsomer Murders

Peaky Blinders

Doctor Who

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Outlander

Vera

Andor

Endeavour

Filmography

2021
Munich – The Edge of War
as Colonel Menzies
The Show
as Henry Gaunt
2020
The Forgotten Battle
as Sinclair
2019
The Last Vermeer
as Colonel Jenkins
2018
Mother's Day
as Dr Tarring
2017
Against the Law
as Prosecutor Roberts
2014
Altar
as Greg
United Passions
as Larsen
2013
Anna
as Robert Greene
Dead in Tombstone
as Jack Sutter
2012
Argo
as OSS Officer Nicholls
The Dinosaur Project
as Marchant
2010
Oranges and Sunshine
as Merv Humphreys
2009
Mad Sad & Bad
as Roger
2008
The Dark Knight
as Acting Commissioner
The Edge of Love
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2007
Interview with a Poltergeist
as Narrator
2006
One Hundredth of a Second
as Connor
The Real Sopranos
as Narrator
Tristan & Isolde
as Aragon
2005
The Jacket
as Captain Medley
2004
De-Lovely
as Bill Wrather
Spartacus
as Julius Caesar
2002
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as John Cross
2001
Doc Martin
as Tim
2000
Seeing Red
as Steve
1999
Wing Commander
as Lt. Hunter
1998
Emmerdale: Revenge
as D.S. Dan Campbell
1997
Solomon
as Jeroboam