Acting credits
67
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Richard Dillane
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
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Movies: 28Series: 39
TMDB ID: 176227
IMDb ID: nm0226819
Known for: Acting
Born: October 15, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: London, England, United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1986 - 2025
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 7
Wikidata: Q1591382
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Dillane.
5.7
Murder at the Embassy
as Robert
2025 Movie
6.9
Munich – The Edge of War
as Colonel Menzies
2021 Movie
5.4
The Show
as Henry Gaunt
2021 Movie
7.1
The Forgotten Battle
as Sinclair
2021 Movie
6.5
The Last Vermeer
as Colonel Jenkins
2019 Movie
7.6
Mother's Day
as Dr Tarring
2018 Movie
6.8
Against the Law
as Prosecutor Roberts
2017 Movie
4.8
Altar
as Greg
2014 Movie
3.4
United Passions
as Larsen
2014 Movie
6.5
Anna
as Robert Greene
2013 Movie
5.0
Dead in Tombstone
as Jack Sutter
2013 Movie
7.3
Argo
as OSS Officer Nicholls
2012 Movie
5.8
The Dinosaur Project
as Marchant
2012 Movie
6.9
Oranges and Sunshine
as Merv Humphreys
2010 Movie
4.7
Mad Sad & Bad
as Roger
2009 Movie
8.5
The Dark Knight
as Acting Commissioner
2008 Movie
6.2
The Edge of Love
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2008 Movie
1.0
The Real Sopranos
as Narrator
2006 Movie
6.7
Tristan & Isolde
as Aragon
2006 Movie
6.9
The Jacket
as Captain Medley
2005 Movie
8.5
Space Race
as Werner Von Braun
2005 Movie
6.1
De-Lovely
as Bill Wrather
2004 Movie
6.7
Spartacus
as Julius Caesar
2004 Movie
7.1
Doc Martin
as Tim
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Dillane.
7.6
The Diplomat
as Tom Libby • 7 eps
2023 Series
6.3
Stonehouse
as Mackenzie • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.3
Andor
as Davo Sculdun • 7 eps
2022 Series
6.7
Dalgliesh
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs • 2 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Young Wallander
as Hemberg • 6 eps
2020 Series
6.6
West of Liberty
as Ron Harriman • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.4
Giri/Haji
as Brian • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.4
Twice Upon a Time
as David Arron • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.9
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Patrick Wayne • 5 eps
2019 Series
6.6
The Last Post
as Harvey Tilbrook • 6 eps
2017 Series
7.8
The White Princess
as Thomas Stanley • 8 eps
2017 Series
8.2
The Crown
as King George V • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.2
Berlin Station
as Gerald Ellman • 29 eps
2016 Series
8.2
The Last Kingdom
as Ludeca • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.8
Poldark
as Henry Bull • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Wolf Hall
as Duke of Suffolk • 10 eps
2015 Series
8.2
Outlander
as Captain Raines • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.4
Atlantis
as Palos • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.5
Peaky Blinders
as General Curran • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.1
Endeavour
as Leo Richardson • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as Sir Charles Hakeworth • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Mr. Scarisbrick • 2 eps
2012 Series
7.4
Vera
as Will Peyton • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.6
Lewis
as Theodore Platt • 1 eps
2007 Series