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