
Blake Ritson
Biography
Blake Ritson won a scholarship to St. Paul's School in London before attending Cambridge University and was soon appearing in the West End in the Tom Stoppard play 'Arcadia', for which he received excellent notices. In addition to acting - notable television roles have included 'Emma', 'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Mansfield Park' with Billie Piper - he has also co-directed and co-written four prize-winning short films with his brother Dylan, another Cambridge graduate and ex-member of the Footlights company. He also plays musical instruments and was one of the backing band on the album 'Cowley Road' by fellow thespian - and 'Mansfield Park' co-star - Douglas Hodge.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Count of Monte Cristo as Danglars
2022Interview with the Vampire as Morgan Ward
2022The Gilded Age as Oscar van Rhijn
2021Foundation as Sunmaster-18
2021Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Gunther
2020Breaking The Codes
2018Krypton as Brainiac
2018Bricks as William
2016The Crown as Andrew Gailey
2014Serena as Lowenstein
2013Breakthrough as Toby
2013Da Vinci's Demons as Girolamo Riario
2012Hyde Park on Hudson as Butler
2012World Without End as Edward III
2012For Elsie as Glenn Millberg
2011The Crimson Petal and the White
2009Garrow's Law as Charles Fox
2009Emma as Mr. Elton
2009Love Hate as Rob
2009Dead Man Running as Jarvis
2008RocknRolla as Drowned Sloane
2008God on Trial as Idek
2007Mansfield Park as Edmund Bertram
2004If... as Ben Swales
2003Red Cap
2002Adventure Inc. as Byron Haycroft
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Graham Marshall
2002AKA as Alexander Gryffoyn
2002The Cicerones as Guide 1 'Foreign'
2001Me Without You as Tim
1999Titus as Mutius
1999The League of Gentlemen as Justin Smart
1996Different for Girls as Young Prentice
1996Breaking the Code as Christopher Morcom
1992A Touch of Frost as D.C. Robert Presley
1986Casualty as Daniel Tasker
1971Upstairs, Downstairs









