Richard Dillane

Acting

Born October 15, 1964, London, England, United Kingdom

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.

Filmography

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