Blake Ritson

Acting · Directing

Born January 14, 1978, England, UK

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.

Filmography

• The Count of Monte Cristo — Danglars
• Interview with the Vampire — Morgan Ward
• The Gilded Age — Oscar van Rhijn
• Foundation — Sunmaster-18
• 2021Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard — Gunther
• 2020Breaking The Codes
• 2018Bricks — William
• Krypton — Brainiac
• The Crown — Andrew Gailey
• 2014Serena — Lowenstein
• 2013Breakthrough — Toby
• Da Vinci's Demons — Girolamo Riario
• 2012For Elsie — Glenn Millberg, Co-Producer
• 2012Hyde Park on Hudson — Butler
• World Without End — Edward III
• The Crimson Petal and the White
• Upstairs Downstairs — The Duke of Kent
• 2009Dead Man Running — Jarvis
• Emma — Mr. Elton
• Garrow's Law — Charles Fox
• 2009Love Hate — Rob, Director, Writer
• 2008God on Trial — Idek
• 2008RocknRolla — Drowned Sloane
• 2007Mansfield Park — Edmund Bertram
• If... — Ben Swales
• 2004Out of time — Director
• Red Cap
• 2002AKA — Alexander Gryffoyn
• Adventure Inc. — Byron Haycroft
• 2002The Cicerones — Guide 1 'Foreign'
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries — Graham Marshall
• 2001Me Without You — Tim
• Urban Gothic — Dave Matthews
• 1999Titus — Mutius
• Knight School — Sir Roger de Courcey
• 1996Breaking the Code — Christopher Morcom
• 1996Different for Girls — Young Prentice
• A Touch of Frost — D.C. Robert Presley
• Casualty — Daniel Tasker
• Upstairs, Downstairs