Richard Dillane

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-10-15 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, United Kingdom

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.

Acting

2020

2006

2005

The Jacket

as Captain Medley

2001

2008

The Edge of Love

as Lt Col David Talbot Rice

2021

Munich – The Edge of War

as Colonel Menzies

2010

Oranges and Sunshine

as Merv Humphreys

1998

Emmerdale: Revenge

as D.S. Dan Campbell

2013

Dead in Tombstone

as Jack Sutter

2012

2014

Altar

as Greg

2012

Argo

as OSS Officer Nicholls

2008

The Dark Knight

as Acting Commissioner

1999

Wing Commander

as Lt. Hunter

2000

Seeing Red

as Steve

2013

Anna

as Robert Greene

2017

Against the Law

as Prosecutor Roberts

2009

2018

Mother's Day

as Dr Tarring

2004

Spartacus

as Julius Caesar

2014

2005

Space Race

as Werner Von Braun

2006

2021

The Show

as Henry Gaunt

2019

The Last Vermeer

as Colonel Jenkins

1997

Solomon

as Jeroboam

2004

De-Lovely

as Bill Wrather

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