Richard Armitage
b. 1971 (age 55)
Leicester, England, UK
Actor
Writer
Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.1
Missing You
2025 Actor
Ellis Stagger
🎬
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One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars
2025 Actor
Narrator
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★ 6.8
Fool Me Once
2024 Actor
Joe Burkett
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★ 7.1
Red Eye
2024 Actor
Dr. Matthew Nolan
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★ 5.6
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
2024 Actor
Charles Devereaux
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🎞️
★ 6.6
The National Television Awards 2024
2024 Self
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★ 5.2
Obsession
2023 Actor
William Farrow
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★ 6.1
The Boy in the Woods
2023 Actor
Jasko
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★ 5.2
The Man from Rome
2022 Actor
Quart
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★ 6.9
Stay Close
2021 Actor
Ray Levine
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★ 6.5
Space Sweepers
2021 Actor
Sullivan
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★ 7.2
The Stranger
2020 Actor
Adam Price
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★ 7.5
Uncle Vanya
2020 Actor
Astrov
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★ 6.0
The Lodge
2019 Actor
Richard Hall
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★ 6.0
My Zoe
2019 Actor
James Lewis
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★ 8.3
Castlevania
2017 Actor
Trevor Belmont
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★ 5.9
Pilgrimage
2017 Actor
Raymond De Merville
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★ 5.1
Sleepwalker
2017 Actor
Dr. Scott White
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★ 6.6
Brain on Fire
2016 Actor
Tom Cahalan
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★ 7.6
Berlin Station
2016 Actor
Daniel Miller
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★ 6.6
I Am Urban
2015 Actor
Chop
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★ 7.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 Actor
Thorin
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★ 5.8
Into the Storm
2014 Actor
Gary
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★ 8.7
The Crucible
2014 Actor
John Proctor
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🎞️
★ 7.8
Middle-earth: There and Back Again
2014 Self
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★ 7.8
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 Actor
Thorin
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Backstage with the Anglophile
2013 Self
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🎞️
The 11th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party
2013 Self
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★ 7.8
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 Actor
Thorin
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Nerdophiles
2012 Self
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Production Diaries
2012 Self
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🎞️
The 26th Annual ARIA Awards
2012 Self
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★ 6.9
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 Actor
Heinz Kruger
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★ 8.2
125 Years of Wimbledon: You Cannot Be Serious
2011 Actor
Narrator
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Trouble in Lemur Land
2011 Actor
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★ 8.3
Lost Land of the Tiger
2010 Self
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★ 7.1
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010 Actor
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★ 7.4
The Great Sperm Race
2009 Self
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★ 6.5
Miss Marie Lloyd
2007 Actor
Percy Courtney
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★ 7.8
Children in Need
2007 Actor
Guy of Gisborne
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★ 8.3
Empire's Children
2007 Self
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★ 7.4
Robin Hood
2006 Actor
Guy of Gisbourne
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★ 8.1
The Impressionists
2006 Actor
Young Claude Monet
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★ 7.5
CBeebies Bedtime Story
2006 Self
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★ 7.2
The National Television Awards
2006 Self
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★ 5.6
Frozen
2005 Actor
Steven
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★ 6.6
The Golden Hour
2005 Actor
Dr. Alec Track
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★ 8.5
North & South
2004 Actor
John Thornton
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★ 7.4
Between the Sheets
2003 Actor
Paul Andrews
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★ 8.3
MI-5
2002 Actor
Lucas North
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★ 7.3
Sparkhouse
2002 Actor
John Standring
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★ 6.3
This Year's Love
1999 Actor
Smug Man at Party
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★ 7.5
Staged
1999 Actor
Daryl
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Winter
Actor
Ethan Winter