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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 22, 1971
Place of Birth
Leicester, England, UK
Also Known As
- Ρίτσαρντ Άρμιταζ
- 리차드 아미티지
- 李察·阿米塔吉
- ریچارد آرمیتاژ
Richard Armitage
2.8 Popularity
Biography
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
7.0
Self
VE Day 80
2025
6.0
Ellis Stagger
Missing You
2025
6.3
Charles Devereaux (voice)
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
2024
7.1
Dr. Matthew Nolan
Red Eye
2024
7.1
Joe Burkett
Fool Me Once
2024
6.7
Jasko
The Boy in the Woods
2023
6.5
William Farrow
Obsession
2023
5.8
Father Quart
The Man from Rome
2022
7.0
Ray Levine
Stay Close
2021
0.0
Self
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Credits
VE Day 80
as Self
2025
7.0
Missing You
as Ellis Stagger
2025
6.0
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
as Charles Devereaux (voice)
2024
6.3
Red Eye
as Dr. Matthew Nolan
2024
7.1
Fool Me Once
as Joe Burkett
2024
7.1
The Boy in the Woods
as Jasko
2023
6.7
Obsession
as William Farrow
2023
6.5
The Man from Rome
as Father Quart
2022
5.8
Stay Close
as Ray Levine
2021
7.0
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self
2021
0.0
Space Sweepers
as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
2021
7.1
Uncle Vanya
as Astrov
2020
7.3
Between the Covers
as Self
2020
5.5
The Stranger
as Adam Price
2020
7.2
The Lodge
as Richard
2020
6.1
My Zoe
as James Lewis
2019
6.5
Ocean's Eight
as Claude Becker
2018
7.0
I Am Urban
as Chop
2018
7.5
Sleepwalker
as Dr. Scott White
2017
4.7
Castlevania
as Trevor Belmont (voice)
2017
8.3
Pilgrimage
as Raymond De Merville
2017
6.0
Brain on Fire
as Tom Cahalan
2017
7.0
Berlin Station
as Daniel Miller
2016
7.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as King Oleron
2016
6.6
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
as Self
2015
10.0
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Thorin Oakenshield
2014
7.3
The Crucible
as John Proctor
2014
7.6
Into the Storm
as Gary Morris
2014
6.1
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Thorin Oakenshield
2013
7.6
Hannibal
as Francis Dolarhyde
2013
8.3
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Thorin Oakenshield
2012
7.4
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Heinz Kruger
2011
7.0
HMS Ark Royal
as Himself - Narrator
2011
0.0
Lost Land of the Tiger
as Self - Narrator
2010
7.5
Strike Back
as John Porter
2010
7.4
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
as Narrator
2010
9.0
Moving On
as John Mulligan
2009
7.1
The Great Sperm Race
as Narrator (Voice)
2009
7.1
Inspector George Gently
2008
7.9
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
as Percy Courtenay
2007
5.1
Robin Hood
as Sir Guy of Gisbourne
2006
6.8
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
The Impressionists
as Claude Monet
2006
7.5
Macbeth
as Peter Macduff
2005
7.6
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
7.5
🎬
Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace
as Self
2005
0.0
The Golden Hour
as Dr. Alec Track
2005
0.0
Malice Aforethought
as William Chatford
2005
4.1
Frozen
as Steven
2005
5.7
North & South
as John Thornton
2004
8.1
Between The Sheets
as Paul Andrews
2003
4.5
Ultimate Force
2002
6.6
Ultimate Force
as Capt. Ian Macalwain
2002
6.6
Sparkhouse
as John Standring
2002
7.6
Spooks
as Lucas North
2002
7.7
Spooks
as Armed Police Officer
2002
7.7
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Philip Turner
2002
7.2
Macbeth
as Angus
2001
6.6
Cleopatra
as Epiphanes
1999
6.5
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Tonra
1999
6.6
This Year's Love
as Smug Man at Party
1999
5.0
Cold Feet
1998
7.6
The Vicar of Dibley
as Harry Kennedy
1994
7.2
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Casualty
as Craig Parker
1986
6.1
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Great Performances
as Astov
1971
5.8
Now & Then
as Chris
N/A
0.0