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Richard Armitage

 
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Mostly Credited As: Richard Armitage
Date Of Birth: August 22, 1971 (Age 38)
Country Of Birth: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Leicester, England
Height: 6' 2" (1.87 m)

Richard Armitage was born in Leicestershire, England on 22nd August 1971. At age 17, Richard joined a circus in Budapest, Hungary for eight weeks which gained him an Equity card. He then went on to study Drama at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) London.

Starting off with theatre work in productions such as Cats and 42nd Street in the West End in London, he followed this with small guest roles on TV in programmes such as Casualty and Doctors .
His breakthrough role came in the BBC production of North and South in 2004, where his appearance as Northern Mill owner John Thornton gained him an Army of fans. Since then he has consolidated his rising popularity with lead roles in The Golden Hour, The Impressionists and Robin Hood.
He played the the love interest for Dawn French in the final Vicar of Dibley programmes.

Richard was last seen on screen in George Gently and will shortly be appearing in Marie Lloyd Queen of the Music Hall and Marple - Ordeal by Innocence

Richard is currently filming Season 2 of Robin Hood. When not on location in Budapest, Hungary, Richard lives in London.
 
 
Richard Armitage TV Appearances
  
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Show: The Impressionists(2006)As: Young Monet
Show: Robin Hood(2006)As: Sir Guy of Gisborne
Show: Golden Hour(2005)As: Dr Alec Track
Show: North and South (UK)(2004)As: John Thornton
Show: Between the Sheets(2003)As: Paul Andrews
Show: Spooks(2002)As: Lucas North (S07-)
Show: Sparkhouse(2002)As: John Standring
Episode Cast Credits 
Show: This Morning (1988) 
  • October 27, 2008 21x41: (Oct/27/2008) As Himself 
Show: Breakfast (2000) 
  • October 27, 2008 09x301: (Oct/27/2008) As Himself 
Show: Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) 
  • Ordeal by Innocence 03x02: (Sep/30/2007) As Philip Durrant 
Show: George Gently (2007) 
  • Pilot 01x??: (Apr/08/2007) As Ricky Deeming 
Show: The Vicar of Dibley (1994) 
  • The Vicar In White (Jan/01/2007) As Harry Kennedy 
  • The Handsome Stranger (Dec/25/2006) As Harry Kennedy 
Show: Mystery! (1980) 
  • The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Series V (1) In Divine Proportion 26x18: (Sep/10/2006) As Philip Turner 
  • Malice Aforethought (Episode 2) 25x02: (Apr/10/2005) As William Chatford 
  • Malice Aforethought (Episode 1) 25x01: (Apr/03/2005) As William Chatford 
Show: ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) 
  • Macbeth 01x02: (Nov/14/2005) As Peter MacDuff 
Show: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001) 
  • In Divine Proportion 04x01: (Mar/17/2005) As Philip Turner 
Show: Ultimate Force (2002) 
  • What in the Name of God... 02x05: (Jul/16/2003) As Capt. Ian Macalwain 
  • Mad Dogs 02x02: (Jun/25/2003) As Capt. Ian Macalwain 
Show: Cold Feet (UK) (1998) 
  • 504 05x04: (Mar/16/2003) As Lee 
  • 503 05x03: (Mar/09/2003) As Lee 
  • 502 05x02: (Mar/02/2003) As Lee 
  • 501 05x01: (Feb/23/2003) As Lee 
Show: Casualty (1986) 
  • Playing With Fire 16x17: (Dec/29/2001) As Craig Parker 
 
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Richard Armitage Trivia
  
Richard gained his Equity card by joining a circus in Budapest, Hungary when he was 17
 
Richard likes to research for his various roles. He has worked as a farmer for a short while for Sparkhouse, toured mills in the North of England for North and South, learned aqua-aerobics for Cold Feet, learnt to play rugby ,trained with the SAS for Ultimate Force and shadowed the HEMS team for The Golden Hour as well as spending time with the head waiter at La Gavroche for the BBC's modern adaptation of Macbeth
 
 
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