Richard Dillane
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Oliver Ordish
1997
Series
Doctor Who
Carter
2005
Series
Outlander
Captain Raines
2014
Series
Peaky Blinders
General Curran
2013
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Major Summerhayes
1989
Film
The Dark Knight
Acting Commissioner
2008
Series
The Last Kingdom
Ludeca
2015
Series
The Crown
King George V
2016
Series
Call the Midwife
Mr. Scarisbrick
2012
Series
Father Brown
Sir Charles Hakeworth
2013
Series
Andor
Davo Sculdun
2022
Series
Casualty
Anthony Sharman
1986
Series
Casualty
Sean Anderson
1986
Series
Vera
Will Peyton
2011
Series
Heartbeat
Terry
1992
Series
Endeavour
Leo Richardson
2013
Series
Spooks
John Richardson
2002
Series
Foyle's War
Charles Roper
2002
Series
Hustle
Graham Poole
2004
Series
Lewis
Theodore Platt
2007
Series
Poldark
Henry Bull
2015
Series
New Tricks
Lawrence Delvin
2004
Series
The Diplomat
Tom Libby
2023
Series
Waking the Dead
Ricardo Rivelli
2001
Series
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Patrick Wayne
2019
Series
Dalgliesh
Stephen Courtney-Briggs
2021
Series
Possession
Eugene Desfrienes
2026
Series
Berlin Station
Gerald Ellman
2016
Series
Soldier Soldier
Sgt Brad Connor
1991
Film
Argo
OSS Officer Nicholls
2012
Series
Wolf Hall
Duke of Suffolk
2015
Series
The White Princess
Thomas Stanley
2017
Series
Cold Feet
Miles Brodie
1998
Series
Atlantis
Palos
2013
Series
Giri/Haji
Brian
2019
Film
Tristan & Isolde
Aragon
2006
Film
The Jacket
Captain Medley
2005
Film
Murder at the Embassy
Robert
2025
Film
Anna
Robert Greene
2013
Series
Young Wallander
Hemberg
2020
Series
Partners in Crime
Bulldog
2015
Series
The Grand
Sean Villiers
1997
Film
Munich - The Edge of War
Colonel Menzies
2021
Film
The Forgotten Battle
Sinclair
2021
Series
Adventure Inc.
Michael Drake
2002
Series
Stonehouse
Mackenzie
2023
Series
Space Race
Wernher von Braun
2005
Series
Twice Upon a Time
David Arron
2019
Film
Spartacus
Julius Caesar
2004
Film
The Edge of Love
Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2008
Series
The Last Post
Harvey Tilbrook
2017
Film
The Dinosaur Project
Marchant
2012
Film
The Last Vermeer
Colonel Jenkins
2019
Film
Wing Commander
Lt. Hunter
1999
Film
United Passions
Larsen
2014
Film
De-Lovely
Bill Wrather
2004
Film
Solomon
Jeroboam
1997
Series
West of Liberty
Ron Harriman
2019
Film
Dead in Tombstone
Jack Sutter
2013
Film
Oranges and Sunshine
Merv Humphreys
2010
Film
Mad Sad & Bad
Roger
2009
Series
Solomon
Jeroboam
1997
Film
The Show
Henry Gaunt
2021
Film
Doc Martin
Tim
2001
Film
Emmerdale: Revenge
D.S. Dan Campbell
1998
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
John Cross
2002
Film
Mother's Day
Dr Tarring
2018
Film
Against the Law
Prosecutor Roberts
2017
Film
Altar
Greg
2014
Film
Seeing Red
Steve
2000
An Evil Streak
David Mereday
1999
Film
The Real Sopranos
Narrator
2006
Film
Space Race
Werner Von Braun
2005
One Hundredth of a Second
Connor
2006
Interview with a Poltergeist
Narrator
2007