Richard Armitage
Date of birth: 1971-08-22
Place of birth: Leicester, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ρίτσαρντ Άρμιταζ, 리차드 아미티지, 李察·阿米塔吉, ریچارد آرمیتاژ, Ричард Эрмитейдж
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.
Movie Credits
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
2007-05-09
Witness the life and loves of Marie Lloyd, the music hall legend known for her bawdy songs and outra
Captain America: The First Avenger
2011-07-22
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier
The Boy in the Woods
2023-09-19
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Na
Frozen
2005-03-12
It's two years since the mysterious disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister Annie, but Kath r
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
2010-01-01
A dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards plays out in Botswana's Okavango Delta. This is prime t
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012-12-12
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013-12-11
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained t
Macbeth
2001-01-01
Anthony Sher and Harriet Walter star in a highly-acclaimed screen version of William Shakespeare's c
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014-12-10
Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treas
The Great Sperm Race
2009-02-22
'The Great Sperm Race' tells the story of human conception as it's never been told before. With 250
Into the Storm
2014-08-06
As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be
The Crucible
2014-12-04
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt p
The Man from Rome
2022-10-21
A computer hacker penetrates Vatican security and sends an urgent anonymous plea to the pope. Handso
Pilgrimage
2017-04-23
In 13th century Ireland a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with
Sleepwalker
2017-10-10
A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life b
Brain on Fire
2017-02-22
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015-12-08
An in depth feature length piece on the creative efforts to approach the Hannibal television series'
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016-05-25
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
I Am Urban
2018-04-02
A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of jo
This Year's Love
1999-02-19
The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the
Ocean's Eight
2018-06-07
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the c
My Zoe
2019-11-14
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her
The Lodge
2020-01-16
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005-11-14
A chef and his restaurant-hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high-class Glaswegian
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evi
Space Sweepers
2021-02-05
When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dor
Uncle Vanya
2020-10-27
During a hot summer, Sonya and her uncle Vanya spend their days idle in a dilapidated farmhouse deep
Now & Then
Christopher Metcalfe returns to his childhood home following the death of his father. Here, he confr
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021-03-06
Dawn French and Richard Curtis take viewers on a joyful stroll down memory lane as they look back at
Castlevania
In a bleak, gothic eastern Europe, humanity faces extinction after Dracula unleashes his wrath on th
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Retelling of Shakespeare plays: when three binmen tell Joe Macbeth he's to become the owner of the r