Gender

Male

Birthday, Age

1971 August 22 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Leicester, England, UK

Richard Armitage

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

Actor ( 3 )

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Thorin Oakenshield

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Thorin Oakenshield

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Thorin Oakenshield

Full Filmography

Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall

as Percy Courtenay

Movie • 2007-05-09

Captain America: The First Avenger

as Heinz Kruger

Movie • 2011-07-22

The Boy in the Woods

as Jasko

Movie • 2023-09-19

Frozen

as Steven

Movie • 2005-03-12

Leopards of Dead Tree Island

as Narrator

Movie • 2010-01-01

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Thorin Oakenshield

Movie • 2012-12-12

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Thorin Oakenshield

Movie • 2013-12-11

Macbeth

as Angus

Movie • 2001-01-01

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Thorin Oakenshield

Movie • 2014-12-10

The Great Sperm Race

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie • 2009-02-22

Into the Storm

as Gary Morris

Movie • 2014-08-06

The Crucible

as John Proctor

Movie • 2014-12-04

The Man from Rome

as Father Quart

Movie • 2022-10-21

Pilgrimage

as Raymond De Merville

Movie • 2017-04-23

Sleepwalker

as Dr. Scott White

Movie • 2017-10-10

Brain on Fire

as Tom Cahalan

Movie • 2017-02-22

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon

as Self

Movie • 2015-12-08

Alice Through the Looking Glass

as King Oleron

Movie • 2016-05-25

I Am Urban

as Chop

Movie • 2018-04-02

This Year's Love

as Smug Man at Party

Movie • 1999-02-19

Ocean's Eight

as Claude Becker

Movie • 2018-06-07

My Zoe

as James Lewis

Movie • 2019-11-14

The Lodge

as Richard

Movie • 2020-01-16

Macbeth

as Peter Macduff

Movie • 2005-11-14

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Tonra

Movie • 1999-05-19

Space Sweepers

as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS

Movie • 2021-02-05

Uncle Vanya

as Astrov

Movie • 2020-10-27

Now & Then

as Chris

Movie •

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out

as Self

Movie • 2021-03-06

This Morning

as Self

Tv • 1988-10-03

Ultimate Force

Tv • 2002-09-16

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Philip Turner

Tv • 2002-04-08

Lost Land of the Tiger

as Self - Narrator

Tv • 2010-09-21

Spooks

as Lucas North

Tv • 2002-05-13

Between The Sheets

as Paul Andrews

Tv • 2003-11-17

Sparkhouse

as John Standring

Tv • 2002-09-01

Malice Aforethought

as William Chatford

Tv • 2005-04-10

Robin Hood

as Sir Guy of Gisbourne

Tv • 2006-10-07

Great Performances

as Astov

Tv • 1971-01-28

The Golden Hour

as Dr. Alec Track

Tv • 2005-09-14

ShakespeaRe-Told

Tv • 2005-11-07

Inspector George Gently

Tv • 2008-04-08

North & South

as John Thornton

Tv • 2004-11-14

The Impressionists

as Claude Monet

Tv • 2006-04-30

Natural World

as Narrator

Tv • 1983-10-30

Obsession

as William Farrow

Tv • 2023-04-13

GMTV

as Self

Tv • 1993-01-01

Strike Back

as John Porter

Tv • 2010-05-05

Cold Feet

Tv • 1998-11-15

Stay Close

as Ray Levine

Tv • 2021-12-31

Moving On

as John Mulligan

Tv • 2009-05-18

Hannibal

as Francis Dolarhyde

Tv • 2013-04-04

Berlin Station

as Daniel Miller

Tv • 2016-10-16

Castlevania

as Trevor Belmont (voice)

Tv • 2017-07-07

Casualty

as Craig Parker

Tv • 1986-09-06

Between the Covers

as Self

Tv • 2020-10-09

Cleopatra

as Epiphanes

Tv • 1999-05-23

Spooks

as Armed Police Officer

Tv • 2002-05-13

Red Eye

as Matthew Nolan

Tv • 2024-04-21

HMS Ark Royal

as Himself - Narrator

Tv • 2011-02-22

Missing You

as Ellis Stagger

Tv • 2025-01-01

The Stranger

as Adam Price

Tv • 2020-01-30

The Vicar of Dibley

as Harry Kennedy

Tv • 1994-11-10

Ultimate Force

as Capt. Ian Macalwain

Tv • 2002-09-16

Fool Me Once

as Joe Burkett

Tv • 2024-01-01

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

as Charles Devereaux (voice)

Tv • 2024-10-10

The One Show

as Self

Tv • 2006-08-14

VE Day 80

as Self

Tv • 2025-05-05