Richard Dillane
Acting • Born 1964-10-15
Biography
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
73 credits
The Forgotten Battle
Movie • 2021
Sinclair
Tristan & Isolde
Movie • 2006
Aragon
The Jacket
Movie • 2005
Captain Medley
Doc Martin
Movie • 2001
Tim
The Edge of Love
Movie • 2008
Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Munich – The Edge of War
Movie • 2021
Colonel Menzies
Oranges and Sunshine
Movie • 2010
Merv Humphreys
Emmerdale: Revenge
Movie • 1998
D.S. Dan Campbell
Dead in Tombstone
Movie • 2013
Jack Sutter
The Dinosaur Project
Movie • 2012
Marchant
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
Movie • 2002
John Cross
Altar
Movie • 2014
Greg
One Hundredth of a Second
Movie • 2006
Connor
Argo
Movie • 2012
OSS Officer Nicholls
The Dark Knight
Movie • 2008
Acting Commissioner
Interview with a Poltergeist
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Wing Commander
Movie • 1999
Lt. Hunter
Seeing Red
Movie • 2000
Steve
Anna
Movie • 2013
Robert Greene
Against the Law
Movie • 2017
Prosecutor Roberts
Mad Sad & Bad
Movie • 2009
Roger
Mother's Day
Movie • 2018
Dr Tarring
Spartacus
Movie • 2004
Julius Caesar
United Passions
Movie • 2014
Larsen
Space Race
Movie • 2005
Werner Von Braun
The Real Sopranos
Movie • 2006
Narrator
The Show
Movie • 2021
Henry Gaunt
The Last Vermeer
Movie • 2019
Colonel Jenkins
Solomon
Movie • 1997
Jeroboam
De-Lovely
Movie • 2004
Bill Wrather
Murder at the Embassy
Movie • 2025
Robert
Space Race
TV • 2005
Wernher von Braun
Hustle
TV • 2004
Graham Poole
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Terry
The Last Post
TV • 2017
Harvey Tilbrook
Call the Midwife
TV • 2012
Mr. Scarisbrick
Adventure Inc.
TV • 2002
Michael Drake
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Major Summerhayes
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Carter
The Diplomat
TV • 2023
Tom Libby
New Tricks
TV • 2004
Lawrence Delvin
Dalgliesh
TV • 2021
Stephen Courtney-Briggs
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Sir Charles Hakeworth
Berlin Station
TV • 2016
Gerald Ellman
Cold Feet
TV • 1998
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Ricardo Rivelli
The Crown
TV • 2016
King George V
Endeavour
TV • 2013
Leo Richardson
Stonehouse
TV • 2023
Mackenzie
Vera
TV • 2011
Will Peyton
Outlander
TV • 2014
Captain Raines
Casualty
TV • 1986
Anthony Sharman
Casualty
TV • 1986
Sean Anderson
The White Princess
TV • 2017
Thomas Stanley
Atlantis
TV • 2013
Palos
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TV • 2019
Patrick Wayne
Spooks
TV • 2002
John Richardson
Lewis
TV • 2007
Theodore Platt
Twice Upon a Time
TV • 2019
David Arron
Andor
TV • 2022
Davo Sculdun
West of Liberty
TV • 2019
Ron Harriman
Giri/Haji
TV • 2019
Brian
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Oliver Ordish
Young Wallander
TV • 2020
Hemberg
Poldark
TV • 2015
Henry Bull
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Sgt Brad Connor
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
General Curran
Wolf Hall
TV • 2015
Duke of Suffolk
Inheritance
TV
Eugene Desfrienes
Solomon
TV • 1997
Jeroboam
Foyle's War
TV • 2002
Charles Roper
The Last Kingdom
TV • 2015
Ludeca
The Grand
TV • 1997
Sean Villiers