Richard Bremmer
Acting • Born 1953-01-27
Biography
Richard Bremmer (born January 27, 1953) is an English actor. Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire. Bremmer first began his career in the short film of Couples and Robbers before being in his first full-length film The Girl with Brains in Her Feet. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). He was cast as Skeld in The 13th Warrior and also appeared in the 2004 film Viper in the Fist, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin. Bremmer's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, King Lear and MacBeth. He has appeared in movies such as the 2014 biographical drama Mr. Turner, the 2015 adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea, the 2007 biographical drama Control, the 2003 action comedy Shanghai Knights and the 2001 comedy film Just Visiting. His television credits include the fantasy drama series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, the historical drama series The Borgias, the adventure-drama series Crusoe, and the docudrama Dunkirk.
Filmography
51 credits
The 13th Warrior
Movie • 1999
Skeld (Superstitious)
The Order
Movie • 2003
Bookstore Owner
Control
Movie • 2007
Ian's Father
Shanghai Knights
Movie • 2003
Master at Arms
Viper in the Fist
Movie • 2004
Abbé Traquet
Ourhouse
Movie • 2010
Charles 'Daddy' Maddox-Wilson
Volpone
Movie • 2010
Volpone
Les Misérables
Movie • 2012
Ensemble 'At the End of the Day'
Just Visiting
Movie • 2001
King Henrik
Macbeth
Movie • 2011
Duncan / Porter / Doctor
Made in Britain
Movie • 1983
Policeman
Ripper 2: Letter from Within
Movie • 2004
Dr. Weisser
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Movie • 2003
Andrew Aguecheek
Murder on the Home Front
Movie • 2013
Charlie Maxton
Mr. Turner
Movie • 2014
George Jones
The Girl with Brains in Her Feet
Movie • 1997
Vic
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 1998
Arkady Ivanovich
The Lost Explorer
Movie • 2010
Perdition County
Movie • 2014
The Song of Names
Movie • 2019
Billy the Busker
In the Heart of the Sea
Movie • 2015
Benjamin Fuller
City Slacker
Movie • 2012
Matt
Stars of the Roller State Disco
Movie • 1984
Security Guard
Swallows and Amazons
Movie • 2016
Old Billy
Half Past Dead
Movie • 2002
Sonny Eckvall
In Fabric
Movie • 2018
Mr. Lundy
To Kill a King
Movie • 2003
Abraham
The Aryan Couple
Movie • 2004
The Power of Three
Movie • 2011
Donald
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie • 2001
Lord Voldemort
Richard II
Movie • 1997
Henry Bolingbroke
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Movie • 2006
Doctor
The Song of Names
Movie • 2019
Billy
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
First Order Officer
Onegin
Movie • 1999
Diplomat at Ball
Flux Gourmet
Movie • 2022
Dr. Glock
Performance
TV • 1991
Henry Bolingbroke
By the Sword Divided
TV • 1983
Escort Commander
Kingdom
TV • 2007
Stan Geddick
Peak Practice
TV • 1993
Nick Bowman
Scarlet and Black
TV • 1993
Laughing Coachman
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
TV • 2016
Roth
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Mr Sims
Zastrozzi: A Romance
TV • 1986
Petrol Attendent
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
Abbot of Westminster
The Alienist
TV • 2018
Mortician
Murder on the Home Front
TV • 2013
Charlie Maxton
The Third Day
TV • 2020
The Father
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
TV • 2003
Solomon Eccles
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
TV • 1987
Devil
The Borgias
TV • 2011
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