Richard Armitage

Birthday: 22 August 1971, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Birth Name: Richard Crispin Armitage

Height: 189 cm

Richard Crispin Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England, to Margaret (Hendey), a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studie ...Show More

[on his professional quandary, as a six-foot-two actor, in playing Thorin, the Dwarf King] I think t Show more [on his professional quandary, as a six-foot-two actor, in playing Thorin, the Dwarf King] I think the biggest challenge for me is that when I walk into a room they think the wrong guy has come to the audition. It's a compliment, but on a business level it's difficult because it's hard to convince people it was really me playing the role. Hide

I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it. I think it's a weird thing. It's like Show more I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it. I think it's a weird thing. It's like you become someone else, like stepping into another universe. Hide

You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have Show more You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are. Hide

Live acting is a kind of adventure sport. I don't go abseiling or snowboarding, but I sometimes thin Show more Live acting is a kind of adventure sport. I don't go abseiling or snowboarding, but I sometimes think that stepping out on stage can have the same kind of adrenaline rush. Hide

[on suffering an injury on the set of Spooks before his first audition for Thorin Oakenshield] I had Show more [on suffering an injury on the set of Spooks before his first audition for Thorin Oakenshield] I had taken so many painkillers that I hobbled into the room, sat on my hands and the whole meeting passed in a bit of a blur. If nothing else, I think, with my audition I may have succeeded in showing my ability to convey pain! Hide

I try to be quite a detailed actor. People were really picking up on that. Even if it was just a fli Show more I try to be quite a detailed actor. People were really picking up on that. Even if it was just a flicker of the eye or something, they got it. Hide

Richard Armitage's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 5

as Actor (117)

Cleopatra - Season 1

Inspector George Gently - Season 8

Strike Back - Season 1

Into The Storm

Missing You - Season 1

Moving On - Season 1

Cold Feet - Season 1

The Lodge (2019)

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft - Season 1

Richard Armitage'S roles

Claude Becker

Trevor Belmont

Heinz Kruger

Trevor Belmont

Sgt. John Porter

Francis Dolarhyde

Daniel Miller

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

Gary Morris

Daniel Miller

Thorin Oakenshield

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