Biography
Richard Armitage
Acting
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…
Career works
69
Movies
30
Series
39
Career average
6.9/10
Birth date
08/22/1971
Place of birth
Leicester, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars
2025
The Boy in the Woods
2023 · 6.8
The Man from Rome
2022 · 6.0
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021
Space Sweepers
2021 · 7.0
Uncle Vanya
2020 · 7.4
The Lodge
2020 · 6.1
My Zoe
2019 · 6.5
Ocean's Eight
2018 · 7.0
I Am Urban
2018 · 7.5
Sleepwalker
2017 · 4.7
Pilgrimage
2017 · 6.0
Brain on Fire
2017 · 7.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 · 6.6
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015 · 10.0
Series
VE Day 80
2025 · 7.0
Missing You
2025 · 6.2
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
2024 · 6.4
Red Eye
2024 · 7.1
Fool Me Once
2024 · 7.1
Obsession
2023 · 6.4
Stay Close
2021 · 7.0
Between the Covers
2020 · 5.5
The Stranger
2020 · 7.2
Castlevania
2017 · 8.3
Berlin Station
2016 · 7.2
Hannibal
2013 · 8.3
HMS Ark Royal
2011
Lost Land of the Tiger
2010 · 8.3
Strike Back
2010 · 7.4