Richard Armitage
Birth name	Richard Crispin Armitage
Born	August 22 1971 (1971--) (age 36) Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Richard Armitage (born August 22, 1971) is an English actor.

Career

Born in Leicester, he went to Brockington College and he then attended the Pattison College in Coventry, then studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). At 17 he joined a circus in Budapest for 6 weeks to gain his Equity Card. His first major role was in the BBC drama Sparkhouse (2002). After a variety of supporting roles in the TV productions of Between The Sheets, Cold Feet (series 5), and Ultimate Force (Series 2), he landed his first leading role, that of John Thornton in the BBC drama North and South based on the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was this role that immediately won him an enthusiastic following among female viewers.

In 2005, he was seen in Macbeth, part of the BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told series. He starred in the BBC's The Impressionists, in which he played the young Claude Monet, and as Dr Alec Track in ITV's The Golden Hour.

He has appeared on stage in Royal Shakespeare Company productions and also in various musicals, including Cats.

In 2006 Armitage took on the major role of Sir Guy of Gisborne in the BBC series Robin Hood. He also appeared in a two-part Christmas special of The Vicar of Dibley, as Harry Kennedy - the vicar's new love interest (and eventual husband).

On 8 April 2007 he starred in George Gently, a one-off detective drama, with Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby. Armitage played biker Ricky Deeming.

On 9 May, he appeared in the BBC Four production of Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of The Music Hall as part of their 'Edwardian' season in May 2007. He played Marie Lloyd's 1st husband, Percy Courtenay. Also, he has starred in the Granada TV production of Agatha Christie's novel 'Ordeal by Innocence'. He plays the character of Philip Durrant.

He is currently in Hungary filming the second series of Robin Hood for the BBC but found time to come back to the UK to present the Best Drama Serial award at the BAFTAs.

Theatre (selection)

• 1998: Hamlet as Bernardo
• 1999: The Four Alice Bakers as Young Ritchie
• 1999: Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Angus
• 2000: The Duchess of Malfi (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Delio

Filmography

Television

• 1995: Boon as Man in pub
• 2001: Casualty: Playing with Fire as Craig Parker
• 2001: Doctors: Good Companions as Dr Tom Steel
• 2001: Macbeth (Royal Shakespeare Company) as Angus
• 2002: Spooks: Traitor's Gate as Armed Police Officer Bob
• 2002: Sparkhouse as John Standring
• 2003: Cold Feet (series 5) as Lee
• 2003: Ultimate Force (series 2) as Captain Ian Macalwain
• 2003: Between The Sheets as Paul Andrews
• 2004: North and South as John Thornton
• 2005: ShakespeaRe-Told (Macbeth) as Peter Macduff
• 2005: The Golden Hour as Dr Alec Track
• 2005: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: In Divine Proportion as Philip Turner
• 2005: Malice Aforethought as William Chatford
• 2006: The Impressionists as young Claude Monet
• 2006-present: Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisborne
• 2006: The Vicar of Dibley: Christmas Special as Harry Kennedy
• 2007: George Gently as Ricky Deeming
• 2007: Miss Marie Lloyd - Queen of The Music Hall as Percy Courtenay
• 2007: Miss Marple: Ordeal by Innocence as Philip Durrant

Film

• 1999: Cleopatra as Epiphanes
• 1999: This Year's Love as Smug man at party
• 1999: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as Bravo fighter pilot
• 2005: Frozen as Steven

Public Appearances

• 2003: RI:SE (November 17, 2003)
• 2004: GMTV (November 12, 2004)
• 2006: Jonathan Ross's World of Robin Hood
• 2006: CBeebies Bedtime Hour (October 9 to October 13, 2006)
• 2006: National TV Awards (November 1, 2006)
• 2006: BAFTA Children's Awards (November 26, 2006)
• 2007: BAFTA TV Awards (May 20, 2007)
• 2007: GMTV (October 3, 2007)

Audio

Discography

• 2006: Robin Hood: Will You Tolerate This?
• 2006: Robin Hood: Sheriff Got Your Tongue?
• 2006: Robin Hood: Who Shot The Sheriff?
• 2006: Robin Hood: Parent Hood
• 2007: The Lords of the North

Radio

• 2007: The Ted Hughes Letters as Ted Hughes

Other Credits

• 2007: Empire's Children (Narrator)

External links

• Richard Armitage at the British Film Institute
• Richard Armitage at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Armitage at bbc.co.uk Drama Faces
• The Armitage Army (fan site)
• Richard Armitage Online (fan site)
• Richard-Armitage.net (fan site)

Persondata
NAME	Armitage, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 22, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leicester, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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