Richard Brake

Richard Brake (born 30 November 1964)^[1] is a Welsh/American actor.

Biography

Early life

Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales and raised in the United States (North Carolina, Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee and Ohio). He attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio.

Acting career

Having appeared in numerous productions (including brief appearances in Cold Mountain and Munich), Brake achieved his first significant role in mainstream cinema being cast as Joe Chill in Christopher Nolan's 2005 film, Batman Begins. In this film (as in most versions of the Batman comic series), his character Chill was the criminal who murdered the Batman's parents, effectively starting him on his path to caped justice.

Following this, Brake appeared as the warped Portman in Doom, with Karl Urban and The Rock. Brake also made a cameo appearance in the video for Muse's Knights of Cydonia, playing a villainous Sheriff in a strange futuristic western. He then played the villain Bobby De Witt in The Black Dahlia, and appears in 2007's Hannibal Lecter prequel, Hannibal Rising as the war criminal Dortlich.

In September 2007, Brake featured on stage at the Young Vic in The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. The production was directed by Matthew Dunster.

Returning to film, his next starring role was that of Prior in Outpost from director Steve Barker. He can currently be seen in Craig Singer's After Dark Horrorfest 3 film, Perkins 14. In 2009, Brake appeared as Gary Scott in Rob Zombie's Halloween II, a sequel to his remake of Halloween.

He has also appeared in several UK television shows including M.I. High, Keen Eddie and Jeeves and Wooster, as well as the US television show Cold Case.

Currently, he is filming Legacy in Scotland for Black Camel Pictures, the producers of Outpost.

References

External links

• Richard Brake at Allmovie

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