Richard Dillane

Biography

Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

Doctor Who

Peaky Blinders

Outlander

Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Dark Knight

Vera

All Movies (31)

• Murder at the Embassy2025 · as Robert
• Munich - The Edge of War2021 · as Colonel Menzies
• The Show2021 · as Henry Gaunt
• The Forgotten Battle2021 · as Sinclair
• The Last Vermeer2019 · as Colonel Jenkins
• Mother's Day2018 · as Dr Tarring
• Against the Law2017 · as Prosecutor Roberts
• Altar2014 · as Greg
• United Passions2014 · as Larsen
• Anna2013 · as Robert Greene
• Dead in Tombstone2013 · as Jack Sutter
• Argo2012 · as OSS Officer Nicholls
• The Dinosaur Project2012 · as Marchant
• Oranges and Sunshine2010 · as Merv Humphreys
• Mad Sad & Bad2009 · as Roger
• The Dark Knight2008 · as Acting Commissioner
• The Edge of Love2008 · as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
• Interview with a Poltergeist2007 · as Narrator
• One Hundredth of a Second2006 · as Connor
• The Real Sopranos2006 · as Narrator
• Tristan & Isolde2006 · as Aragon
• The Jacket2005 · as Captain Medley
• Space Race2005 · as Werner Von Braun
• De-Lovely2004 · as Bill Wrather
• Spartacus2004 · as Julius Caesar
• George Eliot: A Scandalous Life2002 · as John Cross
• Doc Martin2001 · as Tim
• Seeing Red2000 · as Steve
• Wing Commander1999 · as Lt. Hunter
• Emmerdale: Revenge1998 · as D.S. Dan Campbell
• Solomon1997 · as Jeroboam

All TV Shows (42)

• The Diplomat2023 · as Tom Libby
• Stonehouse2023 · as Mackenzie
• Andor2022 · as Davo Sculdun
• Dalgliesh2021 · as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
• Young Wallander2020 · as Hemberg
• West of Liberty2019 · as Ron Harriman
• Giri/Haji2019 · as Brian
• Twice Upon a Time2019 · as David Arron
• Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler2019 · as Patrick Wayne
• The Last Post2017 · as Harvey Tilbrook
• The White Princess2017 · as Thomas Stanley
• The Crown2016 · as King George V
• Berlin Station2016 · as Gerald Ellman
• The Last Kingdom2015 · as Ludeca
• Poldark2015 · as Henry Bull
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Duke of Suffolk
• Outlander2014 · as Captain Raines
• Atlantis2013 · as Palos
• Peaky Blinders2013 · as General Curran
• Endeavour2013 · as Leo Richardson
• Father Brown2013 · as Sir Charles Hakeworth
• Call the Midwife2012 · as Mr. Scarisbrick
• Vera2011 · as Will Peyton
• Lewis2007 · as Theodore Platt
• Space Race2005 · as Wernher von Braun
• Doctor Who2005 · as Carter
• Hustle2004 · as Graham Poole
• New Tricks2004 · as Lawrence Delvin
• Foyle's War2002 · as Charles Roper
• Adventure Inc.2002 · as Michael Drake
• Spooks2002 · as John Richardson
• Waking the Dead2001 · as Ricardo Rivelli
• Cold Feet1998 · as Miles Brodie
• Solomon1997 · as Jeroboam
• The Grand1997 · as Sean Villiers
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Oliver Ordish
• Heartbeat1992 · as Terry
• Soldier Soldier1991 · as Sgt Brad Connor
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Major Summerhayes
• Casualty1986 · as Anthony Sharman
• Casualty1986 · as Sean Anderson
• Possession— · as Eugene Desfrienes