Richard Bremmer

Biography

Richard Bremmer (born January 27, 1953) is an English actor. Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire. Bremmer first began his career in the short film of Couples and Robbers before being in his first full-length film The Girl with Brains in Her Feet. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). He was cast as Skeld in The 13th Warrior and also appeared in the 2004 film Viper in the Fist, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin. Bremmer's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, King Lear and MacBeth. He has appeared in movies such as the 2014 biographical drama Mr. Turner, the 2015 adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea, the 2007 biographical drama Control, the 2003 action comedy Shanghai Knights and the 2001 comedy film Just Visiting. His television credits include the fantasy drama series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, the historical drama series The Borgias, the adventure-drama series Crusoe, and the docudrama Dunkirk.

Known For

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Agatha Christie's Marple

Peak Practice

The Borgias

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Alienist

The Hollow Crown

Performance

All Movies (37)

• Flux Gourmet2022 · as Dr. Glock
• The Song of Names2019 · as Billy the Busker
• The Song of Names2019 · as Billy
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019 · as First Order Officer
• In Fabric2018 · as Mr. Lundy
• Swallows and Amazons2016 · as Old Billy
• In the Heart of the Sea2015 · as Benjamin Fuller
• Mr. Turner2014 · as George Jones
• Perdition County2014
• Murder on the Home Front2013 · as Charlie Maxton
• Les Misérables2012 · as Ensemble 'At the End of the Day'
• City Slacker2012 · as Matt
• The Power of Three2011 · as Donald
• Macbeth2011 · as Duncan / Porter / Doctor
• Volpone2010 · as Volpone
• Ourhouse2010 · as Charles 'Daddy' Maddox-Wilson
• The Lost Explorer2010
• Control2007 · as Ian's Father
• Mr. Loveday's Little Outing2006 · as Doctor
• The Aryan Couple2004
• Viper in the Fist2004 · as Abbé Traquet
• Ripper 2: Letter from Within2004 · as Dr. Weisser
• The Order2003 · as Bookstore Owner
• To Kill a King2003 · as Abraham
• Twelfth Night, or What You Will2003 · as Andrew Aguecheek
• Shanghai Knights2003 · as Master at Arms
• Half Past Dead2002 · as Sonny Eckvall
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · as Lord Voldemort
• Just Visiting2001 · as King Henrik
• Onegin1999 · as Diplomat at Ball
• The 13th Warrior1999 · as Skeld (Superstitious)
• Crime and Punishment1998 · as Arkady Ivanovich
• The Girl with Brains in Her Feet1997 · as Vic
• Sharpe's Justice1997 · as Arnold
• Richard II1997 · as Henry Bolingbroke
• Stars of the Roller State Disco1984 · as Security Guard
• Made in Britain1983 · as Policeman

All TV Shows (13)

• The Third Day2020 · as The Father
• The Alienist2018 · as Mortician
• Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands2016 · as Roth
• Murder on the Home Front2013 · as Charlie Maxton
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Abbot of Westminster
• The Borgias2011 · as Notary
• Kingdom2007 · as Stan Geddick
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Mr Sims
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion2003 · as Solomon Eccles
• Scarlet and Black1993 · as Laughing Coachman
• Peak Practice1993 · as Nick Bowman
• Performance1991 · as Henry Bolingbroke
• The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole1987 · as Devil