Blake Ritson
Biography
Blake Ritson won a scholarship to St. Paul's School in London before attending Cambridge University and was soon appearing in the West End in the Tom Stoppard play 'Arcadia', for which he received excellent notices. In addition to acting - notable television roles have included 'Emma', 'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Mansfield Park' with Billie Piper - he has also co-directed and co-written four prize-winning short films with his brother Dylan, another Cambridge graduate and ex-member of the Footlights company. He also plays musical instruments and was one of the backing band on the album 'Cowley Road' by fellow thespian - and 'Mansfield Park' co-star - Douglas Hodge.
Known For
The Crown
Casualty
Foundation
A Touch of Frost
Interview with the Vampire
The Gilded Age
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Count of Monte Cristo
All Movies (18)
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard2021 · as Gunther
- Breaking The Codes2020
- Bricks2018 · as William
- Serena2014 · as Lowenstein
- Breakthrough2013 · as Toby
- Hyde Park on Hudson2012 · as Butler
- For Elsie2012 · as Glenn Millberg
- Love Hate2009 · as Rob
- Dead Man Running2009 · as Jarvis
- RocknRolla2008 · as Drowned Sloane
- God on Trial2008 · as Idek
- Mansfield Park2007 · as Edmund Bertram
- AKA2002 · as Alexander Gryffoyn
- The Cicerones2002 · as Guide 1 'Foreign'
- Me Without You2001 · as Tim
- Titus1999 · as Mutius
- Different for Girls1996 · as Young Prentice
- Breaking the Code1996 · as Christopher Morcom
All TV Shows (20)
- The Count of Monte Cristo2025 · as Danglars
- Interview with the Vampire2022 · as Morgan Ward
- The Gilded Age2022 · as Oscar van Rhijn
- Foundation2021 · as Sunmaster-18
- Krypton2018 · as Brainiac
- The Crown2016 · as Andrew Gailey
- Da Vinci's Demons2013 · as Girolamo Riario
- World Without End2012 · as Edward III
- The Crimson Petal and the White2011
- Upstairs Downstairs2010 · as The Duke of Kent
- Garrow's Law2009 · as Charles Fox
- Emma2009 · as Mr. Elton
- If...2004 · as Ben Swales
- Red Cap2003
- Adventure Inc.2002 · as Byron Haycroft
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries2002 · as Graham Marshall
- Urban Gothic2000 · as Dave Matthews
- A Touch of Frost1992 · as D.C. Robert Presley
- Casualty1986 · as Daniel Tasker
- Upstairs, Downstairs1971