Richard Armitage
Birthday: 22 August 1971, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Birth Name: Richard Crispin Armitage
Height: 189 cm
Richard Crispin Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England, to Margaret (Hendey), a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studie ...Show More
I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it. I think it's a weird thing. It's like Show more
I don't think actors need to go on pedestals. I don't buy it. I think it's a weird thing. It's like you become someone else, like stepping into another universe. Hide
You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have Show more
You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are. Hide
[on his professional quandary, as a six-foot-two actor, in playing Thorin, the Dwarf King] I think t Show more
[on his professional quandary, as a six-foot-two actor, in playing Thorin, the Dwarf King] I think the biggest challenge for me is that when I walk into a room they think the wrong guy has come to the audition. It's a compliment, but on a business level it's difficult because it's hard to convince people it was really me playing the role. Hide
[on suffering an injury on the set of Spooks before his first audition for Thorin Oakenshield] I had Show more
[on suffering an injury on the set of Spooks before his first audition for Thorin Oakenshield] I had taken so many painkillers that I hobbled into the room, sat on my hands and the whole meeting passed in a bit of a blur. If nothing else, I think, with my audition I may have succeeded in showing my ability to convey pain! Hide
Richard Armitage's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (98)
Richard Armitage'S roles
Sgt. John Porter
Heinz Kruger
Trevor Belmont
Gary Morris
Daniel Miller
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
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