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Acting

Richard Cant

Career

Active from 2001 to 2023, with a break from 2002 to 2016, busiest in 2023 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Richard Cant Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.0, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.6, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    1.0, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    23
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2020s

    5 titles · average score 78
    National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
    National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest (2025)
    GoodWatch score 86

    as Reverend Canon Chasuble

    RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 2
    RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 2 (2023)

    as Gloucester

    RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 3
    RSC Live: Henry VI, Part 3 (2023)

    as King Lewis/Lieutenant/Keeper

    My Policeman
    My Policeman (2022)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Rudy

    It's a Sin
    It's a Sin (2021)
    GoodWatch score 89

    TV show · as Marcus

    2010s

    7 titles · average score 75
    Mary Queen of Scots
    Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Thomas Andrews

    Stan & Ollie
    Stan & Ollie (2018)
    GoodWatch score 78

    as Harry Langdon

    Taboo
    Taboo (2017)
    GoodWatch score 77

    TV show · as Magician

    National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
    National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017)

    as Poulengey/de Stogumber

    The Crown
    The Crown (2016)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Fagan''s Local MP

    Outlander
    Outlander (2014)
    GoodWatch score 82

    TV show · as Collins

    Vexed
    Vexed (2010)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Billy

    2000s

    7 titles · average score 76
    Above Suspicion
    Above Suspicion (2009)
    GoodWatch score 71

    TV show · as Bill Hudson

    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who (2005)
    GoodWatch score 78

    TV show · as Malcolm Wainwright

    Bleak House
    Bleak House (2005)
    GoodWatch score 87

    TV show · as Mercury

    Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
    Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005)

    as Shane O'Neill

    Shackleton
    Shackleton (2002)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show · as First Lieutenant

    Lawless Heart
    Lawless Heart (2002)
    GoodWatch score 73

    as Michael

    The Way We Live Now
    The Way We Live Now (2001)
    GoodWatch score 76

    TV show · as Dolly Longestaffe

    1990s

    4 titles · average score 77
    Gimme Gimme Gimme
    Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999)
    GoodWatch score 73

    TV show · as Degsy

    Sunburn
    Sunburn (1999)

    TV show · as Paul Alcock

    Midsomer Murders
    Midsomer Murders (1997)
    GoodWatch score 80

    TV show · as Alistair Gooding / Dennis Rainbird

    This Life
    This Life (1996)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show · as Phil