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Acting

Ian Richardson

Career: Active from 1967 to 2022, with a break from 2007 to 2021, busiest in 1997 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Brazil
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian Richardson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.9, average 4.8
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 8
Political Intrigue 7
Character Study 6
Character-Driven 5
Period Piece 5
Coming-of-Age 4
Atmospheric 4
Intriguing Plot 4
Psychological Thriller 3
Social Commentary 3
Power Struggle 3
Sharp Dialogue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Memorial Memorial

as Francis Urquhart (voice)

2000s

21 titles · average score 68

Becoming Jane

63

as Richter Langlois

Twice Upon a Time

58

as Lord Evelyn Gaylord

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

as Marcus

Bleak House

87

TV show · as Chancellor

Nero

53

as Septimus

Agatha Christie's Marple

75

TV show · as Conway Jefferson

Strange

76

TV show · as Canon Adolphus Black

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

79

TV show · as Dr. Joseph Bell

From Hell

60

as Sir Charles Warren

Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

79

as Dr. Joseph Bell

3-D Halloween

as Narrator

102 Dalmatians

39

as Mr. Torte

1990s

34 titles · average score 62

The King and I

33

as The Kralahome (voice)

Dark City

74

as Mr. Book

Incognito

61

as Turley (prosecutor)

Catherine the Great

54

as Vorontzov

The Final Cut

78

TV show · as Francis Urquhart

To Play the King

80

TV show · as Francis Urquhart

M. Butterfly

53

as Ambassador Toulon

An Ungentlemanly Act

65

as His Excellency, Governor Rex Hunt

The Gravy Train Goes East

TV show · as Michael Spearpoint

House of Cards

83

TV show · as Francis Urquhart

The Gravy Train

TV show · as Michael Spearpoint

The Plot to Kill Hitler

62

as Ludwig Beck

1980s

29 titles · average score 67

Troubles

TV show · as Edward Spencer

Burning Secret

55

as Edmund's Father

Porterhouse Blue

74

TV show · as Sir Godber Evans

Blunt

55

as Anthony Blunt

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

74

TV show · as Nehru

Brazil

86

as Mr. Warrenn

Monsignor Quixote

83

as Bishop of Motopo

Star Quality

as Ray Malcolm

Mistral's Daughter

63

TV show · as Adrien Avigdor

The Master of Ballantrae

64

as Mr. MacKellar

The Hound of the Baskervilles

60

as Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four

49

as Sherlock Holmes

1970s

14 titles · average score 68

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

92

TV show · as Bill Haydon

Churchill and the Generals

as Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery

Charlie Muffin

65

as Cuthbertson

Ike

71

TV show · as FM Sir Bernard Montgomery

Sorry...

as Michael - 'Private View'

Danton's Death

as Robespierre

Playhouse

TV show · as Richard

Man of La Mancha

60

as The Padre

The Darwin Adventure

as Capt. Fitzroy

Eyeless in Gaza

TV show · as Anthony Beavis

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Bishop of Motopo

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith

1960s

10 titles · average score 73

Civilisation

84

TV show · as Hamlet

TV show · as The Son

A Midsummer Night's Dream

65

as Oberon

All's Well That Ends Well

as Bertram

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

83

as Jean-Paul Marat

NET Playhouse

TV show · as Antipholus of Ephesus

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Maximilien Robespierre

Theatre 625

TV show

TV show · as Antipholus of Ephesus

as Le Beau

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Mr. MacKellar