Richard Dillane
Biography
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.
Movie Appearances
The Forgotten Battle
as Sinclair
2021
Tristan & Isolde
as Aragon
2006
The Jacket
as Captain Medley
2005
Doc Martin
as Tim
2001
The Edge of Love
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2008
Munich - The Edge of War
as Colonel Menzies
2021
Oranges and Sunshine
as Merv Humphreys
2010
Emmerdale: Revenge
as D.S. Dan Campbell
1998
Dead in Tombstone
as Jack Sutter
2013
The Dinosaur Project
as Marchant
2012
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
as John Cross
2002
Altar
as Greg
2014
One Hundredth of a Second
as Connor
2006
Argo
as OSS Officer Nicholls
2012
The Dark Knight
as Acting Commissioner
2008
Interview with a Poltergeist
as Narrator
2007
Wing Commander
as Lt. Hunter
1999
Seeing Red
as Steve
2000
Anna
as Robert Greene
2013
Against the Law
as Prosecutor Roberts
2017
TV Appearances
Space Race
as Wernher von Braun
2005
Hustle
as Graham Poole
2004
Heartbeat
as Terry
1992
The Last Post
as Harvey Tilbrook
2017
Call the Midwife
as Mr. Scarisbrick
2012
Adventure Inc.
as Michael Drake
2002
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Major Summerhayes
1989
Doctor Who
as Carter
2005
The Diplomat
as Tom Libby
2023
New Tricks
as Lawrence Delvin
2004
Dalgliesh
as Stephen Courtney-Briggs
2021
Father Brown
as Sir Charles Hakeworth
2013