Miles Richardson (born 15 July 1963) is a British actor, born in Battersea,

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to parents

Ian Richardson Ian William Richardson (7 April 19349 February 2007) was a Scottish actor. He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's '' House of Cards'' (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading S ...

(the well-known

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actor) and Maroussia Frank (daughter of dancer and critic Elizabeth Frank), both founder members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was educated and brought up in London, Stratford-upon-Avon and New York. He graduated from Arts Educational Schools in 1982, where he won the award for Best Actor. Previously he had worked as a child actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2009, he placed his father's ashes in the newly refurbished Royal Shakespeare Company's theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Theatre work

Repertory theatre

Richardson has worked extensively in repertory theatre throughout the

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and

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. His credits number more than 70 plays including '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', '' All's Well That Ends Well'', '' As You Like It'', '' Candida'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Richard II'', '' The Moment of Truth'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and an adaptation by Ronald Selwyn Phillips of ''

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''. He played Sherlock Holmes in Tim Heath's 1996 play ''Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure at Sir Arthur Sullivan's'' between September and November 1996; his father also played the sleuth for television. He has also toured the U.K. most notably in '' Richard II'' & '' Richard III'' with Sir Derek Jacobi playing the title roles. James Graham's '' This House'' & Barney Norris's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's ''

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''.

West End

His West End credits include '' Another Country'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' All's Well That Ends Well'', '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and '' As You Like It''. He has toured in the

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and the United States of America, most notably in the

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's production of ''

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''. He appeared in ''Anjin'', an Anglo-Japanese co-production in 2009–10 in

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and

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and again in 2012–13 in Tokyo and London; both productions were directed by

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. From November 2013 until March 2014, he appeared as "Juror 10" in ''

'' at the

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. From September 2014, he appeared as James Reiss in ''

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'' at the Wyndhams Theatre. In 2015 the show won the

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for Best New Play. Due to

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sustaining a broken collarbone, he took over the lead role of Charles for 5 weeks until Pigott-Smith returned. He was in the same production at the

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and the radio version for the BBC.

Royal Shakespeare Company

From 2003 to 2008, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company appearing in '' All's Well That Ends Well'' with Dame

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. He had already played with Dench in Sir Peter Hall's film version of '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 1967. He took part in the RSC's Histories Ensemble playing in '' Henry IV, part 1'' and '' 2'', ''

'', ''

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'', '' 2'', and '' 3'' and '' Richard III'' which won three

s in 2009 for Best Company Performance, Best Revival and Best Costume Design. He returned in 2015 to play Voltore in

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with

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Film and television work

He has carved himself a niche in film and television work, normally playing nasty upper class cads, butlers, priests and barristers. He acted alongside his father in Channel Four's adaptation of ''

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'' in 1987, and in the

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'' The Final Cut'' in 1995, alongside his father. He played Frank Jefferson in Agatha Christie's Marple "The Body in the Library". He appeared in three episodes of '' Midsomer Murders'' "Tainted Fruit" (2001) as Frederick Bentine-Brown, "Country Matters" (2006) as Sir Charles and "Fit for Murder" (2011) as Dr. Giles Danby. He has had parts in '' 'Allo 'Allo'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Highlander: The Raven'', ''Hope it Rains'' and ''

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''. He was

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's butler in ''Ps & Qs'' and Sir Roger Moore's butler in ''

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''. He voiced "Father" in ''

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''. He was the head of the assassins' league in ''

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''. He played

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in ''The Regicides'' and has played his son, Charles II, twice, once on stage and once on television. He played the Duke of Kent for the Japanese television production of ''Jiru'' and

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'' miniseries. He appeared as Harry Thornton in Stephen Poliakoff's '' Dancing on the Edge'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' A Quiet Passion'', ''

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'', '' Outlander'' and as Nick Frost's boss in ''

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''. In 2018, Richardson had a cameo role in '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'', playing an Imperial governor who is executed by the film's antagonist. Richardson also plays

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in the long-running ''

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'' and ''

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'' audio dramas by Big Finish Productions. He has provided his voice for over 100 films and video games as an

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artist, including the 2011

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'', in which he voiced the characters Siegmeyer of Catarina and Itinerant Merchant. Richardson reprises his role in ''

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'' where he plays Siegward of Catarina, a very similar looking and sounding character to Siegmeyer of Catarina. Richardson has also had roles in the independent spin-off films ''

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'' and '' Daemos Rising'', in both instances playing alongside his then-wife Beverly Cressman (as well as his father in the latter who provided some of the enemy voices).

Other work

As well as acting, he has also directed theatre and film productions, been a screenwriter, freelance journalist, lecturer and teacher, specialising in the works of Shakespeare.

References

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