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Richard Cunningham is an English actor known for playing Ryall in Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winning '' Dancing on the Edge'', for the
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Early life

Richard was born in
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, in Sussex, and grew up in the small village of
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before going on to train as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.


Television

Other television appearances include playing Barry Flowers in the '' Law and Order: UK'' episode Help, the '' Sherlock'' episode "
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" and in series 1 of '' Law and Order UK'', the first actor to play two different roles in the series. He appeared as Norman Wright in
Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera '' Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a ...
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Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1977) is a Welsh actress and presenter. She appeared as Stacey Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series ''Gavin & Stacey''. She played Dora Spenlow in the 1999 adaptation of ''David Copperfield'', and f ...
, Colin Chalmers in EastEnders, Doctors, the BAFTA nominated
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with Ben Wishaw BBC2 and
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as the Reverend Crisparkle. He will soon be seen in The Royals with
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James Nesbitt William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994) ...
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Film

His film appearances include General Ramda in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'', the
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film '' Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'', the 2014 Hammer Films movie '' The Quiet Ones'', with Jared Harris, '' The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared'', The Theory of Everything, the British thriller
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Craig Fairbrass Craig John Fairbrass (born 15 January 1964) is an English actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Delmar in the thriller film ''Cliffhanger'' (1993), Dan Sullivan in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1999–2001) ...
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James Cosmo James Ronald Gordon Copeland , known professionally as James Cosmo (b. 1947), is a Scottish film and television actor known for his appearances in films including ''Highlander'', ''Braveheart'', '' Trainspotting'', ''Jagame Thandhiram'', ''Tro ...
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Emmett J. Scanlan Emmett John Scanlan (born 31 January 1979) is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Brendan Brady in '' Hollyoaks''. He appeared in the BBC Two drama ''The Fall'' in 2013 and 2014, Peaky Blinders Series 5 and Series 6, and '' Breakdown' ...
and the award-winning
Andrew Haigh Andrew Haigh (; born 7 March 1973) is a British filmmaker. Early life Haigh was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. He read History at Newcastle University. Career Haigh worked as an assistant editor on films such as '' Gladiator'' ...
film
45 Years ''45 Years'' is a 2015 British romantic drama film directed and written by Andrew Haigh. The film is based on the short story "In Another Country" by David Constantine. The film premiered in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin ...
with Charlotte Rampling and
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who won Silvers Bears at the
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and the film won The Michael Powell Award For Best British Feature Film at the
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, Charlotte Rampling was also nominated for Best Actress at the
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. He also appeared in '' Burnt'' with
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The Man Who Knew Infinity ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' is a 2015 British biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life ...
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Dev Patel Dev Patel (; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. His breakthrough came in 2008 with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama ''Slumdog Millionaire'', for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Lead ...
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Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has appeared in many West End theatre ...
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Theatre

Theatre roles include playing the Commander in
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at the
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and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink at the
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Filmography


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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English male actors English male television actors English male film actors People from Hove People from Wisborough Green Male actors from Sussex {{England-actor-stub