Cast & creator
Richard Dillane
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Poirot
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.
31
film credits
45
television credits
76
1986–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
Showing 76 of 76 credits
Midsomer Murders
Oliver Ordish
1997
Doctor Who
Carter
2005
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Major Summerhayes
1989
Outlander
Captain Raines
2014
Peaky Blinders
General Curran
2013
The Crown
King George V
2016
Casualty
Anthony Sharman
1986Casualty
Sean Anderson
1986
Call the Midwife
Mr. Scarisbrick
2012Call the Midwife
Mr Scarisbrick
2012
Vera
Will Peyton
2011
Father Brown
Sir Charles Hakeworth
2013
Heartbeat
Terry
1992
The Last Kingdom
Ludeca
2015
Lewis
Theodore Platt
2007
The Dark Knight
Acting Commissioner
2008
Spooks
John Richardson
2002
Andor
Davo Sculdun
2022
Waking the Dead
Ricardo Rivelli
2001
New Tricks
Lawrence Delvin
2004
Hustle
Graham Poole
2004
Endeavour
Leo Richardson
2013
Foyle's War
Charles Roper
2002
The Diplomat
Tom Libby
2023
Poldark
Henry Bull
2015
Soldier Soldier
Sgt Brad Connor
1991
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Patrick Wayne
2019
Wolf Hall
Duke of Suffolk
2015
Berlin Station
Gerald Ellman
2016
Dalgliesh
Stephen Courtney-Briggs
2021
The White Princess
Thomas Stanley
2017
Atlantis
Palos
2013
Giri/Haji
Brian
2019
Cold Feet
Miles Brodie
1998
Argo
OSS Officer Nicholls
2012
Possession
Eugene Desfrienes
2026
The Grand
Sean Villiers
1997
Tristan & Isolde
Aragon
2006
The Jacket
Captain Medley
2005
Adventure Inc.
Michael Drake
2002
Partners in Crime
Bulldog
2015
The Forgotten Battle
Sinclair
2021
Space Race
Wernher von Braun
2005
Stonehouse
Mackenzie
2023
Murder at the Embassy
Robert
2025
Young Wallander
Hemberg
2020
The Last Post
Harvey Tilbrook
2017
Spartacus
Julius Caesar
2004
Wing Commander
Lt. Hunter
1999
Anna
Robert Greene
2013
The Last Vermeer
Colonel Jenkins
2019
Munich - The Edge of War
Colonel Menzies
2021
The Edge of Love
Lt Col David Talbot Rice
2008
Twice Upon a Time
David Arron
2019
West of Liberty
Ron Harriman
2019
Dead in Tombstone
Jack Sutter
2013
The Dinosaur Project
Marchant
2012
Solomon
Jeroboam
1997
Solomon
Jeroboam
1997
United Passions
Larsen
2014
De-Lovely
Bill Wrather
2004
Oranges and Sunshine
Merv Humphreys
2010
Doc Martin
Tim
2001An Evil Streak
David Mereday
1999
The Real Sopranos
Narrator
2006
Emmerdale: Revenge
D.S. Dan Campbell
1998George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
John Cross
2002
The Show
Henry Gaunt
2021
Against the Law
Prosecutor Roberts
2017
Altar
Greg
2014
Mother's Day
Dr Tarring
2018
Mad Sad & Bad
Roger
2009
One Hundredth of a Second
Connor
2006
Space Race
Werner Von Braun
2005
Seeing Red
Steve
2000Interview with a Poltergeist
Narrator
2007