Richard Armitage
Highest Rated: 80% Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Lowest Rated: 13% Brain on Fire (2016)
Birthday: Aug 22, 1971
Birthplace: Leicester, England, UK
British actor Richard Armitage was a television star in his native country, playing complicated men of action on series like "Spooks" (BBC One/Three, 2001-2011) and "Strike Back" "(Sky 1/Cinemax, 2010- ) before leaping to international attention in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" (2012-2014) film trilogy. Like Hugh Jackman before him, Armitage began his career in musical theater before finding fame on British television, playing dark, dashing anti-heroes on "North and South" (BBC, 2004) and "Robin Hood" (BBC One, 2007-09). His growing popularity, especially among female viewers, led to a starring role on "Spooks" as a one-time terrorist masquerading as a spy, as well as voiceover work on numerous TV commercials and in documentaries. He then segued into another action series, "Strike Back," before landing a central role in "The Hobbit," which necessitated his leaving the series for what would most likely be a star-making turn not unlike Viggo Mortensen's career-transforming appearance in Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" (2001-2003) trilogy. Having already conquered British television, Richard Armitage's ascension to worldwide stardom in films seemed a foregone conclusion.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | No Score Yet | My Zoe | James (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 73% | 51% | The Lodge | Richard (Character) | $2.1M | 2019 |
| 69% | 45% | Ocean's 8 | Claude Becker (Character) | $139.4M | 2018 |
| 69% | 40% | Pilgrimage | Raymond De Merville (Character) | - | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Sleepwalker | Dr. Scott White (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 13% | 67% | Brain on Fire | Tom Cahalan (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 21% | 42% | Into the Storm | Gary (Character) | $47.6M | 2014 |
| 59% | 74% | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Thorin Oakenshield (Character) | $255.1M | 2014 |
| 73% | 85% | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Thorin Oakenshield (Character) | $258.4M | 2013 |
| 64% | 83% | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Thorin Oakenshield (Character) | $303M | 2012 |
| 80% | 74% | Captain America: The First Avenger | Heinz Kruger (Character) | $176.6M | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marple: Ordeal by Innocence | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Macbeth | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Frozen | Steven (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Sparkhouse | John Standring (Character) | - | 2002 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93% | 88% | Castlevania | Trevor Belmont (Voice) | 2020 2017-2018 |
| 83% | 73% | The Stranger | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Berlin Station | Daniel Miller (Character) | 2016-2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2016 |
| 92% | 94% | Hannibal | Francis Dolarhyde (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anderson | Guest | 2012 |
| 85% | 76% | Strike Back: Origins | John Porter (Character) | 2010-2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spooks | Unknown (Character) | 2008-2010 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Robin Hood | Sir Guy of Gisborne (Character) | 2009 2006-2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Robin Hood | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Agatha Christie's Marple | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inspector George Gently | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South | John Thornton (Character) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North & South | John Thornton (Character) | 2004 |
QUOTES FROM Richard Armitage CHARACTERS
Thorin Oakenshield says: If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place
Thorin Oakenshield says: If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.
Thorin Oakenshield says: I am sorry that I made you a part of my perils...
Bilbo Baggins says: No! I am glad to have shared in your perils - that is more than any Baggins deserves!
Bilbo Baggins says: You've won the mountain, is that not enough?
Thorin Oakenshield says: Now...we defend it.
Gary says: Why didn't he just tell me?
Trey says: I don't know Dad. You're so easy to talk to.
Thorin Oakenshield says: Will you follow me one last time.
Gary says: Why didn't he just tell me?
Trey says: I don't know Dad. You're so easy to talk to.
Thorin Oakenshield says: I would have war.
Bard the Bowman says: Will you have peace, or war?
Thorin Oakenshield says: I will have war!
Thorin Oakenshield says: You have keen eyes, master Baggins.
Balin says: Well, that bargain was our only hope.
Thorin Oakenshield says: Not our only hope...
Thorin Oakenshield says: We're being watched!
Thorin Oakenshield says: "If this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together."
Thorin Oakenshield says: If this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together.
Bard the Bowman says: You have no right to enter that mountain!
Thorin Oakenshield says: I have the only right!
Thorin Oakenshield says: I'm sorry I doubted you
Bilbo Baggins says: No, I would have doubted me too
Thorin says: Loyalty, honor, a willing heart, I can ask for no more than that.
Thorin says: Where did you go, if I may ask?
Gandalf says: To look ahead.
Thorin says: and what brought you back?
Gandalf says: Looking behind.
Elrond says: So this is your purpose; to enter the mountain.
Thorin Oakenshield says: What of it?
Elrond says: There are some who would not deem it wise.
Elrond says: "So that is your purpose? To enter the Mountain?
Elrond says: So that is your purpose? To enter the Mountain?
Thorin Oakenshield says: "What of it?"
Thorin Oakenshield says: What of it?
Elrond says: "There are some who would not deem it wise.."
Elrond says: There are some who would not deem it wise..
Thorin Oakenshield says: Have you done much fighting?
Thorin Oakenshield says: We will seize this chance to TAKE BACK EREBOR!
Thorin Oakenshield says: Loyalty, honor, and a willing heart. I can ask no more than that.
Thorin Oakenshield says: So this is the hobbit ..
Thorin Oakenshield says: So this is the hobbit .
Gandalf says: You asked me to find the 14 member of the company and have elected Mr. Baggins.
Bilbo Baggins says: Me? no, no, no ...
Bilbo Baggins says: Me? No, no, no...
Thorin Oakenshield says: I can not guarantee his safety.
Gandalf says: Understood.
Thorin Oakenshield says: Nor will I be responsible for his fate.
Thorin Oakenshield says: "I can not guarantee his safety."
Thorin Oakenshield says: I can not guarantee his safety.
Gandalf says: "Understood."
Gandalf says: Understood.
Thorin Oakenshield says: "Nor will I be responsible for his fate."
Thorin Oakenshield says: Nor will I be responsible for his fate.