Richard Dillane
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Dark Knight
2008
as Acting Commissioner
Murder at the Embassy
2025
as Robert
Argo
2012
as OSS Officer Nicholls
Spartacus
2004
as Julius Caesar
The Edge of Love
2008
as Lt Col David Talbot Rice
Oranges and Sunshine
2010
as Merv Humphreys
Tristan & Isolde
2006
as Aragon
Anna
2013
as Robert Greene
The Jacket
2005
as Captain Medley
Munich – The Edge of War
2021
as Colonel Menzies
The Dinosaur Project
2012
as Marchant
United Passions
2014
as Larsen
Solomon
1997
as Jeroboam
The Forgotten Battle
2021
as Sinclair
De-Lovely
2004
as Bill Wrather
Wing Commander
1999
as Lt. Hunter
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Roger
Dead in Tombstone
2013
as Jack Sutter
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002
as John Cross
The Last Vermeer
2019
as Colonel Jenkins