Actor
Richard Dillane
Born October 15, 1964 in London, England, United Kingdom27 films
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.
Start here
The best way into Richard Dillane's work
First watchThe Dark Knight20088.5as Acting CommissionerBatman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that…View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reach
Filmography
27 films as actor- 2025Murder at the EmbassyRobert
- 2021Munich - The Edge of WarColonel Menzies
- 2021The ShowHenry Gaunt
- 2021The Forgotten BattleSinclair
- 2019The Last VermeerColonel Jenkins
- 2018Mother's DayDr Tarring
- 2017Against the LawProsecutor Roberts
- 2014AltarGreg
- 2014United PassionsLarsen
- 2013AnnaRobert Greene
- 2013Dead in TombstoneJack Sutter
- 2012ArgoOSS Officer Nicholls
- 2012The Dinosaur ProjectMarchant
- 2010Oranges and SunshineMerv Humphreys
- 2009Mad Sad & BadRoger
- 2008The Dark KnightActing Commissioner
- 2008The Edge of LoveLt Col David Talbot Rice
- 2006One Hundredth of a SecondConnor
- 2006Tristan & IsoldeAragon
- 2005The JacketCaptain Medley
- 2004De-LovelyBill Wrather
- 2004SpartacusJulius Caesar
- 2001Doc MartinTim
- 2000Seeing RedSteve
- 1999Wing CommanderLt. Hunter
- 1998Emmerdale: RevengeD.S. Dan Campbell
- 1997SolomonJeroboam