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Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.
As actor
One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars
The Boy in the Woods
The Man from Rome
Space Sweepers
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
The Lodge
Uncle Vanya
My Zoe
I Am Urban
Ocean's Eight
Pilgrimage
Sleepwalker
Brain on Fire
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Storm
The Crucible
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Captain America: The First Avenger
Leopards of Dead Tree Island
The Great Sperm Race
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
Frozen
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Macbeth
This Year's Love
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Now & Then