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...
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...
Known For
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Thorin Oakenshield
Cast Credits
The Boy in the Woods
as Jasko
The Man from Rome
as Father Quart
Space Sweepers
as James Sullivan / The CEO of UTS
Uncle Vanya
as Astrov
The Lodge
as Richard
My Zoe
as James Lewis
Ocean's Eight
as Claude Becker
I Am Urban
as Chop
Sleepwalker
as Dr. Scott White
Pilgrimage
as Raymond De Merville
Brain on Fire
as Tom Cahalan
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as King Oleron
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Thorin Oakenshield
The Crucible
as John Proctor
Into the Storm
as Gary Morris
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
as Thorin Oakenshield
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
as Thorin Oakenshield
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Heinz Kruger
Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall
as Percy Courtenay
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Peter Macduff
Frozen
as Steven
Macbeth
as Angus
This Year's Love
as Smug Man at Party
Now & Then
as Chris
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
as Peter Macduff
One Step Beyond: A Journey to Mars
as Narrator