Richard Dillane

Richard Dillane is an English actor. He appears in Soldier Soldier, Cold Feet (2000), Space Race (2005), Tristan & Isolde (2006), Spooks (2007), Casualty (2008-2009), Oranges and Sunshine (2010), Doctor Who (2011), Argo (2012), Dead in Tombstone (2013), Wolf Hall (2015), Peaky Blinders, Poldark (2016), Giri/Haji (2019), Young Wallander (2020), The Crown, and Andor (2022-2025).

Early life and education Dillane is from Kent, He took a philosophy degree at Manchester University, and lived in Australia for ten years, 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, He played Hamlet in Perth, Australia, directed by Ray Omodei.

Personal life His essay 'Making Sense of "To be or not to be"', about Hamlet's soliloquy, was published in Shakespeare and Montaigne (eds. Patrick Gray, Lars Engle and William M. Hamlin, Edinburgh University Press, 2021).ISBN 978-1474458238

He is married to Scottish actress Jayne McKenna, and they live in Brighton, East Sussex (in 2015). They were married in 2005 and have three children, all boys: Austin, Murray and Ray. Troilus and Cressida Diomedes Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2000 Henry VI Suffolk Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Richard III Rivers Young Vic, London 2004 Uncle Varick Dr. Michael Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 2005 Paul Nero Royal National Theatre, London 2006 The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Theatre Royal, Bristol 2012 The Lady from the Sea Arnholm Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames