Robert Portal

Early life Portal was born in England and educated at Harrow School. He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) graduating in 1993 and also trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Career

Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 The Merchant of Venice Arragon TV movie 1997 Embassy Rupert Lightfoot TV movie 1997 Mrs Dalloway Young Richard 1997 Painted Lady Alex TV movie 1998 Stiff Upper Lips Cedric 2001 Bye Bye Baby (2001 film)|Bye Bye Baby| Hyphenated TV movie 2005 The Queen's Sister| Anthony Barton 2006 Heroes and Villains| Charlie Bolton-Rosser 2006 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather| Mr. Gaiter TV movie 2008 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather| Brian 2008 In Love with Barbara| Ian McCorquodale TV movie 2010 The King's Speech| Equerry 2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger| Jewellery Shop Salesman 2011 My Week with Marilyn| Joe Orton 2011 Mother's Milk| Jim Packer 2011 The Iron Lady| Grey Suited Guest 2013 Welcome to the Punch| Robert Wiseman 2014 Mr Turner| Sir Charles Eastlake 2014 United We Fall| Rt Hon David Anthony 2015 Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie| Charles Itchy Forrester Short Film 2015 Seahorse| Stuart Short Film 2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War| King 2016 Kids in Love| Mr. Walker 2017 Goodbye Christopher Robin| Headmaster 2017 6 Days| Lt.Col. Michael Rose 2018 Hurricane| Keith Park 2020 The Ghost Writer| Irwin (pre-production)|- 2020 Paintball Massacre| Marshal Eddie (pre-production)|- 2020 The Rectory| Glanville (pre-production)''

Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 The Bill Stephen Broom TV series - Episode: The Price of Fame 1994 Love Hurts Jez TV series - Episode: The Parent Trap 1995 Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde Lester Blister TV series 1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Christopher Riding TV series 1996 Soldier Soldier Lt Adrian Hodges TV series 2001 The Armando Iannucci Shows TV series 2003 Clocking Off Adrian Thompson TV series 2005 Distant Shores Nash TV series - Episodes: #1.1 & #1.2 2005 The Thick of It Mark Davies TV series - Episode: #2.1 2005 Egypt Henry Salt TV series 2005 Rosemary & Thyme Stuart Blackton TV series - Episode: The Cup of Silence 2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Paul Critchley TV series 2009 Ashes to Ashes Nigel Pattison TV series - Episode: #2.3 2009 Heartbeat Giles MacLean TV series 2009 Psychoville Prosecutor TV series 2014 Warren United Michael The Horse (voice) TV series 2016 The Rebel Auctioneer TV series 2016 Birds of a Feather Rupert Julian-Jones TV series - Episode: There's a Girl in My Souk 2017 Henry IX Edwin, the Duke of Cumberland TV series 2018 Endeavour Major Coward TV series 2018 Collateral Major Tim Dyson TV series 2019 Death in Paradise Benedict Dacre TV series - Episode: #8.4 2019 Grantchester Eddie TV series - Episode: #4.5 2020 Father Brown Bertie Quinton QC TV series - Episode: The Scales of Justice 2020 Belgravia Lord Richmond TV series

Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2006 Tom and Viv Maurice Almeida Theatre, London 2009 The 39 Steps Richard Hannay Criterion Theatre, London