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Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer

Actor

Born November 11, 1969 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK

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Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. After to being accepted to the Royal College of Art Richard accepted a scholarship at the RADA school of acting in London. After living and working in London, he returned to Northern Ireland. He lives in Belfast and is married to director Rachel O'Riordan. Dormer is perhaps best known for his performance as Northern Irish Snooker star, Alex Higgins in Hurricane, which he wrote and starred in. The production received praise from critics and even from Higgins himself and saw Richard win The Stage award for best actor in 2003. He is currently the bookie's third favourite to play Higgins in the scheduled film of his life behind Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2004 Richard won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his performance in Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and in 2005 completed a season with Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal and performed Bath in the George Bernard Shaw play, You Can Never Tell, William Shakespeare's,Much Ado About Nothing, Noël Coward's play, Private Lives, and in a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Since, Dormer has written a number of plays including The Half and Gentleman's Tea Drinking Society which were produced through Belfast's Ransom theatre company. He has also provided the voices for over twenty BBC Radio 4 plays, documentaries and advertising campaigns. Following a run of film castings playing secondary characters, he was cast as the lead in the 2012 Good Vibrations which tells the story of Northern Ireland personality and punk rock visionary Terri Hooley. The film premièred at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded 'best film' at the Galway film awards. 2012 also saw Dormer taking over the role of Lord Beric Dondarrion, known as the "Lightning Lord", the leader of the "Brotherhood Without Banners" for Season 3 of HBO series Game of Thrones.

1 wins and 3 nominations

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THE WATCH - Lara Rossi on playing Lady Sybil, challenges and more on BBC America's new series

The Watch S01 E01 Featurette | 'A Closer Look' | Rotten Tomatoes TV

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Richard Dormer tell us everything about THE WATCH, BBC America's new series

Q&A with Richard Dormer for The Watch

Richard Dormer - The Watch

THE WATCH: Exclusive Inside Look with Producers & Cast presented by BBC America

The Watch: Introducing Carcer Dun (EXCLUSIVE)

The Watch: Introducing Constable Cheery (EXCLUSIVE)

The Watch: Introducing Sergeant Detritus (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Watch: Introducing Constable Carrot (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Watch - Official Trailer | NYCC 2020

The Watch | First Look At BBC America's New Series

The Watch - Pre NYCC 2020 interview

THE WATCH - Season 1 | A look Inside Episode 1 Featurette

Richard Dormer plays guitar on the set of Writer/Producer Simon Allen's The Watch

Queer Magic Lip Sync Battle Rehearsal from Writer/Producer Simon Allen's The Watch

The Watch | Trailer - BBC

Adam Hugill and Marama Corlett at the Readthrough for The Watch

Adam Hugill and Marama Corlett at the first Readthrough for The Watch

Marama Corlett, Adam Hugill and Lara Rossi at the first Watch Readthrough

AAFCA Rountable interview with Lara Rossi and Sam Adewunmi

REALTIME's dragons in BBC America's The Watch

The Watch Exclusive Clip: Sybil Ramkin Pulls Off an Impossible Feat

THE WATCH - Season 1 | A look Inside Episode 6 Featurette

THE WATCH - Season 1 | A look Inside Episode 5 Featurette

Richard Dormer Interview - The Watch (BBC America)

THE WATCH - Season 1 | A look Inside Episode 4 Featurette

THE WATCH - Season 1 | A look Inside Episode 2 Featurette

Lara Rossi Talks Playing Lady Sybil Ramkin On BBC's The Watch

Rellik | Trailer - BBC One

Fortitude Teaser Trailer - Coming To Sky Atlantic HD January 2015

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Shooting For Socrates (Trailer)

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The Crime I Can't Forget TV Series2023

Cobra TV Series2020

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The Watch TV Series2020

Togo Feature Film2019

Rellik Mini-Series2017

Heroes of the Somme Poster

Heroes of the Somme Documentary2016

11 Minutes Poster

11 Minutes Feature Film2015

Fortitude Poster

Fortitude TV Series2015

Spirit of '58 Poster

Spirit of '58 Feature Film2015

The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities Poster

The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities Documentary2015

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story Poster

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story TV Movie2015

'71 Feature Film2014

Bafta's 60 Seconds With... TV Series2014

Hyena Feature Film2014

Lily's Driftwood Bay Poster

Lily's Driftwood Bay TV Series2014

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Shooting for Socrates Feature Film2014

The Musketeers Poster

The Musketeers TV Series2014

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Danny Boy: The Ballad That Bewitched the World Documentary2013

Dark Touch Poster

Dark Touch Feature Film2013

SLR Short Film2013

Stumpy's Brae TV Movie2013

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Wodehouse in Exile TV Movie2013

Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set Poster

Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Invitation to the Set Documentary2012

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Good Vibrations Feature Film2012

Hunted TV Series2012

Jump Feature Film2012

The Rule of Thumb Short Film2012

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Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust TV Movie2011

Game of Thrones Poster

Game of Thrones TV Series2011

Hidden Mini-Series2011

Justice Mini-Series2011

The Beauty of Books Poster

The Beauty of Books Mini-Series2011

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Those Were the Days TV Series2011

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Thronecast TV Series2011

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An Crisis TV Series2010

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Best: His Mother's Son TV Movie2009

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Ghost Machine Feature Film2009

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Pumpgirl Feature Film2009

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Scapegoat TV Movie2009

Last Man Hanging TV Movie2008

My Boy Jack Poster

My Boy Jack TV Movie2007

Middletown Poster

Middletown Feature Film2006

Mrs. Henderson Presents Poster

Mrs. Henderson Presents Feature Film2005

The Mighty Celt Poster

The Mighty Celt Feature Film2005

Holy Cross Poster

Holy Cross TV Movie2003

Puckoon Feature Film2002

The Escapist Poster

The Escapist Feature Film2002

Mapmaker Poster

Mapmaker Feature Film2001

Chihuahua Short Film2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song Poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song Video2000

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The Break Feature Film1997

Safe and Sound Poster

Safe and Sound TV Series1996

Sidewalks Entertainment Poster

Sidewalks Entertainment TV Series1994

The Sunday Programme TV Series1994

Accentuate the Positive TV Short1992

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV Series1992

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Soldier Soldier TV Series1991

Kelly TV Series1989

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Casualty TV Series1986

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