Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 11/11/1969 (54 years old)
  • Place of birth: Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Secret Invasion
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 69%
role:
Agent Prescod
2023

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
69%
The Watch
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 61%
role:
Sam Vimes
2021

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
61%
COBRA
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Fraser Walker
2020

Drama

6.5
55%
Togo
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 82%
role:
Dr. Curtis Welch
2019

Adventure

Family

7.9
82%
Rellik
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Gabriel Markham
2017

Crime

Drama

6.4
64%
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11 Minutes
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 56%
role:
Reżyser Richard Martin
2015

Drama

Thriller

5.7
56%
Fortitude
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 69%
role:
Dan Anderssen
2015

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.3
69%
'71
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Eamon
2014

Action

Drama

Thriller

War & Politics

7.2
68%
2014

Comedy

Drama

5.9
63%
Hyena
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 55%
role:
Nick Taylor
2014

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.2
55%
Dark Touch
IMDB 4.8
TMDB 49%
role:
Henry
2013

Drama

Horror

4.8
49%
Jump
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Johnny
2012

Drama

6.2
60%
Good Vibrations
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Terri Hooley
2012

Drama

Music

7.2
68%
Ghost Machine
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 52%
role:
Taggert
Not available
2009

Action

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
52%
Not available
2009

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.6
62%
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2005

Comedy

Drama

7.0
67%
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 50%
role:
Young Civilian
Not available
2000

Action

Adventure

Drama

Family

TV Movie

7.3
50%
Not available

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Richard Dormer are, for example, Secret Invasion, The Watch and COBRA.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best Anystream ratings are Togo (8.1), Fortitude (7.1) and '71 (7.0).
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