
Richard Dillane
Biography
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, 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, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.
Filmography

Seeing Red
2000 · 10.0

The Dark Knight
2008 · 8.5

Peaky Blinders
2013 · 8.5

Solomon
1997 · 8.5

Space Race
2005 · 8.5

Adventure Inc.
2002 · 8.4

Andor
2022 · 8.3

The Last Kingdom
2015 · 8.3

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

Outlander
2014 · 8.2

The Crown
2016 · 8.2

Endeavour
2013 · 8.1

Emmerdale: Revenge
1998 · 8.0

Foyle's War
2002 · 7.9

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019 · 7.9

Cold Feet
1998 · 7.8

Poldark
2015 · 7.8

Father Brown
2013 · 7.7

Spooks
2002 · 7.7

Hustle
2004 · 7.7

The White Princess
2017 · 7.7

The Diplomat
2023 · 7.7

Doctor Who
2005 · 7.6

Lewis
2007 · 7.6

Call the Midwife
2012 · 7.6

Wolf Hall
2015 · 7.5
Interview with a Poltergeist
2007 · 7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997 · 7.5

Vera
2011 · 7.4

Space Race
2005 · 7.4

Giri/Haji
2019 · 7.4

New Tricks
2004 · 7.3

Argo
2012 · 7.3

Waking the Dead
2001 · 7.2

Berlin Station
2016 · 7.2

Heartbeat
1992 · 7.1

Partners in Crime
2015 · 7.1

Young Wallander
2020 · 7.1

Doc Martin
2001 · 7.1

The Forgotten Battle
2021 · 7.1

Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · 6.9

Soldier Soldier
1991 · 6.9

Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · 6.9

One Hundredth of a Second
2006 · 6.9

Moonshot
2009 · 6.9

The Jacket
2005 · 6.9

Solomon
1997 · 6.8

Against the Law
2017 · 6.8

Dalgliesh
2021 · 6.7

Spartacus
2004 · 6.7

Tristan & Isolde
2006 · 6.7

The Last Post
2017 · 6.6

West of Liberty
2019 · 6.6

The Last Vermeer
2019 · 6.6

Anna
2013 · 6.5

Atlantis
2013 · 6.4

Twice Upon a Time
2019 · 6.4

Stonehouse
2023 · 6.3

Possession
2026 · 6.3

Casualty
1986 · 6.2

The Edge of Love
2008 · 6.2

De-Lovely
2004 · 6.1

Murder at the Embassy
2025 · 6.0

The Dinosaur Project
2012 · 5.8

The Show
2021 · 5.4

The Grand
1997 · 5.1

Dead in Tombstone
2013 · 5.0

Altar
2014 · 4.9

Wing Commander
1999 · 4.8

Mad Sad & Bad
2009 · 4.7
George Eliot: A Scandalous Life
2002 · 4.0

United Passions
2014 · 3.5
An Evil Streak
1999 · 2.0

The Real Sopranos
2006 · 1.0