Richard Harrington (actor)
Richard Harrington | |
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| Born | 12 March 1975 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Children | 4 |
Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975) is a Welsh stage and TV actor. He has had starring roles in the shows Hinterland, Bleak House, Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, and the film The All Together. He won a BAFTA Cymru Award for his role in the film Dafydd and another BAFTA Cymru Award for his role in Hinterland.
Early and personal life
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Harrington was born in Gurnos, Wales and brought up in Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil.[1] Harrington studied at a Welsh Medium school in Merthyr and as a result, speaks Welsh as a second language. He has said that filming Y Gwyll improved his fluency significantly.[2][3]
Career
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Harrington has had starring roles in the Welsh show Hinterland (known as Y Gwyll in Welsh),[4][5] Bleak House, Jimmy McGovern's Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, and Gavin Claxton's comedy feature film The All Together. He has also had roles in Coronation Street, Spooks, Casualty, Holby City, Hustle, Dalziel and Pascoe, Silent Witness, Lark Rise to Candleford, and Poldark. He won a BAFTA Cymru Award for his portrayal of a young gay hustler in the BBC film Dafydd, part of the Wales Playhouse programme.[6]
On stage, Harrington has toured with Fiction Factory/Y Cwmni's productions of Ed Thomas's plays House of America, Gas Station Angel and Stone City Blue. He also appeared in the 1997 film version of House of America.
In 2015, Harrington won another BAFTA Cymru Award for his role as DCI Tom Matthias in Y Gwyll / Hinterland.[7]
In April 2017, Harrington presented the BBC Two Wales programme Richard Harrington: My Grandfather's War, in which he followed the journey his grandfather had made through Spain in 1937 in order to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War.[8][9]
In 2018 he appeared at the National Theatre in London in Home I'm Darling, a co-production with Theatr Clwyd.[10]
In February 2021, speaking of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Harrington revealed that he had worked as a Deliveroo driver to supplement his income during lockdown, due to the lack of work.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Harrington has two children with a former girlfriend and two with his partner Hannah Daniel,[12] with whom he lives in Crystal Palace, London.[3][13]
In 2012 and 2013, he took part in the Snowdonia Marathon alongside his friend and fellow actor Mark Lewis Jones.[14] They both ran Marathon des Sables in 2014.
Filmography
[edit]Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gaeding Lenin (Leaving Lenin) | Charlie | |
| 1996 | The Proposition | Evan | |
| Pobol y Cym | Ossie | ||
| 1997 | House of America | Cat | |
| Breeders | Jack | ||
| Motor Driving Made Easy | Reflex Action | Short | |
| 1998 | A Light in the Valley | Cast member | |
| 1999 | Oh Little Town of Bethlehem | Martin | Short |
| 2000 | Care (film) | Tony Collins | TV film |
| 2001 | Score | Neil | TV film |
| A Day Out | Girl's Father | Short | |
| 2002 | High Speed | Spike | |
| Mule | Ray | Short | |
| 2003 | Rehab | Powell | TV film |
| The Ride | Spike | ||
| 2004 | Secret Passage | Joseph | |
| Mathilde (film) | Babyface | ||
| 2005 | Fatigue | ||
| 2006 | Daddy's Girl | Stephen | |
| 2007 | The All Together | Jerry Davies | |
| The Contractor | Terry Winchell | ||
| 2008 | Strap-on Owl Beak | Actor | Short |
| Hope Eternal | Evan | ||
| 2011 | Little Munchkin | Mr. Jones | Short |
| Burton: Y Gyfrinach | Richard Burton | TV film | |
| My Times | Short | ||
| 2012 | Elfie Hopkins | Timothy Jenkins | |
| 2014 | Under Milk Wood | Neighbour | TV film |
| 2015 | Just Jim | Headmaster | |
| 2016 | Royal Wives at War | Narrator | TV film |
| My Grandfather's War | Himself | BBC TV documentary about the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War[15] | |
| 2018 | Hatchback | John | Short |
| Gwen | Edward Morris | ||
| Last Summer | Dai Hop | ||
| 2019 | Bitter Sky | Roy | Short |
| 2022 | Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Morgan Jenkins | |
| 2023 | Consent | Headmaster | Channel Four |
| 2025 | Havoc | Jake |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The District Nurse | Donald Turner | Episode: "A Blind Eye" |
| 1989 | Screen One | Series 1: episode 2: "Nineteen 96" | |
| 1992 | Civvies | Taffy's neighbour | 1 episode |
| 1993, 1995 | Wales Playhouse | Sion / Dafydd | 2 episodes: "Broken Glass" & "Dafydd" BAFTA Cymru Award - Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau) |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | Student | Mini-series |
| 1995-1997 | A Mind to Kill | Paul Tam | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Tiger Bay | Warwick | 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Coronation Street | Owen Williams | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | The Hidden City | Barney | |
| 2003 | Holby City | Lee Walmsley | 1 episode: "By Any Other Name" |
| 2004 | Hustle | Sam Richards | 1 episode: "Cops and Robbers" |
| Silent Witness | Stephen Barnes | 2 episodes: "Nowhere Fast: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| Spooks | Will North | 6 episodes | |
| 2005 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Gary Mileham | Series 9: episode 33: "Heads You Lose: Parts 1 & 2" |
| Bleak House | Allan Woodcourt | 7 episodes | |
| 2006 | Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Yohanon | 1 episode: "Rebellion" |
| Casualty | Jerry Goater | 1 episode: "Last Orders" | |
| 2007 | Five Days | Daf Parry | 3 episodes |
| Y Pris | Stuart | 1 episode: "Parch (Respect)" | |
| Sold | Paul Bamforth | 1 episode | |
| 2007–2008 | HolbyBlue | DS Luke French | 20 episodes |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Ash | 1 episode: "Communal Living" |
| 2009 | Missing | Ryan Long | 1 episode: "Deeper Problems" |
| Land Girls | Adam Blackfield | 2 episodes: "Trekkers" & "Destinies" | |
| Collision | James Taylor / Ben Hickman | 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | M.I. High | Tommy Blumenheck | 1 episode: "Don't Cook Now" |
| Midsomer Murders | Leo Fincher | 1 episode: "Blood on the Saddle" | |
| Pen Talar | Defi Lewis | 7 episodes | |
| 2011 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Gabriel Cochrane | Series 4: 6 episodes |
| 2012 | Casualty | Chris Johnson | 2 episodes: "Duty of Care" & "Death and Doughnuts" |
| Alys | Simon | 8 episodes | |
| 2013–2016 | Y Gwyll / Hinterland | DCI Tom Mathias | Lead role |
| 2014 | Wolfblood | Gerwyn | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Poldark | Captain Andrew Blamey | 5 episodes |
| 2016 | Stella | Ian Meyer | |
| 2017 | Inspector George Gently | Michael Clements | 1 episode: "Gently and the New Age" |
| 2018 | Requiem | Aron Morgan | 6 episodes |
| Father Brown | Benedict Northam | 1 episode: "The Face of the Enemy" | |
| Death in Paradise | Bryn Williams | 1 episode: "Meditated in Murder" | |
| 2019 | The Crown | Fred Phillips | Season 3: episode 3: "Aberfan" |
| 2020 | Gangs of London | Mal | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Endeavour | Dr. Dai Ferman | 2 episodes: "Oracle" & "Zenana" |
| 2021 | Fflam | Bedwyr Neale | S4C series; 6 episodes |
| 2025 | The One That Got Away | DS Rick Sheldon |
Theatre
- House of America – Fiction Factory
- Gas Station Angel – Royal Court
- Stone City Blue – Theatre Clwyd
- Art and Guff – Soho Theatre
- Other Hands – Soho Theatre
- Look Back in Anger – Theatre Royal, Bath
- Coriolanus – NTW
- Home I'm Darling – National Theatre
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gurnos-born actor Harrington nominated for S4C drama role". walesonline.co.uk. Media Wales. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Scandi-style crime thriller showcases the land of my fathers, says Richard Harrington". Wales Online. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ a b Andrew Collins (11 September 2015). "Hinterland / Y Gwyll's Richard Harrington: 'Everybody around me sounded like Pingu'". The Guardian.
- ^ Theatre-Wales (25 November 2013). "Y Gwyll-Fanfare for Fiction Factory".
- ^ "Hinterland star Richard Harrington 'hated everything' about the hit show". Wales Online. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Cymru: Actor in 1995". bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Winners Announced - British Academy Cymru Awards 2015". bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ Presenter: Richard Harrington; Producers: Alan Golding, Dylan Wyn Richards; Director: Dylan Wyn Richards (15 April 2017). "Richard Harrington: My Grandfather's War". My Grandfather's War. BBC. BBC Two Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "The men who left the Valleys to fight fascism in Spain". BBC News Online. BBC. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ Theatre-Wales (7 July 2018). "Richard Harrington Gives a Beautiful, Unshowy Performance".
- ^ "Covid: Poldark's Richard Harrington took Deliveroo job in lockdown". BBC News. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Hannah Daniel: Gwaith, gyrfa a bod yn fam". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Vicki Power (23 April 2016). "Hinterland star Richard Harrington on DCI Tom Mathias: He is his own worst enemy". Daily Express.
- ^ "31st Snowdonia Marathon Eryri 2013". Welsh Athletics. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "The men who left the Valleys to fight fascism in Spain". BBC News. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
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