Biography of Richard Armitage

Richard Crispin Armitage is an English actor known for his character Thorin Oakenshield in the film. The Hobbit. His other movie credits include Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) as a Naboo fighter pilot, Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) as Heinz Kruger, Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) as King Oberon, Ocean’s 8 (2018) as Claude Becker and among others. He is also known for his role as John Thornton on the British television show, North South and John Porter on the television drama, Strike Back . His other television roles are Cleopatra (1999) as Cleopatra,Robin Hood (2006-2009) as Guy of Gisborne, Counterattack: Project Dawn (2015) as Francis Dolarhyde, Berlin Station as Daniel Miller and Castlevania as Trevor Belmont. Armitage was also previously involved in various stage performances and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company . Some of his popular stage plays include The Long and the Short and the Tall (1995) as Macliesh, Village (1998) as Bernardo, The Crucible (2014) as Patrón del brothel, Amor Amor Amor ( 2016) as Kenneth.

Early life and education of Richard Armitage

Richard Crispin Armitage was born to parents John Armitage (engineer) and Margaret (secretary) on 22 ^{North Dakota} August 1971 in Leicester, England. Richard attended Huncote Community Primary School in the Blaby district and then joined Brockington College in Enderby, where he studied music. He played cello, orchestras and flute.

Richard expanded his knowledge to include dance and acting at Pattison College in Coventry. Richard earned an A level in music and English. Richard then went to Budapest and joined a circus for six weeks to get the capital card from it.

Richard Armitage Professional Biography

Richard then returned to England and fulfilled his dream of acting in a theater. He has acted in numerous musical theater productions, including the sets of 42 ^{North Dakota} Street and Annie Picks Up Your Gun. Richard then pursued his dream of acting in a dramatic theater production and thus acted as various characters in The Real Thing and death of a Salesman.

To hone his acting skills, Richard joined the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Richard returned to the theater stage as a supporting actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Macbeth and the Duchess of Malfi. Richard has also acted in Hamlet (1998) and Four Alice Bakers at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Richard first starred in the Charm Offensive production of Use Me As Your Cardigan, but his breakout television role was in 2002 as John Standring on the BBC’s Sparkhouse. Then later, Richard took a supporting role in the television productions of Between the Sheets, Cold Feet (series 5) and Ultimate Force (series 2). Later in 2004, Richard appeared in his first starring role as John Thornton in BBC’s Elizabeth Gaskell’s North & South.

A year later, in 2005, Richard played Peter MacDuff in Macbeth on the BBC’s Shakespeare-Told. Armitage then starred in The Impressionists, where he played the young Claude Monet. Meanwhile, he has also starred as Dr. Alec Track on ITV’s The Golden Hour. Richard’s first major film role was in the independent film Frozen. In 2006, Richard was cast as the BBC’s Robin Hood. That same year, Richard appeared in a two-part Christmas special of The Vicar of Dibley.

Richard played Ricky Deeming on 8 ^th April 2007 in the detective drama George Gently. Then at 9th ^May , he appeared on the BBC’s Miss Marie Lloyd Queen of the Music Hall. The same year, Richard also appeared in the Granda TV production of Agatha Christie’s novel Ordeal by Innocence as the character Philip Durrant.

In October 2008, Richard appeared in the cast of Spooks as Lucas North’s character for the 7th ^series . Richard completed filming for the 9th ^series in July 2010, which was his last series. Richard appeared on BBC1’s Moving On as the character John Mulligan. Then in May 2010, Richard starred in Strike Back for Sky1. In an interview, Richard said that he was ultimately drawn to the character.

Richard is primarily known for his character Heinz Kruger in the film Captain America: The First Avenger which was released in July 2011. Later in December 2012, Richard appeared as Thorin Oakenshield in the three-film production of The Hobbit. Richard describes his character as complex and flawed. In August 2014, Richard starred in Into the Storm.

Richard began filming an adaptation of Bernard Hare’s Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew in March 2014. Richard will appear in the Old Vic’s production of The Crucible, which is scheduled to run from June 21 to September 13, 2014. Richard He had always wanted to star in a drama based on Richard III because he was born on the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth Field where Richard III was killed. Recently, Richard stated that he is still in the project, even though he is too tall and too old to play Richard III.

Calling himself a method actor, Richard is certainly going to write his names in the history of the entertainment field with his remarkable acting skills. During an interview, he said:

Yes, I guess so. In a way, it’s a bit lazy because it means you don’t have to pretend, you just have to believe. As much as it’s possible to be like that, I guess I’m in and out, I’m not one of these people who can’t talk to other people because I’m in character, but I stay in character, yeah. He is always there. It’s like marinating something: you’re sitting in a marinade the whole time.’

As of 2018, he is working on two popular TV series, Berlin Station, a drama created by Olen Steinhauer. He plays the character named Daniel Miller sharing the screen with Rhys Ifans , Michelle Forbes , Richard Jenkins and Leland Orser . Castlevania; an adult animated web television series that was based on the Japanese video game Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse as Trevor Belmont.

Richard Armitage Net Worth

Strike Back actor Richard’s net worth is estimated to be around $13 million. The main source of income of him is his acting career.

Richard Armitage’s Personal Life

Richard Armitage has a male body and is 6 feet 2 inches tall. Richard has posed shirtless in many of his TV series and movies, which gives you an idea of ​​his incredibly built body and which has also sparked accusations that he’s gay.

There have been strong rumors about Richard Armitage and The Hobbit co-star. Lee Pace being lovers due to the publicity of various pictures of encounters. When an interviewer at Comic-Con asked Lee about his thoughts on Richard, Lee commented that Richard was an amazing man and that he loved him, raising further suspicions about the sexuality of both actors.

Although Richard was in a relationship with English actress Annabel Capper in 2013 no one knows his current relationship status. But Annabel is certainly not his wife given current assumptions that Richard is gay. Richard likes to keep his personal life out of the media, so no one particularly knows about his dating list, divorce, or if he’s married.

He was also rumored to be dating actress Daniela Denby-Ashe.