Richard Armitage Biography, Age, Girlfriend/Wife, Family, Height, Appointments, Interview, Movies & TV Shows

BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD ARMITAGE

Richard Armitage (Richard Crispin Armitage) was born on August 22, 1971 in Huncote, United Kingdom. He is a popularly known actor popularly known for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit Triology.

He attended Huncote Community Primary School in Huncote, Blaby District, Leicestershire and started secondary school at the local comprehensive school, Brockington College in Enderby.

By the time he finished school, he had achieved an A level in music and English, and acting experience in local amateur and professional productions such as Showboat, Half a Sixpence, Orpheus and the Underworld (as Bacchus) and The Hobbit (as an elf). at the New Alexandra Theater (aka ‘The Alex’), Birmingham.

RICHARD ARMITAGE HOBBIT/THORIN

He played Thorin Oakenshield, King under the Mountain or Mountain King. He was the son of Thráin II, the older brother of Frerin and Dís, the grandson of King Thrór and the uncle of Fíli and Kíli. He was known for his deeds as the leader of a company that infiltrated the Lost Kingdom Beneath the Mountain to recapture it from Smaug and for leading
an alliance of Men, Dwarves and Elves in the Battle of the Five Armies. .

RICHARD ARMITAGE STAR WARS

He played Naboo Bravo 6 in Starfighter Pilot in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.

RICHARD ARMITAGE AGE

He was born on August 22, 1971 in Leicester, England, to Margaret, a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. Richard has an older brother named Chris.

GIRLFRIEND OF RICHARD ARMITAGE – WIFE OF RICHARD ARMITAGE

His girlfriend is Samantha Colley whom he met on the set of The Crucible where he played the role of John Proctor and she played the role of a girl who was struck in love with the role of Richard and the persuaded to give up. are not yet married.

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Richard Armitage

RICHARD ARMITAGE FAMILY

Richard Armitage is the youngest son of Margaret, a secretary, and John Armitage, an engineer. Richard has an older brother named Chris.

RICHARD ARMITAGE HEIGHT

He is 1.89m (6′ 2½”) tall.

RICHARD ARMITAGE APPOINTMENTS

• 2016 – Hannibal – Critics’ Choice Awards – Best Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series
• 2016 – Classic Love Poems – Audie Awards – Best Male Narrator
• 2015 – The Crucible – What’s On Stage Awards – Best Actor in a Play
• 2015 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – SFX Awards – Best Actor
• 2015 – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Empire Awards – Best Actor
• 2015 – Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel – Audie Awards – Best Solo Storytelling – Male
• 2015 – The Crucible – Olivier Awards – Best Actor
• 2014 – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Empire Awards – Best Supporting Actor
• 2013 – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – SFX Awards – Best Actor
• 2011 – Venetia – Audie Awards – Best Audiobook Adaptation
• 2009 – Spooks – Golden Nymph Awards – Outstanding Actor – Drama Series
• 2009 – Spooks – TV Quick Awards – Best Actor

AUDIOBOOKS BY RICHARD ARMITAGE

• The Monster Collection
• venice
• practical marriage
• Sylvester
• David Copperfield
• The turn of the screw
• Romeo and Juliet: A Novel
• Classic love poems
• Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
• Chimes

RICHARD ARMITAGE MOVIES AND TV SERIES

FILMS BY RICHARD ARMITAGE

• 2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• 2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• 2014: in the storm
• 2011: Captain America: The First Avenger
• 2016: Alice Through the Looking Glass
• 2017: Pilgrimage
• 2016: Brain on Fire
• 2005: Provident Malice
• 2015: Urban & the Shed Crew
• Miss Marie Lloyd
• 2007: Trial of Innocence
• 2005: Frozen
• 2017: Sleepwalker
• 2012: Pilsner Urquell Legends the day Pilsen won gold
• macbeth
• sparkhouse

RICHARD ARMITAGE TV SERIES

• Since 1999: Cleopatra
• 2002-2011: Spooks
• 2002: Sparkhouse
• 2003: Between the Leaves
• 2004: North and South
• Since 2005: the golden hour
• Since 2006: the Impressionists
• 2006 – 2009: Robin Hood
• Since 2009: Moving On
• Since 2010: Strike Back
• Since 2016: Berlin station
• Since 2017: Castlevania

INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD ARMITAGE

Source: GQ.com

We were at Jack Reacher Stadium yesterday talking to David Oyelowo, who was also in Spooks. Do you think there was something about this show, or is it just a big moment for British actors?

Richard Armitage: We were the same year in drama school! I loved this show so much. I found it really difficult, it required you to work at high speed. I always said when they finished Spooks, they should have made a movie out of it. In fact, my ultimate role is to play another spy…

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A particular spy?

Richard Armitage:Oh no, my God – that sounds awful doesn’t it? I think [Daniel Craig] still has some in him. I think with The Hobbit, he’s a quintessentially English writer writing about central England and his experiences in World War I. Peter Jackson really cast British actors and British voice actors – which I think applies particularly to British actors, because they tend to be trained in classical theater and when you load characters into a lot of prosthetics and of wigs is the voice. that goes through all of this. So you have people like Ian McKellen, Ian Holm, Ken Stott, Jimmy Nesbitt – all these incredibly identifiable voices.

How immersed have you been in all the other books and fan fiction and all that mythology?

Richard Armitage: I really stuck to the purist stuff. I stuck with The Hobbit and when that wasn’t enough I watched The Silmarillion and then The Book Of Lost Tales, plus all the Christopher Tolkien stuff.

It’s vast and I’ve never really crossed it. But I steer clear of fan fiction and fan talk because I’m one of them – and after that, my review is now as detailed as theirs. But the thing is also, when you get the phone call you’re so excited to get the job but then you’re scared because this book has been around since the late thirties it’s probably been read to everyone Schoolboys of England and Beyond, has been translated into so many languages, so everyone has their own take on this story. So we have to take care of their idea of ​​Thorin. But I had my version and Pete trusted me.

They digitally alter your size afterwards, but you have to play it live. Did you have to spend 18 months talking to Ian McKellen’s hat or Martin Freeman’s belt?

Richard Armitage: I feel like Ian felt that more keenly than anyone. Maybe his face imprints on everyone who meets him because I remember the experience less stressful. I seem to remember looking into Ian’s eyes more than anything, and in…obviously my character and Martin’s are the same height. But they stuck Ian on a box once in a while – when they couldn’t stick him on a box, I had to look at the top of his hat. But we would repeat eye to eye, so you just have to remember how you feel. Maybe because Ian has an indelible stare you can’t get rid of.

Have you ever met many obsessive Hobbit fans? There is currently a queue of two dozen people outside Claridges.

Richard Armitage:Is there? Oh my God! I have met a few. The good thing is that there are people who have been there for eight years with the work that I have done and there are new people who will come who are more fans of the book than anything else. Then, of course, Comic Con, where you have this global reach and Tokyo was amazing – you have people dressed up as Galadriel and little Japanese Hobbits. I had some beautiful artwork given to me by people in costume in Tokyo. But the creation of Thorin is really the work of many people, not just me. I seem to exist inside, but hopefully that means I can take it off and get away from him and not really be too identifiable with him. He doesn’t really look like me.

You yourself grew a beard – did you have to live with it all the time?

Richard Armitage:Yes, for 18 months! Oddly enough, the beard I grew ended up being identical to the one they had done for me. They must have darkened it a bit, because mine is getting a little lighter. It was weird because I thought, ‘Oh great, I’m just going to grow out my beard and it’ll be less work.’ But actually it became more work because they cut it every day, because it had to look the same. My beard grows fast, so I’d come back after a weekend and they’d be like, ‘Argh, this has gone crazy!’ I really liked having the beard. It’s weird – I remember doing a photoshoot for publicity and thinking, ‘This is going to look awful’, but it looks good. I think the beard is there. But the full beard, not some kind of facial architecture. A full beard looks cool.

The costumes weighed almost 30 kg. Did you have to do a lot of training beforehand?

Richard Armitage: Yeah, we trained with a weight belt to train down, to lower our centers of gravity. But when you put the costume on, you’re carrying an extra 20-30 pounds, depending on your character.

It’s quite heavy! I try to stay at a non-obsessive fitness level. It’s not about looking good, it’s just about feeling good. So I do a lot of yoga. Bikram just blows me away. It is both mental and physical; if I don’t train, I get very depressed. But training for The Hobbit was about endurance and back strength so that we didn’t hurt ourselves in the extreme circumstances. It would be nice to go back and get that level of training back.

You are a great skier. Where do you recommend?

Richard Armitage: Massive skier. It’s my great passion – as soon as winter comes, I look around thinking, “Take me up a mountain.” I did a lot of skiing all over Europe: I did Italy, Austria, France. I’ve skied a lot in New Zealand – done just about every ski run I could find. I skied Mt Ruapehu then went back and shot there. So I would watch when the snow was gone and go “I skied those trails. I know these paths well.

You are an elegant man, but I know that Martin Freeman likes his clothes very much.

Richard Armitage: I’m inspired by his style. I spent most of the time dressed in Nike in New Zealand. He just tastes great and is in really fantastic tailoring, so I had to step up my game for this press tour!