Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage is a multi-award-winning stage and screen actor. Armitage is best known for his role of Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of ‘The Hobbit’. On Film Armitage starred in ‘Into the Storm,’ ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass,’ ‘Captain America,’ ‘The First Avenger,’ and ‘Oceans 8’. Independent features include ‘The Lodge,’ ‘My Zoe,’ ‘Brain on Fire,’ and ‘Pilgrimage’. On TV, Guy of Gisborne in ‘Robin Hood,’ Daniel Miller in Epix ‘Berlin Station,’ and John Porter in ‘Sky’s Strike Back,’ Francis Dolerhyde in NBC’s ‘Hannibal,’ Lucas North in ‘Spooks,’ and John Thornton in ‘North and South,’ both for the BBC. He also voices Trevor Belmont in the Netflix series ‘Castlevania,’ Devereaux in their upcoming animated ‘Tomb Raider,’ and Logan in Marvel’s ‘Wolverine’ podcast.

Recent TV adaptations for Netflix include Ray Levine in ‘Stay Close’ and Adam Price in ‘The Stranger,’ both written by Harlan Coben. He recently played William Farrow in “Obsession” also for Netflix based on the novel ‘Damage’ by Josephine Hart.

The ‘Jackman and Evans’ crime series by Joy Ellis and ‘The Taking of Annie Thorne’ by CJ Tudor are both available on Audible and are currently in development for TV adaptation from his production company White Boar Films alongside The Imaginarium and Sprout Productions/ Night Train.

In 2022 he penned his debut crime thriller ‘Geneva’. It was an instant #1 bestseller for Audible and will be published by Faber&Faber (UK) and Pegasus (US)