Personal Info
Birthday
April 7, 1934
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Known For
Acting
Ian Richardson
Biography
Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor, best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting Filmography (105)
6.9
Hogfather
Movie2007
7.3
Becoming Jane
Movie2007
7.6
Hogfather
TV Series2006
5.9
Twice Upon a Time
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.3
The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Movie2006
No Backdrop
8.7
The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Movie2005
7.4
Joyeux Noel
Movie2005
5.6
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie2005
8.0
Bleak House
TV Series2005
7.8
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV Series2004
6.0
Nero
Movie2004
6.2
Imperium: Nero
TV Series2004
6.5
Dæmos Rising
Movie2004
7.8
Strange
TV Series2003
7.9
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV Series2001
6.7
From Hell
Movie2001
No Backdrop
5.5
3-D Halloween
Movie2000
5.5
102 Dalmatians
Movie2000
7.0
Gormenghast
TV Series2000
8.0
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.0
The Magician's House
TV Series1999
5.4
The King and I
Movie1999
5.2
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie1998
5.5
A Knight in Camelot
Movie1998
7.3
Dark City
Movie1998
6.6
The Woman In White
Movie1997
No Backdrop
0.0
The Woman In White
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
6.0
The Fifth Province
Movie1997
5.8
Incognito
Movie1997
No Backdrop
0.0
The Canterville Ghost
Movie1997
No Backdrop
7.6
A Royal Scandal
Movie1997
5.4
B.A.P.S
Movie1997
5.6
The Treasure Seekers
Movie1996
5.6
Catherine the Great
Movie1996
7.6
The Final Cut
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
8.0
Savage Play
Movie1995
5.2
A Change of Place
Movie1994
No Backdrop
9.0
Words Upon the Window Pane
Movie1994
7.8
To Play the King
TV Series1993
5.0
Dirty Weekend
Movie1993
No Backdrop
9.0
Remember
Movie1993
6.6
M. Butterfly
Movie1993
7.0
Foreign Affairs
Movie1993
7.4
Highlander: The Series
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
5.8
An Ungentlemanly Act
Movie1992
5.8
Year of the Comet
Movie1992
8.0
The Gravy Train Goes East
TV Series1991
6.9
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
Movie1991
8.1
House of Cards
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
8.3
The Gravy Train
TV Series1990
7.0
King of the Wind
Movie1990
7.3
The Phantom of the Opera
TV Series1990
6.2
The Plot to Kill Hitler
Movie1990
6.7
Chillers
TV Series1990
6.0
Twist of Fate
TV Series1989
6.0
Burning Secret
Movie1988
9.0
Troubles
TV Series1988
7.0
Cry Freedom
Movie1987
7.2
Porterhouse Blue
TV Series1987
8.0
The Devil's Disciple
Movie1987
6.3
The Fourth Protocol
Movie1987
5.0
Blunt
Movie1987
5.7
Whoops Apocalypse
Movie1986
7.5
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
6.7
Star Quality
Movie1985
0.0
Theatre Night
TV Series1985
7.7
Brazil
Movie1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
8.8
Monsignor Quixote
Movie1985
6.0
Mistral's Daughter
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
0.0
Slimming Down
Movie1984
8.0
Six Centuries of Verse
TV Series1984
No Backdrop
6.3
The Master of Ballantrae
Movie1984
6.5
The Sign of Four
Movie1983
6.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie1983
6.1
Brass
TV Series1983
7.0
Number 10
TV Series1983
No Backdrop
0.0
Salad Days
Movie1983
No Backdrop
0.0
Passing Through
Movie1982
8.3
The Woman in White
TV Series1982
No Backdrop
7.0
A Cotswold Death
Movie1982
5.3
Private Schulz
TV Series1981
No Backdrop
0.0
Gauguin the Savage
Movie1980
6.4
Charlie Muffin
Movie1979
9.0
Churchill and the Generals
Movie1979
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV Series1979
6.8
Ike
Movie1979
7.3
Ike
TV Series1979
No Backdrop
8.0
Sorry...
Movie1978
9.0
Danton's Death
Movie1978
No Backdrop
7.0
Playhouse
TV Series1974
5.0
Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie1973
6.6
Man of La Mancha
Movie1972
No Backdrop
7.0
The Darwin Adventure
Movie1972
No Backdrop
8.0
Eyeless in Gaza
TV Series1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
8.2
Civilisation
TV Series1969
6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie1968
6.1
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
Movie1967
No Backdrop
7.3
NET Playhouse
TV Series1966
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
TV Series1965
7.2
Theatre 625
TV Series1964
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951