Richard Armitage

Acting · Born 1971-08-22 in Leicester, England, UK

Biography

Richard Armitage was born and raised in Leicester, England. He attended Pattison College in Binley Road, Coventry, and studied at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art). His first appearance on the screen was in a small role in This Year's Love (1999), but it was Sparkhouse (2002) (TV) that gave him a break-through role as the charming but a bit odd character of John Standring opposite Sarah Smart. After two guest-roles in "Cold Feet" (1997) in 2003 and "Between the Sheets" (2003), he landed a role as Steven in Frozen (2005/I), which eventually led him to play the lead role in the big hit BBC drama "North & South" (2004). Other than appearing on screen, he has also appeared on stage--in, for example, Macbeth and Hamlet.

Filmography

• Miss Marie Lloyd: Queen of the Music Hall as Percy Courtenay
• Captain America: The First Avenger as Heinz Kruger
• The Boy in the Woods as Jasko
• Frozen as Steven
• Leopards of Dead Tree Island as Narrator
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Thorin Oakenshield
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as Thorin Oakenshield
• Macbeth as Angus
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies as Thorin Oakenshield
• The Great Sperm Race as Narrator (Voice)