Richard Sutton (born 24 February 1978 in
Birmingham, West Midlands
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) is a British stage and screen actor.
Career
Sutton became a professional actor in 2001 and was signed by the acting agency Villiers and Hudson (now Nancy Hudson Associates Ltd.) in London. He has created roles in a number of popular British television shows. Notable performances include Private Clive Tonry in the
BAFTA-award-winning ''
Dunkirk
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The crimes were committed ...]
in
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One's ''The Angel of Death''. Other credits include ''
EastEnders'', ''
Doctors'', ''
Casualty'', ''
Holby City
''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and ...
'', ''
Miranda'', ''
Come Fly with Me'', ''
Hollyoaks
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'', ''
Line of Duty
''Line of Duty'' is a British police procedural television series created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions. On 26 June 2012, BBC Two began to broadcast the first series; it was its best-performing drama series in ten years wit ...
'' and ''
Dalziel & Pascoe''.
His theatre credits include many seasons at the
Birmingham Rep
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and creating the role of Dale in the world premiere of Chris O'Connell's play ''Tall Phoenix''. In 2019, he played the role of Mike Priddle in "
Ghost Stories
A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. ...
" at the
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London. before taking it to the West End for 14 weeks at the
Ambassadors Theatre, London.
In late 2009, actor/writer
Justin Fletcher
Justin Fletcher (born 15 June 1970) is an English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter on the BBC pre-school television channel CBeebies. Speaking and performing in various, often self-created, roles, he specialises in slapstick co ...
chose him for the character of Tommy Tummy in his sketch show ''
Gigglebiz
''Gigglebiz'' is a British children's comedy television programme (described as a 'live-action comedy sketch show' by the BBC) consisting of five series that have been broadcast on CBeebies, the BBC's younger children's channel, starting in 20 ...
'' on the BBC's pre-school channel
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older chil ...
.
In the summer of 2011, Richard took on the role of Naval officer
David Blair in ITV1's £11m TV series ''Titanic''. It was filmed in
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
and has been sold to over 90 territories around the globe.
In 2017, he played the role of
Sir James Clark Ross
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in
AMC
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Film and television
* AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain
* AMC Networks, an American entertainment company
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*** ...
's 10-part TV series "
The Terror
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".
References
External links
*
Richard Suttonat the
Internet Movie Database
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www.spotlight.com
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1978 births
English male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands