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Early life

Richardson was born in

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, Ireland, to the Irish actor

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and English actress

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, in 1995. He comes from the

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; a long line of actors on his mother's side, being the grandson of actress

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and filmmaker

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. He is the great-grandson of

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and

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, nephew of

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, grandnephew of actress

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and actor

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, and first cousin once removed of

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Career

After appearing in

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's 2018 film ''

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'', Richardson played his father's character's son in ''

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'' (2019), and a remake of the 2014 Norwegian crime thriller ''

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''. Richardson appeared alongside his father again in ''Made in Italy'' (2020), a film about grief and familial relationships. Both were touched by the script by James D’Arcy and the parallels with their own experiences with grief. In 2021, Richardson played the lead role in the Sophie Lane Curtis film '' On Our Way'' and was attached to ''The Rising: 1916'', a film about the

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being developed by co-writers Kevin McCann and

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Personal life

Richardson took his mother's surname nine years after her accidental death in order to honour her and her side of the family in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Michael 21st-century Irish male actors Living people Irish emigrants to the United States Irish male film actors Irish male television actors Irish people of English descent Male actors from County Dublin Redgrave family Year of birth missing (living people)