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{{short description|Australian actor}}
{{short description|Australian actor}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = Harry Richardson
| birth_name = Harry Richardson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|13|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality = [[Australian people|Australian]]
| alma_mater = [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]]
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| years_active = 2011–present
| years_active = 2015–present
}}
}}


'''Harry Richardson''' is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Drake Carne in ''[[Poldark (2015 TV series)|Poldark]]'' and Frank Gresham in ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]''.
'''Harry Richardson''' (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian actor. After studying at the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]], he has starred in the television period series ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]'' (2016), ''[[Poldark (2015 TV series)|Poldark]]'' (2017–2019), and ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]'' (2022–present).


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
Richardson was born in [[Sydney]], Australia, before moving to London at the age of 2.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/poldarks-harry-richardson-is-one-of-australias-brightest-upandcoming-stars/news-story/d1baffbd9239c9b6f676ae5cbb9515eb|title=Poldark’s Harry Richardson Is One Of Australia’s Brightest Up-And-Coming Stars|last=Anvia|first=Bernadette|date=2018-07-17|website=GQ|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> At the age of 12, he then went back to Australia for high school at [[Sydney Grammar School]], where he discovered his love for acting, and then returned to the UK when he was 18. He then did a short course at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in [[London]], before enrolling at the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]] in [[Perth]] in 2012<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://trollopesociety.org/trollope/tv-radio/television/doctor-thorne/interviews/harry-richardson/|title=Harry Richardson|website=Trollope Society|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with [[Ivana Chubbuck]] at the 16th Street Acting School in [[Melbourne]].
Richardson was born in [[Sydney]], Australia, before moving to London at the age of two.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gq.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/poldarks-harry-richardson-is-one-of-australias-brightest-upandcoming-stars/news-story/d1baffbd9239c9b6f676ae5cbb9515eb|title=Poldark's Harry Richardson Is One Of Australia's Brightest Up-And-Coming Stars|last=Anvia|first=Bernadette|date=2018-07-17|website=GQ|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> At the age of 12, he went back to Australia for high school at [[Sydney Grammar School]], where he discovered his love for acting, and returned to the UK when he was 18. He did a short course at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in [[London]] before enrolling at the [[Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts]] in [[Perth]] in 2012<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://trollopesociety.org/trollope/tv-radio/television/doctor-thorne/interviews/harry-richardson/|title=Harry Richardson|website=Trollope Society|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with [[Ivana Chubbuck]] at the 16th Street Acting School in [[Melbourne]].


Richardson's first film was ''[[Looking for Grace]]'' in which he stars as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]'' when visiting family in London and attended "an audition in the morning before [his] flight back to Australia".<ref name=":2" /> He then starred in ''[[Poldark (2015 TV series)|Poldark]]'', from the third season onward, as Drake Carne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-15/will-aidan-turner-have-competition-from-new-poldark-hunks-harry-richardson-and-tom-york-in-series-3/|title=Will Aidan Turner have competition from new Poldark hunks Harry Richardson and Tom York in series 3?|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> Richardson dated fellow Poldark actress [[Eleanor Tomlinson]] for around 12 months, until they broke up in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/poldarks-eleanor-tomlinson-had-instant-chemistry-with-aidan-turner-60745820/|title=Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson had instant chemistry with Aidan Turner|last=WENN|date=2019-03-12|website=Hollywood.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> He appeared in the 2017 film ''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'' "for a second", but described the experience as a "teaser to a dream that I want to actualize".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/harry-richardson-poldark-2611666669.html|title=Meet Your New Aussie Crush|date=2018-10-12|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> In 2019, he starred in the Australian TV series ''[[Total Control (TV series)|Total Control]]'' as Senator Irving's Adviser Jonathan Cosgrove.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/actress-deb-mailmans-rage-against-the-machine-for-total-control/news-story/f2d6924c743a7ef92de374e8e86df7f8|title=Rage against the machine|date=2019-10-12|website=www.adelaidenow.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref>
Richardson's first film was ''[[Looking for Grace]]'' in which he starred as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]'' when visiting family in London and attended "an audition in the morning before [his] flight back to Australia".<ref name=":2" /> He then starred in ''[[Poldark (2015 TV series)|Poldark]]'', from the third season onward, as Drake Carne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-05-15/will-aidan-turner-have-competition-from-new-poldark-hunks-harry-richardson-and-tom-york-in-series-3/|title=Will Aidan Turner have competition from new Poldark hunks Harry Richardson and Tom York in series 3?|website=Radio Times|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> Richardson dated fellow ''Poldark'' actor [[Eleanor Tomlinson]] for around one year, until they broke up in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/poldarks-eleanor-tomlinson-had-instant-chemistry-with-aidan-turner-60745820/|title=Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson had instant chemistry with Aidan Turner|last=WENN|date=2019-03-12|website=Hollywood.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> He appeared in the 2017 film ''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'' "for a second", but described the experience as a "teaser to a dream that I want to actualize".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.papermag.com/harry-richardson-poldark-2611666669.html|title=Meet Your New Aussie Crush|date=2018-10-12|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27}}</ref> In 2019, he starred in the Australian TV series ''[[Total Control (TV series)|Total Control]]'' as Senator Irving's Adviser Jonathan Cosgrove.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/actress-deb-mailmans-rage-against-the-machine-for-total-control/news-story/f2d6924c743a7ef92de374e8e86df7f8|title=Rage against the machine|date=2019-10-12|newspaper=The Advertiser|language=en|access-date=2020-04-27|last1=Woolford|first1=Lisa}}</ref> He has played Larry Russell in [[HBO]]'s ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]'' since 2022.


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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|Episode: "Meditated in Murder"
|Episode: "Meditated in Murder"
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|2019
|2019–2021
|''[[Total Control (TV series)|Total Control]]''
|''[[Total Control (TV series)|Total Control]]''
|Jonathan Cosgrove
|Jonathan Cosgrove
|12 episodes
|6 episodes
|-
|-
|2022–present
|2021
|''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]''
|''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]''
|Larry Russell
|Larry Russell
|17 episodes
|Pre-production
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|Herbert
|Herbert
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://perththeatrereviews.blogspot.com/2014/08/great-expectations-waapa-27-august-2014.html|title=Perth Theatre Reviews: Great Expectations - WAAPA (27 August 2014)|last=Film|first=Misadventures In Wa|date=2014-08-28|website=Perth Theatre Reviews|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://perththeatrereviews.blogspot.com/2014/08/great-expectations-waapa-27-august-2014.html|title=Perth Theatre Reviews: Great Expectations - WAAPA (27 August 2014)|last=Film|first=Misadventures In Wa|date=2014-08-28|website=Perth Theatre Reviews|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Project
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| align="center"| [[30th Screen Actors Guild Awards|2023]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]''
| {{nominated}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=www.sagawards.org}}</ref>
|-
|}
|}


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[[Category:Australian male film actors]]
[[Category:Australian male film actors]]
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[[Category:Australian male television actors]]
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[[Category:Male actors from Sydney]]
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[[Category:21st-century Australian male actors]]

Latest revision as of 18:06, 2 November 2024

Harry Richardson
Born
Harry Richardson

(1993-03-03) 3 March 1993 (age 31)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materWestern Australian Academy of Performing Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Harry Richardson (born 3 March 1993) is an Australian actor. After studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, he has starred in the television period series Doctor Thorne (2016), Poldark (2017–2019), and The Gilded Age (2022–present).

Early life and career

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Richardson was born in Sydney, Australia, before moving to London at the age of two.[1] At the age of 12, he went back to Australia for high school at Sydney Grammar School, where he discovered his love for acting, and returned to the UK when he was 18. He did a short course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before enrolling at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth in 2012[2][1] Before graduating from WAAPA in 2014, Richardson took a course with Ivana Chubbuck at the 16th Street Acting School in Melbourne.

Richardson's first film was Looking for Grace in which he starred as Jamie. He auditioned for the role of Frank Gresham in the TV series Doctor Thorne when visiting family in London and attended "an audition in the morning before [his] flight back to Australia".[2] He then starred in Poldark, from the third season onward, as Drake Carne.[3] Richardson dated fellow Poldark actor Eleanor Tomlinson for around one year, until they broke up in June 2018.[4] He appeared in the 2017 film Dunkirk "for a second", but described the experience as a "teaser to a dream that I want to actualize".[5] In 2019, he starred in the Australian TV series Total Control as Senator Irving's Adviser Jonathan Cosgrove.[6] He has played Larry Russell in HBO's The Gilded Age since 2022.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Looking for Grace Jamie
2017 Dunkirk Private
2019 I've Been Thinking About What You Look Like Maxwell Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Doctor Thorne Frank Gresham 4 episodes
2017–2019 Poldark Drake Carne 25 episodes
2018 Death in Paradise Gabe Lee Episode: "Meditated in Murder"
2019 Total Control Jonathan Cosgrove 6 episodes
2022–present The Gilded Age Larry Russell 17 episodes

Radio

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Year Title Role Production company Ref.
2017 Snake Jarrod BBC Radio 4 [7]

Theatre

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Year Play Role Production company Ref.
2011 Suddenly Last Summer Assistant Director National Art School [8]
2013 The Golden Age Peter WAAPA
No Worries Singer/Turbo Tongue
As You Like It Le Beau/Amiens
Chekhov in Yalta Chekov
Hour of the Wolf Mr Kreisler
2014 Arturo Ui Old Dogsborough [9]
Festen Lars [8][10]
Great Expectations Herbert [11]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Project Result Ref.
2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age Nominated [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anvia, Bernadette (17 July 2018). "Poldark's Harry Richardson Is One Of Australia's Brightest Up-And-Coming Stars". GQ. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Harry Richardson". Trollope Society. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Will Aidan Turner have competition from new Poldark hunks Harry Richardson and Tom York in series 3?". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ WENN (12 March 2019). "Poldark's Eleanor Tomlinson had instant chemistry with Aidan Turner". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Meet Your New Aussie Crush". PAPER. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ Woolford, Lisa (12 October 2019). "Rage against the machine". The Advertiser. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Drama, Snake". BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Harry Richardson | Hamilton Hodell". www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Stage Whispers". www.stagewhispers.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  10. ^ Film, Misadventures In Wa (7 May 2014). "Perth Theatre Reviews: Festen - WAAPA (7 May 2014)". Perth Theatre Reviews. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ^ Film, Misadventures In Wa (28 August 2014). "Perth Theatre Reviews: Great Expectations - WAAPA (27 August 2014)". Perth Theatre Reviews. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. ^ "The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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