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'''Richard Charles Lintern''' (born 25 October 1962 in [[Taunton]], Somerset) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
'''Richard Charles Lintern''' (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.


==Education==
==Early life==
Lintern was born in [[Taunton]], [[Somerset]].<ref name="tv">{{cite web|title= Richard Lintern Credits |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/richard-lintern/credits/3030065539/ |website= tvguide.com |access-date= 9 October 2023}}</ref> He studied [[English Literature]] at [[Durham University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Durham University Gazette, 1983/84|url=http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=bookreader/DU_Gazettes/DUGazette1983-4/DUGazette19834METS.xml;query=richard%20lintern;brand=default#page/92/mode/2up|website=reed.dur.ac.uk|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> He subsequently won a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name="rada">{{cite web|title= RADA Student & graduate profiles – Richard Lintern
Lintern studied [[English Literature]] at [[Durham University]] and won a scholarship to the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].
|url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/richard-lintern/ |website= rada.ac.uk |access-date= 9 October 2023}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
He has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and the [[Royal National Theatre]].
Lintern has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National Theatre. He has appeared across the UK, including leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Bristol Old Vic. and many others. Recent productions include Elephants at Hampstead Theatre, Jumpy at the Royal Court, Blue/Orange in Birmingham and Clybourne Park at the Park Theatre
He has appeared all over the UK, including leading roles at the [[Royal National Theatre]], the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre <''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] and ''[[Hamlet]]'' at the [[Bristol Old Vic]]. As well as many TV shows, including ''[[Lead Balloon]]'', ''[[Screenplay (TV series)|Screenplay]]'', ''[[The Beggar Bride]]'', ''[[Covington Cross]]'', ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Cadfael (TV series)|Cadfael]]'', ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', ''[[She's Out (TV series)|She's Out]]'', ''[[Demob (TV series)|Demob]]'', ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'', ''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]'', ''[[The Line of Beauty (TV series)|The Line of Beauty]]'', ''[[Forever Green]]'', ''[[The Good Guys (UK TV series)|The Good Guys]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Plotlands]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[Performance (UK TV series)|Performance]]'', ''[[Holding the Baby (UK TV series)|Holding the Baby]]'', ''{{Citation | title = Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord | url = https://www.amazon.com/Bloodlines-Lord-Lucan-Story-Region/dp/B007L58TGY}}'' is loosely based on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116935/ "Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord." (1997)]</ref>, ''[[Taggart]]'', ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]'' and ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Lintern |url=http://www.cft.org.uk/richard-lintern |publisher=cft.org.uk |accessdate=16 November 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


Lintern has played leading roles in a wide range of television and film projects. Recent productions include Silent Witness, Cell 8, Nolly, The Reckoning, Young Wallander, White House Farm, The Crown, Stephen, The Outpost, Professor T, and Death in Paradise. Earlier work includes White Heat, Top Boy, Page Eight, Pennyworth, The Shadowline, Lead Balloon, Screenplay, The Beggar Bride, Covington Cross, Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence", Cadfael, Lewis, She's Out, Demob, The Storyteller, Victoria Wood, The Line of Beauty, Forever Green, The Good Guys, The Bill, Casualty, Plotlands, Heartbeat, Performance, Holding the Baby, Bloodlines, which is loosely based on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan, Taggart, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Agatha Christie's Poirot "Dead Man's Mirror" and "Mrs.McGinty's Dead".
He played a young [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] in the 1998 film ''[[Jinnah_(film)|Jinnah]]'', and an American [[Police_officer|Cop]] in the 1998 film ''[[Lost Souls (1998 film)|Lost Souls]]''.
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He starred in the 2007 gay drama film by [[Channel 4]] ''Clapham Junction'', where he plays Will who is entering a [[civil partnership]] with Gavin.<ref>{{cite web|title=A violent reminder that homophobia hasn't gone away|url=http://www.gaycelluloid.com/search/125.htm |publisher=gaycelluloid.com| accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> He was also in ''[[The Bank Job]]'' in 2008 playing an [[MI5]] officer ordered to retrieve the embarrassing proceeds of a bank robbery in 1970s London. Other films include Syriana, Page Eight, Jinnah, Malaventura, The Calling. Lintern also had a major role in the third series of the television drama, ''[[The House of Eliott]]''. In 2011 he had a major role in the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]''. In 2012 he appeared in ''[[Hunted (2012 TV series)|Hunted]]'' for [[BBC One]] and [[HBO]]. He played Hector Stokes.<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sxst5/hunted--series-1---7-khyber Radio Times Hunted Cast List]</ref> He plays Thomas Chamberlain, the head of the Lyell Centre in [[The BBC]] series [[Silent Witness]].


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Lintern played a young [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] in the 1998 film ''[[Jinnah (film)|Jinnah]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and an American [[police officer]] in the 1998 film ''[[Lost Souls (1998 film)|Lost Souls]]''.<ref name="tv"/> In 2003, Lintern also played the leading Pharisee in the word for word Bible film ''[[The Gospel of John (film)|The Gospel of John]]''.<ref name="tv"/> He also starred in the 2007 gay drama film by [[Channel 4]] ''[[Clapham Junction (film)|Clapham Junction]]'', where he played Will, who is entering a [[civil partnership]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A violent reminder that homophobia hasn't gone away|url= http://www.gaycelluloid.com/search/125.htm |website=gaycelluloid.com| accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref> He was also in ''[[The Bank Job]]'' in 2008,<ref name="tv"/> playing an [[MI5]] officer ordered to retrieve the embarrassing proceeds of a bank robbery in 1970s London.<ref name="tv"/> Other films include ''Syriana'', ''Page Eight'', ''Malaventura'', and ''The Calling''.<ref name="tv"/> Lintern also appeared in the third series of the television drama, ''[[The House of Eliott]]''. In 2011 he appeared in the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Shadow Line (TV series)|The Shadow Line]]'', and in 2012 in ''[[Hunted (2012 TV series)|Hunted]]'' for [[BBC One]] and [[HBO]].<ref name="tv"/> He played Hector Stokes.<ref>[http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sxst5/hunted--series-1---7-khyber Radio Times Hunted Cast List]</ref> He played Thomas Chamberlain, the head of the Lyell Centre in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Silent Witness]]''. Lintern bowed out of ''Silent Witness'' on 5 February 2020, after 7 years.<ref name="tv"/>
Lintern has played two different characters in ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat.]]'' The first was in the episode ''Love's Sweet Dream,'' in which he played Ray Richards, a violent and abusive husband. He was later cast as Ben Norton, estate manager to Lord Ashfordly, who marries the village doctor.


Richard Lintern is also a prominent voice-over artist, having voiced commercials for [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]], [[Ferrero Rocher]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] and [[Film4]]. He is the narrator of a number of high-profile documentary series including the BAFTA winning Between Life and Death.
Richard Lintern is also a voice-over artist, having voiced commercials for [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]], [[Ferrero Rocher]], [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] and [[Film4]]. He is the narrator of a number of documentary series including the BAFTA-winning ''Between Life and Death''. In 2024 he played his first voice acting role in a video game as Igon in the ''[[Elden Ring]]'' expansion ''Shadow of the Erdtree''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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| 1989
| ''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]''
| Kevin the Rock Star
| Episode 6: 'Staying In'
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| 1992
| ''[[Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast]]''
| Various characters
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| 1993
| 1993
| ''[[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes|Dead Man's Mirror]]''
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| John Lake
| John Lake
| ''Episode: [[List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes|Dead Man's Mirror]]''
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|rowspan=2|1998
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| ''[[The Calling (2000 film)|The Calling]]''
| ''[[The Calling (2000 film)|The Calling]]''
| Marc St.Clair
| Marc St.Clair
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|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Inspector Lynley Mysteries]]''
| Dr. Thorsson
| Episode 3: "For the Sake of Elena"
|-
| 2003
|''[[The Gospel of John (film)|The Gospel of John]]''
| Leading Pharisee
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|-
| 2003–2005
| ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''
| Ben Norton
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| 2005
| 2005
| ''[[Syriana]]''
| ''[[Syriana]]''
| Bryan's Boss
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| ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
| ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
| Sefton Linn
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| 2008
|rowspan=2|2008
| ''[[The Bank Job]]''
| ''[[The Bank Job]]''
| Tim Everett
| Tim Everett
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| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| Guy Carpenter
|''Episode: [[Mrs McGinty's Dead]]''
|-
|-
| 2009
| 2009
| ''[[Unmade Beds (2009 film)|Unmade Beds]]''
| ''[[Unmade Beds (2009 film)|Unmade Beds]]''
| Anthony Hemmings
| Anthony Hemmings
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| 2009
| ''[[Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas]]''
| Various characters
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|2013
| 2014–present
|''[[Spies of Warsaw (TV series)|Spies of Warsaw]]''
|Colonel Lessard
|4 episodes
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| 2014–2020
| ''[[Silent Witness]]''
| ''[[Silent Witness]]''
| Dr. Thomas Chamberlain
| Dr Thomas Chamberlain
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| [[Stephen Ward]]
| [[Stephen Ward]]
| Episode: "Mystery Man"
| Episode: "Mystery Man"
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| 2020
| ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]''
| Stephen Capulet
| Episode 3.9 "O Thou Invisible of Wine"
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| 2023
| ''[[The Reckoning (2023 TV series)|The Reckoning]]''
| Robert Armstrong
| Episode 3
|}

== Video games ==
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|2024
|''[[Elden Ring]]''
|Igon
|[[Elden Ring#Shadow of the Erdtree|"Shadow of the Erdtree" expansion]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0513201|name=Richard Lintern}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0513201|name=Richard Lintern}}
* [https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/richard-lintern/ CVGG website]

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Latest revision as of 08:58, 2 October 2024

Richard Lintern
Born
Richard Charles Lintern

(1962-10-08) 8 October 1962 (age 62)
Taunton, Somerset, England
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children3

Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.

Early life

[edit]

Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset.[1] He studied English Literature at Durham University.[2] He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]

Career

[edit]

Lintern has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National Theatre. He has appeared across the UK, including leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Bristol Old Vic. and many others. Recent productions include Elephants at Hampstead Theatre, Jumpy at the Royal Court, Blue/Orange in Birmingham and Clybourne Park at the Park Theatre

Lintern has played leading roles in a wide range of television and film projects. Recent productions include Silent Witness, Cell 8, Nolly, The Reckoning, Young Wallander, White House Farm, The Crown, Stephen, The Outpost, Professor T, and Death in Paradise. Earlier work includes White Heat, Top Boy, Page Eight, Pennyworth, The Shadowline, Lead Balloon, Screenplay, The Beggar Bride, Covington Cross, Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence", Cadfael, Lewis, She's Out, Demob, The Storyteller, Victoria Wood, The Line of Beauty, Forever Green, The Good Guys, The Bill, Casualty, Plotlands, Heartbeat, Performance, Holding the Baby, Bloodlines, which is loosely based on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan, Taggart, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Agatha Christie's Poirot "Dead Man's Mirror" and "Mrs.McGinty's Dead".

Lintern played a young Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1998 film Jinnah,[1] and an American police officer in the 1998 film Lost Souls.[1] In 2003, Lintern also played the leading Pharisee in the word for word Bible film The Gospel of John.[1] He also starred in the 2007 gay drama film by Channel 4 Clapham Junction, where he played Will, who is entering a civil partnership.[4] He was also in The Bank Job in 2008,[1] playing an MI5 officer ordered to retrieve the embarrassing proceeds of a bank robbery in 1970s London.[1] Other films include Syriana, Page Eight, Malaventura, and The Calling.[1] Lintern also appeared in the third series of the television drama, The House of Eliott. In 2011 he appeared in the BBC series The Shadow Line, and in 2012 in Hunted for BBC One and HBO.[1] He played Hector Stokes.[5] He played Thomas Chamberlain, the head of the Lyell Centre in the BBC series Silent Witness. Lintern bowed out of Silent Witness on 5 February 2020, after 7 years.[1]

Richard Lintern is also a voice-over artist, having voiced commercials for Gillette, Ferrero Rocher, Mercedes and Film4. He is the narrator of a number of documentary series including the BAFTA-winning Between Life and Death. In 2024 he played his first voice acting role in a video game as Igon in the Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.

Personal life

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Lintern is married and has three sons. The family lives in London and Somerset.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Victoria Wood Kevin the Rock Star Episode 6: 'Staying In'
1992 Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast Various characters
1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot John Lake Episode: Dead Man's Mirror
1998 Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Younger)
Lost Souls Graham Scofield
2000 The Calling Marc St.Clair
2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Dr. Thorsson Episode 3: "For the Sake of Elena"
2003 The Gospel of John Leading Pharisee
2003–2005 Heartbeat Ben Norton
2005 Syriana Bryan's Boss
2006 Natasha
The Line of Beauty
2007 Clapham Junction Will
Cassandra's Dream Director
Lewis Sefton Linn
2008 The Bank Job Tim Everett
Agatha Christie's Poirot Guy Carpenter Episode: Mrs McGinty's Dead
2009 Unmade Beds Anthony Hemmings
2009 Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas Various characters
2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Henry Ludlow
The Shadow Line DCS Richard Patterson
Page Eight Max Vallance
2012 Endeavour
White Heat Miles
Hunted Hector Stokes
2013 Spies of Warsaw Colonel Lessard 4 episodes
2014–2020 Silent Witness Dr Thomas Chamberlain
2015 Foyle's War Charles Lucas Episode: "Trespass"
2017 The Crown Stephen Ward Episode: "Mystery Man"
2020 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Stephen Capulet Episode 3.9 "O Thou Invisible of Wine"
2023 The Reckoning Robert Armstrong Episode 3

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2024 Elden Ring Igon "Shadow of the Erdtree" expansion

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Richard Lintern Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Durham University Gazette, 1983/84". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles – Richard Lintern". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "A violent reminder that homophobia hasn't gone away". gaycelluloid.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ^ Radio Times Hunted Cast List
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