Richard Lintern
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Richard Lintern | |
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 Lintern in Alpbach, Austria (Better image requested please, no backlit silhouette) | |
| Born | Richard Charles Lintern 8 October 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Children | 3 |
Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962 in Taunton, Somerset) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
Education
Lintern studied English Literature at Durham University and won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
He has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National 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, The Beggar Bride, Covington Cross, Midsomer Murders, 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: Legacy of a Lord is loosely based on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan.[1], Taggart, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Agatha Christie's Poirot.[2]
He played a young Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1998 film Jinnah, and an American Cop in the 1998 film Lost Souls. 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.[3] 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. In 2012 he appeared in Hunted for BBC One and HBO. He played Hector Stokes.[4] He plays Thomas Chamberlain, the head of the Lyell Centre in The BBC series Silent Witness.
Lintern has played two different characters in 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, Ferrero Rocher, Mercedes and Film4. He is the narrator of a number of high-profile documentary series including the BAFTA winning Between Life and Death.
Personal life
Lintern is married and has three sons. The family lives in London and Somerset.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | Dead Man's Mirror | John Lake | |
| 1998 | Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Younger) | |
| Lost Souls | Graham Scofield | ||
| 2000 | The Calling | Marc St.Clair | |
| 2005 | Syriana | ||
| 2006 | Natasha | ||
| The Line of Beauty | |||
| 2007 | Clapham Junction | Will | |
| Cassandra's Dream | Director | ||
| Lewis | |||
| 2008 | The Bank Job | Tim Everett | |
| 2009 | Unmade Beds | Anthony Hemmings | |
| 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 | ||
| 2014–present | Silent Witness | Dr. Thomas Chamberlain | |
| 2015 | Foyle's War | Charles Lucas | Episode: "Trespass" |
| 2017 | The Crown | Stephen Ward | Episode: "Mystery Man" |
References
- ^ "Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord." (1997)
- ^ "Richard Lintern". cft.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "A violent reminder that homophobia hasn't gone away". gaycelluloid.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- ^ Radio Times Hunted Cast List