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Richard Dormer(I)

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Richard Dormer in The Watch (2020)
During the French Revolution, vampire hunter prodigy Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire.
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Castlevania: Nocturne (2023– )
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Richard Dormer is an actor, playwright and screenwriter from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his roles as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic's Fortitude. Dormer was born in Portadown, Northern Ireland. He studied at the RADA school of acting in London.
BornNovember 11, 1969
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BornNovember 11, 1969
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Jack O'Connell in '71 (2014)
    '71
    7.2
    • Eamon
    • 2014
    Sean Bean in Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
    9.2
    TV Series
    • Beric Dondarrion
    Richard Dormer in Good Vibrations (2012)
    Good Vibrations
    7.2
    • Terri Hooley
    • 2012
    Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
    Fortitude
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Dan Anderssen

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Paris Has Fallen
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Blue Lights
      • Gerard 'Gerry' Cliff
      • Gerry Cliff
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore in The Assassin (2025)
      The Assassin
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Damian
      • 2025
    • Michelle Fairley, Narges Rashidi, Joe Cole, Andrew Koji, and Sope Dirisu in Gangs of London (2020)
      Gangs of London
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Cornelius Quinn
      • 2025
    • Castlevania: Nocturne (2023)
      Castlevania: Nocturne
      7.5
      TV Series
      • The Abbot (voice)
      • 2023–2025
    • Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch in The Day of the Jackal (2024)
      The Day of the Jackal
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Norman Stoke
      • 2024
    • Nathan Braniff, Katherine Devlin, and Sian Brooke in Blue Lights (2023)
      Blue Lights
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Gerard 'Gerry' Cliff
      • Gerry Cliff
      • 2023–2024
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Martin Freeman, Ben Mendelsohn, Cobie Smulders, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, and Kingsley Ben-Adir in Secret Invasion (2023)
      Secret Invasion
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Agent Prescod
      • 2023
    • Robert Carlyle, Jane Horrocks, David Haig, Victoria Hamilton, and Marsha Thomason in Cobra (2020)
      Cobra
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Fraser Walker
      • 2020–2021
    • Richard Dormer, Ralph Ineson, Marama Corlett, Ibilola Rossi, Craig Macrae, Adam Hugill, and Joni Ayton-Kent in The Watch (2020)
      The Watch
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Captain Sam Vimes
      • 2020–2021
    • Willem Dafoe in Togo (2019)
      Togo
      7.9
      • Dr. Curtis Welch
      • 2019
    • Sean Bean in Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • Beric Dondarrion
      • 2013–2019
    • Dennis Quaid in Fortitude (2015)
      Fortitude
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Dan Anderssen
      • 2015–2018
    • Richard Dormer in Rellik (2017)
      Rellik
      6.4
      TV Mini Series
      • DCI Gabriel Markham
      • 2017
    • Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Luca Pasqualino, and Howard Charles in The Musketeers (2014)
      The Musketeers
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Christophe
      • 2016
    • Kevin Bishop, Mark Heap, John Sessions, and Kieran Hodgson in We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (2015)
      We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • David Croft
      • 2015
    • Wojciech Mecwaldowski in 11 Minutes (2015)
      11 Minutes
      5.7
      • Director Richard Martin
      • 2015

    Soundtrack

    • Richard Dormer in Good Vibrations (2012)
      Good Vibrations
      7.2
      • performer: "Laugh At Me"
      • 2012

    Videos30

    '71
    Clip 1:04
    '71
    '71
    Clip 0:35
    '71
    '71
    Clip 0:35
    '71
    Five Minutes of Heaven
    Clip 1:30
    Five Minutes of Heaven
    Official Trailer - Season 2
    Trailer 2:31
    Official Trailer - Season 2
    Official Trailer - Season 2
    Trailer 1:53
    Official Trailer - Season 2
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:35
    Official Trailer

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 9½″ (1.77 m)
    • Born
      • November 11, 1969
      • Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
    • Spouse
      • Rachel O'Riordan? - present
    • Other works
      He acted in Jonathan Harvey's play, "Beautiful Thing" at the Duke of York's Theatre in London, England with Zubin Varla, Amelda Bro, and directed by Hettie Macdonald.
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      • 1 Interview

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    • Trivia
      A playwright as well as an actor, he premiered his play, Drum Belly, at Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 2013.

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