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Richard McCabe

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Richard McCabe

Richard is currently attached to an untitled Paramount feature film and can currently be seen in Netflix's ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL and THE PENTAVERATE. 

Richard won a Tony award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play and won an Olivier Award for his role as Harold Wilson in THE AUDIENCE. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for his supporting role as Autolycus in THE WINTER'S TALE. More recently he played Jack Point in YEOMEN OF THE GUARDS at the London Coliseum.

Alongside his many roles on stage, Richard is a prolific screen actor and some of his work includes NOTTING HILL, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, and THE DUCHESS. 

 

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Richard McCabe

Television

Title Role Production Director
DEATH IN PARADISE Professor Roger Harkness BBC Richard Signy
THE PENTAVERATE Netflix Tim Kirkby
ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL Brian Taylor Netflix S.J. Clarkson
A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL George Whigham Amazon Anne Sewitsky
THE ENGLISH GAME Colonel Jackson Netflix Birgitte Stærmose
THE LONG NIGHT (GAME OF THRONES PREQUEL) Robben HBO SJ Clarkson
COLLATERAL Peter Westbourne BBC SJ Clarkson
DOC MARTIN 8 Trevor Dods ITV Stuart Orme
PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS Cutter Francesca Gregorini
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD BACKWARDS BBC 4 Jamie Rafan
A PRINCE AMONGST MEN McFinnon BBC Television Mike Stevens
BEST OF MEN Whitby Davison Tim Whiby
BORGIA Etic Films Dearbhla Walsh
BRAMWELL Dr. White ITV
DOCTOR THORNE ITV/Hat Trick Niall MacCormack
EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON Company Pictures Philip Martin
GUNRUSH ITV Richard Clark
HARLOTS John Cunliffe ITV/Hulu Coky Giedroyc
INDIAN SUMMERS Channel 4 Simon Curtis/Anand Tucker
JANE EYRE Brocklehurst Suzannah White
KILLER NET D.I. Colby La Plante Geoff Sax
LEGACY BBC Pete Travis
LEWIS ITV Stuart Orme
MIDSOMER MURDERS Rev. Gant Bentley Productions Sarah Hellings
PEAKY BLINDERS SERIES 2 BBC Colm McCarthy
POLDARK SERIES 2 BBC Will Sinclair
SPOOKS BBC Television Alrick Riley
THE GAME BBC Daniel O'Hara
THE GREAT FIRE ITV Jon Jones
THE MINOR CHARACTER Sky Arts Richard Curson
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Brocklebank BBC Television David Atwood
TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION IV Roger Barker La Plante Michael Whyte
UNDER THE SUN Theodore Latcham Carlton Televivion
WALLANDER - 2 SERIES BBC 1 Television P. Martin/N. MacCormick
WALLANDER SERIES 4 BBC1 Benjamin Caron
WARRIORS - NAPOLEON BBC Nick Murphy
WHISTLEBLOWERS ITV Paul Gay

Feature Film

Title Role Production Director
1917 Colonel Collins Neal Street Productions Sam Mendes
SAS: RED NOTICE Callum Altitude Films Magnus Martins
THE DUKE Rab Butler Pathe Roger Michell
CINDERELLA Kenneth Branagh
EINSTEIN AND EDDINGTON Philip Martin
EPITHET Angus Jackson
EYE IN THE SKY Gavin Hood
INVISIBLE WOMAN Ralph Fiennes
MASTER AND COMMANDER Higgins Peter Weir
MINDHORN Sean Foley
NIGHTWATCHING Bloemfeldt Peter Greenway
NOTTING HILL Tony Crowe Roger Michell
PERSUASION Television BBC Television Roger Michell
RANGOON Chayan Sarkar
THE CONSTANT GARDENER Ham Fernando Meirelles
THE DUCHESS Saul Dibb
THE LITTLE STRANGER Lenny Abrahamson
UNT. AA MILNE FILM Simon Curtis
VANITY FAIR George IV Mira Nair

Stage

Title Role Production Director
YEOMEN OF THE GUARDS Jack Point London Coliseum Jo Davies
A LITTLE HOTEL ON THE SIDE Pinglet Theatre Royal Bath Lindsay Posner
A TENDER THING Older Romeo Royal Shakespeare Company Helena Kaut-Howson
AMADEUS Salieri City of London Sinfonia Richard Hickox
BINGO Jonson Chichester/Young Vic Angus Jackson
CRITIC/INSPECTOR HOUND Chichester Jonathan Church
DOCTOR FAUSTUS Mephistophiles Young Vic David Lan
FORTUNES FOOL Tropatchov Old Vic Lucy Bailey
HAMLET Hamlet Birmingham/Elsinore Bill Alexander
HAMLET Hamlet Birmingham/National Tour Bill Alexander
KING JOHN King John Royal Shakespeare Company Josie Rourke
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Ford R.N.T. Terry Hands
OTHELLO Iago Royal Shakespeare Company Michael Attenborough
SCAPINO Scapino Chichester Festival Theatre Silviu Purcarete
THE AUDIENCE Harold Wilson Geilgud Stephen Daldry
THE AUDIENCE BROADWAY Harold Wilson Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, NYC Stephen Daldry
THE BEAU Austin Theatre Royal Bath/Haymarket Caroline Hunt
THE IMPERIUM PLAYS West End/RSC Greg Doran
THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT Marlowe Royal Shakespeare Company Bill Alexander
THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE Plotwell Royal Shakespeare Company
TIMON OF ATHENS Apemantus Royal Shakespeare Company Greg Doran
TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Thersites Royal Shakespeare Company Ian Judge
TWELFTH NIGHT Sir Toby Belch Royal Shakespeare Company/Duke Of Yorks Greg Doran
WAY OF THE WORLD Fainall R.N.T. Phyllipa Lloyd
WHITE DEVIL Flamineo Royal Shakespeare Company Gail Edwards
YES PRIME MINISTER Jim Hacker Tour and West End Jonathan Lynn
Richard won an Olivier for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in THE AUDIENCE playing Harold Wilson and won the Tony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, for the same role.