Biography
Derek Riddell is a Scottish actor. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990.
He first came to prominence as Rab in the Channel 4 series The Book Group (2002). His television credits include Pete in A Confession (2019), Richard Cawood in Happy Valley (2014–2023), Clement Cowan in Industry (2020) and Captain Sutherland in Gentleman Jack (2019–2022). Film roles include Torquil Travers in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and William Baxter in Mary Shelley (2017). He has also appeared in Doctor Who (2005) and Ugly Betty (2006).
Riddell has worked extensively in theatre, with credits including productions at the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
