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name: "Richard Braine"
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born: "15 February 1956"
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# Richard Braine

Actor. Born 15 February 1956 in Portishead, Somerset, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 February 1956, Portishead, Somerset, England, UK
- **Active:** 1990–present

## Biography

Richard Braine (born 1956) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Portishead, Somerset.

Braine is known for playing Augustus 'Gussie' Fink-Nottle in the third and fourth series of *Jeeves and Wooster* (1992–1993) and Rupert Steggles in the first series. Film roles include a policeman in *Calendar Girls* (2003), a vicar in *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004) and a theatre patron in *Finding Neverland* (2004). Television credits include appearances in *House of Cards* (1990), *Foyle's War* (2002), *Spooks* (2002), *Victoria* (2016) as a tailor, *Father Brown* (2016) as Henry Kirkov and *Hostage* (2025) as Speaker of the House. He has had recurring roles in *EastEnders* as a vicar and funeral director.

As a playwright he wrote and performed the one-man show *Being There With Peter Sellers* (1997) and the plays *Bedding Clay Jones* and *Sexing Alan Titchmarsh* (2001). He directed Steve Martin's *The Underpants* in 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hostage* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Speaker of the House — [page](https://film.one/tv/hostage.md)
- *House of Cards* (1990), Fi1m 84, as Kevin Spence — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-of-cards.md)

## Also known for

- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Vicar
- *Calendar Girls* (2003), Policeman
- *Victoria* (2016), Tailor
- *Spooks* (2002), Phil
- *Lexx* (1997), Card Carrying Druid
- *Father Brown* (2013), Henry Kirkov
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), Rupert Steggles
- *Foyle's War* (2002), Mr Harmworth

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