---
name: "Richard Cunningham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-cunningham"
fi1m_id: "richard-cunningham"
imdb_id: "nm3355471"
tmdb_id: 1097456
wikidata_id: "Q7325000"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T12:12:49.451488+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Cunningham

## Identity

Richard Cunningham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-cunningham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-cunningham
- **IMDb ID:** nm3355471
- **TMDB ID:** 1097456
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7325000
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cunningham_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7325000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3355471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1097456

Actor. Born 14 June 1967 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1967, Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Also known as:** 리처드 커닝햄, リチャード・カニンガム
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,402m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cunningham_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7325000, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3355471/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1097456

## Coming up

- *Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint* (2026-11-06), as Doctor

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*45 Years*](https://film.one/film/45-years.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Cunningham is an English actor. He was born on 14 June 1967 in Hove, Sussex, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

His stage work includes a role in the 1995 production of Tom Stoppard's *Indian Ink* at the Aldwych Theatre. On television he has appeared in *Sherlock* (2010), *Dancing on the Edge* (2013) as Ryall, *The Witcher* (2019) and *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023) as Lord Bute.

Film credits include the Businessman in *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Provost in *The Quiet Ones* (2014), Mr Watkins in *45 Years* (2015), Hobson in *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (2016), General Ramda in *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016) and Harvey in *Living* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Such Brave Girls* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Reverend Peter — [page](https://film.one/tv/such-brave-girls.md)
- *Living* (2022), Fi1m 81, as Harvey — [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, as General Ramda — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *45 Years* (2015), Fi1m 88, as Mr Watkins — [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *London Spy* (2015), Fi1m 70, as Danny's Lawyer — [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), Fi1m 58, as Businessman — [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint* (2026), as Doctor
- *Such Brave Girls* (2023), series, as Reverend Peter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/such-brave-girls.md)
- *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023), series, as Lord Bute
- *Living* (2022), as Harvey — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *The Larkins* (2021), series, as Mr. Geoff Potts, Mr Geoff Potts
- *The Cursed* (2021), as The Vicar
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, as Crazy Man — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *The Mallorca Files* (2019), series, as Nicholas Mountford
- *His Dark Materials* (2019), series, as Chaplain
- *Una* (2017), as Prosecutor
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), as General Ramda — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (2016), as Hobson
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, as Casino Manager
- *London Spy* (2015), series, as Danny's Lawyer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/london-spy.md)
- *45 Years* (2015), as Mr Watkins — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/45-years.md)
- *physics of light* (2014), series, as Niels Bohr
- *The Quiet Ones* (2014), as Provost
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, as Ryall
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Alfred Lane
- *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011), as Businessman — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Timid Man — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Tick Tick Tick*, as The Businessman

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