---
name: "Richard Harrington"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-harrington"
fi1m_id: "richard-harrington"
imdb_id: "nm0364348"
tmdb_id: 1231651
wikidata_id: "Q7326280"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:34:32.921252+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 Harrington

## Identity

Richard Harrington

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-harrington
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-harrington
- **IMDb ID:** nm0364348
- **TMDB ID:** 1231651
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7326280
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrington_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231651

Actor. Born 12 March 1975 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1975, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (2), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrington_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7326280, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364348/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231651

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Five Days*](https://film.one/tv/five-days.md) (76)
- **BritBox:** [*Bleak House*](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md) (65)

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## Biography

Richard Harrington is a Welsh actor of stage and screen. Born on 12 March 1975 in Merthyr Tydfil, he trained in Welsh-medium education and speaks Welsh as a second language.

He is known for his lead role as DCI Tom Mathias in the bilingual crime drama *Hinterland* (also known as *Y Gwyll*, 2013–2016) and for playing Allan Woodcourt in the 2005 BBC adaptation of *Bleak House*. Other television credits include *Poldark* (2015–2016), *Spooks* (2002), *Hustle* (2004) and *The Crown* (2016). He has appeared in stage productions including tours with Fiction Factory and received BAFTA Cymru Awards for his performances in *Dafydd* and *Hinterland*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Rory Fisk — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Mal — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Five Days* (2007), Fi1m 76, as Daf Parry — [page](https://film.one/tv/five-days.md)
- *Bleak House* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Allan Woodcourt — [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *Havoc* (2025), as Jake
- *The One That Got Away* (2024), series, as DS Rick Sheldon
- *Steeltown Murders* (2023), series, as Colin Dark
- *Fisherman's Friends: One and All* (2022), as Morgan Jenkins
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Rory Fisk — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Dalgliesh* (2021), series, as Dr David Rollinson
- *The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis* (2021), as Albert Lewis
- *Dalen* (2021), Director
- *Fflam* (2021), series, as Beds
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, as Mal — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *McDonald & Dodds* (2020), series, as Lenny Wood
- *Bitter Sky* (2019), as Roy
- *Creepy Pasta Salad* (2019), Actor
- *On the Edge* (2018), series, as DI Nolan
- *Gwen* (2018), as Edward Morris
- *Last Summer* (2018), as Dai Hop
- *Requiem* (2018), series, as Aron Morgan
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Fred Phillips — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Royal Wives at War* (2016), as Narrator
- *Just Jim* (2015), as Headmaster
- *Poldark* (2015), series, as Captain Blamey, Captain Andrew Blamey — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/poldark.md)
- *Under Milk Wood* (2014), as Neighbour
- *Badfinger - They Sold A Million* (2013), as Narrator
- *Hinterland* (2013), series, as DCI Tom Mathias
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Dr. Dai Ferman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Benedict Northam
- *Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal Hunter* (2012), as Timothy Jenkins
- *Stella* (2012), series, Actor
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Bryn Williams
- *Little Munchkin* (2011), as Mr. Jones
- *Land Girls* (2009), series, as Adam Blackfield
- *Missing* (2009), series, Actor
- *Hope Eternal* (2008), as Evan
- *Lark Rise to Candleford* (2008), series, as Gabriel Cochrane
- *Sold* (2007), series, Actor
- *Victoria Beckham: Coming to America* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Contractor* (2007), as Terry Winchell
- *The All Together* (2007), as Jerry Davies
- *Holby Blue* (2007), series, as Luke French
- *Five Days* (2007), series, as Daf Parry — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/five-days.md)
- *M.I. High* (2007), series, as Tommy Blumenheck
- *Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire* (2006), series, as Yohanon
- *Daddy's Girl* (2006), as Stephen
- *Mathilde* (2006), as Babyface
- *Bleak House* (2005), series, as Allan Woodcourt — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/bleak-house.md)
- *Fatigue - Don't play with the fire* (2005), as Hurley
- *Gunpowder, Treason & Plot* (2004), series, as Thomas Percy
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Sam Richards
- *Rehab* (2003), as Powell
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Will North — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Score* (2001), as Neil
- *Care* (2000), as Tony Collins
- *Deadly Instincts* (1997), as Jack
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Leo Fincher — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *House of America* (1997), as Cat
- *The Proposition* (1996), as Evan
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Gary Mileham
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Stephen Barnes
- *Oliver's Travels* (1995), series, as Student
- *Dafydd* (1995), as Dafydd
- *A Mind to Kill* (1994), series, Actor
- *Leaving Lenin* (1994), as Charlie
- *Civvies* (1992), series, as Taffy's Neighbour
- *Nineteen96* (1989), as Kit Davis
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Marzi

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