Biography
Richard Ridings is an English actor. He was born on 19 September 1958 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He trained at Bretton Hall College and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Ridings is known for his role as Mr Lipa in the film The Pianist (2002). His other credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). He has voiced Daddy Pig in the children's series Peppa Pig since 2004, and has appeared in television dramas including Fat Friends and Common as Muck.
He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.
