---
name: "Shane Richie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shane-richie"
fi1m_id: "shane-richie"
imdb_id: "nm0724986"
tmdb_id: 215823
wikidata_id: "Q3547877"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:07:14.159712+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."
---

# Shane Richie

## Identity

Shane Richie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shane-richie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shane-richie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0724986
- **TMDB ID:** 215823
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3547877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Richie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215823

Actor. Born 11 March 1964 in Harlesden, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 March 1964, Harlesden, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2006–2007
- **Also known as:** 쉐인 리치
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Richie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724986/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/215823

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Flushed Away*](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Shane Richie is a British actor, comedian, presenter and singer. Born Shane Patrick Paul Roche on 11 March 1964 in London, he began performing in youth theatre and worked as a bluecoat entertainer before moving into stand-up comedy and television presenting.

He is best known for playing Alfie Moon in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* from 2002, with multiple returns including in 2010–2016, 2018–2019 and from 2022. Richie voiced the character Sid in the animated film *Flushed Away* (2006) and has appeared in series including *Skins* (2007), *Benidorm* (2016–2018) and the spin-off *Kat and Alfie: Redwater* (2017). He has also performed in stage productions and pantomime.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, as Bruce — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Fi1m 64, as Sid (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Kat & Alfie: Redwater* (2017), series, as Alfie Moon
- *We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story* (2015), as Bill Pertwee
- *Prisoners of the Sun* (2013), as Kalfhani
- *The Reverend* (2011), as Prince
- *East Street* (2010), as Alfie Moon
- *Risen* (2010), as Mike Barrett
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Terry
- *Minder* (2009), series, as Archie Daley
- *Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind* (2007), as Trooper #1 (voice)
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, as Sammy Valentino
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Bruce — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), as Sid (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *What We Did on Our Holiday* (2006), as Nick Taylor
- *Must See TV* (2005), series, Actor
- *Shoreditch* (2003), as Thomas Hickman · Executive Producer
- *Distant Shadow* (2000), as Paul
- *Burnside* (2000), series, as Tony Shotton
- *Macbeth* (1998), as Porter
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Noel's House Party* (1991), series, Actor
- *You Gotta Be Jokin'* (1991), series, Actor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Alfie Moon
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, as Schoolboy

## Gallery

- ![Shane Richie](https://film.one/media/person/441902/gallery-c76e52b0e57c.jpg) Shane Richie — John Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Shane_Richie_headshot.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shane Richie outside the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, in March 2017](https://film.one/media/person/441902/gallery-b418013f9c68.jpg) Shane Richie outside the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, in March 2017 — 5 albert square, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Shane_Richie_Theatre_Royal.jpg/1280px-Shane_Richie_Theatre_Royal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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