Richard Armitage was born in 1971 and grew up in Huncote, Leicestershire. He trained at LAMDA and spent time with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He became a household name as John Thornton in North & South (2004), then played Lucas North in Spooks and Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood. Internationally he is best known as Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit films. His recent television work includes Fool Me Once, Red Eye and Missing You.
Richard Armitage
Appears in 2 cozy crime TV shows on Cozy Crime Index.
Born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England · See England then and now on GhostViewer →
About Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage TV shows
Winter
as Dr Ethan Winter
Inspector George Gently
Set in North East England during the 1960s, Inspector George Gently follows the eponymous incorruptible detective who relocates from London to Northumberland
