Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. After to being accepted to the Royal College of Art Richard accepted a scholarship at the RADA school of acting in London. After living and working in London, he returned to Northern Ireland. He lives in Belfast and is married to director Rachel O'Riordan. Dormer is perhaps best known for his performance as Northern Irish Snooker star, Alex Higgins in Hurricane, which he wrote and starred in. The production received praise from critics and even from Higgins himself and saw Richard win The Stage award for best actor in 2003. He is currently the bookie's third favourite to play Higgins in the scheduled film of his life behind Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2004 Richard won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his performance in Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and in 2005 completed a season with Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal and performed Bath in the George Bernard Shaw play, You Can Never Tell, William Shakespeare's,Much Ado About Nothing, Noël Coward's play, Private Lives, and in a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Since, Dormer has written a number of plays including The Half and Gentleman's Tea Drinking Society which were produced through Belfast's Ransom theatre company. He has also provided the voices for over twenty BBC Radio 4 plays, documentaries and advertising campaigns. Following a run of film castings playing secondary characters, he was cast as the lead in the 2012 Good Vibrations which tells the story of Northern Ireland personality and punk rock visionary Terri Hooley. The film premièred at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded 'best film' at the Galway film awards. 2012 also saw Dormer taking over the role of Lord Beric Dondarrion, known as the "Lightning Lord", the leader of the "Brotherhood Without Banners" for Season 3 of HBO series Game of Thrones.

  • Title: Richard Dormer
  • Popularity: 11.115
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1969-11-11
  • Place of Birth: Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK
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Richard Dormer Movies

  • 2009
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    Ghost Machine

    Ghost Machine

    4.8 2009 HD

    Two technicians battle a vengeful spirit that has infected their stolen military software.

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  • 2012
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    Jump

    Jump

    6 2012 HD

    The lives of four twenty-somethings collide one fateful New Year's Eve in this twisty, blackly comic crime thriller set amidst the ancient walls of...

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  • 2012
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    Good Vibrations

    Good Vibrations

    6.745 2012 HD

    The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label...

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  • 2013
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    SLR

    SLR

    7.1 2013 HD

    SLR is a short thriller about a man obsessed with "voyeur pornography". When he makes a shocking discovery online, he is forced onto the trail of an...

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  • 2015
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    Hyena

    Hyena

    5.6 2015 HD

    Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks,...

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  • 2014
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    Shooting for Socrates

    Shooting for Socrates

    6.786 2014 HD

    Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football...

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  • 2013
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    Dark Touch

    Dark Touch

    5.119 2013 HD

    Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life...

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  • 2014
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    '71

    '71

    6.796 2014 HD

    A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

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  • 2015
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    11 Minutes

    11 Minutes

    5.7 2015 HD

    The lives of urbanites intertwine in a world where anything can happen at any time.

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  • 2015
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    We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

    We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

    6.5 2015 HD

    Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their struggles to get Dad's Army on the screen in 1968.

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  • 2007
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    My Boy Jack

    My Boy Jack

    6.6 2007 HD

    Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.

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  • 2009
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    Pumpgirl

    Pumpgirl

    5 2009 HD

    The dark story of three people who become playthings of the devil: a man, Shawshank, human enough but with a glee for spoiling people’s lives....

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  • 2009
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    Five Minutes of Heaven

    Five Minutes of Heaven

    6.2 2009 HD

    The story of former UVF member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffen's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting...

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  • 2013
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    Wodehouse In Exile

    Wodehouse In Exile

    7.2 2013 HD

    An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how...

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  • 2009
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    Best: His Mother's Son

    Best: His Mother's Son

    5 2009 HD

    Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when...

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  • 2011
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    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

    Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

    4 2011 HD

    The true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast, aided by journalist Chris Moore, uncovered the true...

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  • 2005
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    Mrs. Henderson Presents

    Mrs. Henderson Presents

    6.7 2005 HD

    Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety...

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  • 2005
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    The Mighty Celt

    The Mighty Celt

    6.4 2005 HD

    Donal is a 14-year old who develops a passion for greyhound racing. He works in a kennel, which is owned by Good Joe. Good Joe promises Donal...

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  • 2003
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    Holy Cross

    Holy Cross

    4 2003 HD

    Violence erupts in north Belfast when the residents of Glenbyrn, a predominantly Protestant suburb, object to schoolgirls walking through their...

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  • 2006
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    Middletown

    Middletown

    4.2 2006 HD

    An overzealous priest returns to his home town and ends up battling against his brother for the heart of the locals.

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  • 2002
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    Puckoon

    Puckoon

    6.167 2002 HD

    Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

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  • 2000
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    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

    4.8 2000 HD

    Ireland's bloody 1916 Easter Uprising, the suffragette movement in England, a Zeppelin raid, and a meeting with a rising young British cabinet member...

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  • 2009
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    Scapegoat

    Scapegoat

    1 2009 HD

    This is the fascinating true life story of one of Ireland's most famous unsolved murders. It is the tale of how an innocent man was found guilty but...

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  • 2015
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    The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

    The Irish Rock Story: A Tale of Two Cities

    4.5 2015 HD

    This musical celebration charts the lives and careers of some of the biggest selling acts in Irish rock, punk and pop from Van Morrison and Thin...

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  • 2019
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    Togo

    Togo

    8.158 2019 HD

    The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting...

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  • 1997
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    A Further Gesture

    A Further Gesture

    4.7 1997 HD

    Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New...

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  • 2023
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    Blue Lights

    Blue Lights

    7.5 2023 HD

    Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.

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  • 2015
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    Fortitude

    Fortitude

    6.9 2015 HD

    Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on...

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  • 2014
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    Lily's Driftwood Bay

    Lily's Driftwood Bay

    7 2014 HD

    Follow the imagination of Lily, a five-year-old hunter, as she creates a world of adventure and friendship from treasures she finds washed up on the...

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  • 2023
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    Secret Invasion

    Secret Invasion

    6.7 2023 HD

    Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.

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  • 2011
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    Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones

    8.5 2011 HD

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

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  • 2014
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    The Musketeers

    The Musketeers

    7 2014 HD

    Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 2017
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    Rellik

    Rellik

    6.1 2017 HD

    A serial killer thriller told in reverse, unravelling the truth behind a series of murders as DCI Gabriel Markham hunts down a brutal killer.

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  • 2023
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    Castlevania: Nocturne

    Castlevania: Nocturne

    7.8 2023 HD

    In the thick of the French Revolution, members of the so-called lower classes are rising up to fight inequality. Meanwhile, Richter Belmont senses a...

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  • 2011
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    The Beauty of Books

    The Beauty of Books

    1 2011 HD

    Series combining human stories, expert interviews, book illustrations and historic archive to reveal the beauty of books.

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  • 1996
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    Safe And Sound

    Safe And Sound

    1 1996 HD

    Belfast-set comedy series about best mates and colleagues, Catholic Tommy and protestant Dougy, who own and run the Safe And Sound garage

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  • 2021
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    The Watch

    The Watch

    5.5 2021 HD

    A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir...

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  • 1991
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    Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

    6.4 1991 HD

    The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.

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  • 2020
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    COBRA

    COBRA

    5.7 2020 HD

    As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the...

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  • 2024
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    The Day of the Jackal

    The Day of the Jackal

    8.3 2024 HD

    An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he...

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