Paul Ritter (actor)
Paul Ritter (born 5 March 1966) is an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his roles in films including Quantum of Solace, Son of Rambow, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and The Eagle, as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner,[1] Vera,[2] The Hollow Crown ,[3] The Last Kingdom[4] and Chernobyl.
Paul Ritter | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1992–present |
Career
Ritter's screen work has included roles in Nowhere Boy, the 2007 television serial Instinct,[5] the comedy drama Pulling, the role of Pistol in Henry IV, Part II in BBC Two's cycle of William Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown, comic actor Eric Sykes in Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This and a lead role in BBC One's 2014 serialised Cold War spy drama, The Game. The Daily Telegraph described Ritter as "an actor who is surely destined for greatness very soon. His Pistol conveyed perfectly the shock of a man who reluctantly had left behind the rowdy cheer of Eastcheap, and found himself in middle age contemplating the melancholy of a medieval autumn."[6]
From 2005 to 2006, Ritter played Otis Gardiner in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award.[7][8] He was also nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 for his role in The Norman Conquests.[9] In 2012, he appeared as the protagonist's father in the stage version of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the National Theatre[10] and in 2013 as John Major in the premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience.
From 2011 to 2020, Ritter starred as Martin Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy series, Friday Night Dinner.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes
‘’City Lights’’ Scotty |
1992 |
“The Bill - Overdue |
Tony Walgrave | |
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1995 | National Achievement Day 1995 | ||||||
1999 | G:MT Greenwich Mean Time | Drug Buyer | |||||
2000 | The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz | Dave | |||||
2002 | Esther Kahn | Alman, the photographer | |||||
2004 | The Libertine | Chiffinch | |||||
2005 | On a Clear Day | Mad Bob | |||||
2007 | Son of Rambow | Geography teacher | |||||
Hannibal Rising | Prisoner Louis | ||||||
Waking the Dead | Alan Pierce | TV series (Episode: "Mask of Sanity - Series 6") | |||||
2008 | The Other Man | Guy | |||||
Quantum of Solace | Guy Haines | ||||||
2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Eldred Worple | |||||
Nowhere Boy | Popjoy | ||||||
2010 | No Pressure | Office Manager | Short film | ||||
2011–2020 | Friday Night Dinner | Martin Goodman | Series regular, All 37 episodes | ||||
2011 | Great Expectations | John Wemmick | |||||
Land Girls | Frank Tucker | ||||||
The Eagle | Galba | ||||||
2011–2013 | Vera | Dr Billy Cartwright | |||||
2011 | Eliminate: Archie Cookson | Ennis Miller | |||||
2012 | Comedy Showcase | Jim Costello | |||||
Dirk Gently | Oliver Reynolds | ||||||
Henry IV, Part II | Ancient Pistol | ||||||
2014 | The Bletchley Circle | Professor Masters | TV series (Episode: "Blood on their hands - Part 2") | ||||
Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This | Eric Sykes | ||||||
Chasing Shadows | Leonard Vance | ||||||
The Game | Bobby Waterhouse | ||||||
Mapp and Lucia | Reverend Kenneth Bartlett | ||||||
Suite Française | Monsieur Dubois | ||||||
Plebs | Angelo | TV series (Episode: "The Baby" - Series 2) | |||||
2015–2018 | No Offence | Randolph Miller | |||||
2015 | Top Coppers | Harry McCrane | |||||
The Last Kingdom | King Peredur | Season 1: Episode 6 | |||||
We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story | Jimmy Perry | ||||||
2016 | Their Finest | Raymond Parfitt | |||||
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Dr. Benham/Martyn/Mr. Alman | ||||||
Inferno | CRC Tech Arbogast | ||||||
2017 | Urban Myths | Dave | Episode: "Bob Dylan: Knockin' on Dave's Door" | ||||
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | Franklyn | ||||||
2017–2020 | Cold Feet | Benjamin Stevens | |||||
2018 | Lovesick | Peter | |||||
Hang Ups | Werner Lienhard | ||||||
2019 | Resistance | General Ormonde Winter | |||||
Chernobyl | Anatoly Dyatlov | ||||||
The Capture | Marcus Levy | ||||||
2019–2020 | The Trial of Christine Keeler | Jeremy Hutchinson | Defence barrister of Christine Keeler | ||||
2020 | Belgravia[11] | Turton | TV Series | ||||
TBA | Operation Mincemeat | TBA | Post-production |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award/Event | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2006 | Olivier Awards | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Coram Boy | Nominated | [12] |
2009 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play | The Norman Conquests | Nominated | [13] |
2019 | Online Film & Television Association | Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Limited Series Shared with entire cast | Chernobyl | Nominated | [14] |
References
- Catriona Wightman (13 February 2010). "Greig, Bird for new Channel 4 comedy". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- Dan French (15 October 2009). "McKee, Blethyn sign for new ITV1 thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- "Cast confirmed for BBC Two's cycle of Shakespeare films" (Press release). BBC Drama Publicity. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dvr5q5/the-last-kingdom--series-1---episode-6
- Catriona Wightman. "National Theatre : Company Members : Paul Ritter". National Theatre. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- Lawrence, Ben (22 July 2012). "The Hollow Crown: Henry V, BBC Two, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Olivier Awards 2006 - Official London Theatre". Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- Andrew Gans (5 May 2009). "Nominations for 2009 Tony Awards Announced; Billy Elliot Earns 15 Nominations". Playbill. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- Geoghegan, Kev (6 August 2012). "National Theatre adapts Mark Haddon's Curious Incident". BBC News. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- "Meet the cast of ITV's Belgravia". Radio Times.
- "Olivier Winners 2006 - Official London Theatre". Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- "Paul Ritter Tony Awards Info". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "23rd Annual TV Awards (2018-19) - Online Film & Television Association". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External links
- Paul Ritter at IMDb