Richard Harrington is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 actor. Harrington was born in Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...

. He has had starring roles in Bleak House and Jimmy McGovern

Jimmy McGovern

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's Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot was a 2004 BBC miniseries loosely based upon the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England. The writer Jimmy McGovern tells the story behind the Gunpowder Plot in two parts, each centred on one of the monarchs....

. He has also had recurring roles in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

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and in the third series of Spooks

Spooks

Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...

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He has also guest starred in Casualty

Casualty (TV series)

Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...

, Holby City

Holby City

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, Hustle

Hustle (TV series)

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, Daziel and Pascoe and Silent Witness

Silent Witness

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He won a BAFTA Cymru Award for his portrayal of a young gay hustler in the film Dafydd

On stage he has toured with Fiction Factory/ Y Cwmni's productions of Ed Thomas' plays House of America, Gas Station Angel and Stone City Blue.

He will next be seen co-starring alongside Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

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 and Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer

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 in Gavin Claxton

Gavin Claxton

Gavin Claxton British producer, screenwriter and director of the feature film comedy The All Together starring Martin Freeman and Danny Dyer...

's new comedy feature film 'The All Together

The All Together

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'.

Richard has one son with partner Nerys Phillips, Ralff Joseff, born 18 February 2006.

Harrington appeared in the fourth and final series of Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)

Lark Rise to Candleford is a British television costume drama series, adapted by the BBC from Flora Thompson's trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the English countryside, published between 1939 and 1943. The first episode aired on 13 January 2008 on BBC One and BBC HD in the UK. In the...

in 2011 as Gabriel Cochrane.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	The District Nurse	Donald Turner	TV series (1 episode: "A Blind Edge")
1989	Screen One		TV series (1 episode: "Nineteen 96")
1993	Wales Playhouse	Dafydd/Sion	TV series (2 episodes: 1993-1995) BAFTA Cymru Award - Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau)
1994	Gadael Lenin	Charlie
1995	Oliver's Travels	Student	TV mini-series
	A Mind to Kill	Paul Tam	TV series (3 episodes: 1995-1997)
1997	The Proposition	Evan
	House of America	Cat
	Tiger Bay	Warwick	TV series (3 episodes)
	Breeders	Jack
1999	Oh Little Town of Bethlehem	Martin	Short
	Coronation Street	Owen Williams	TV series (2 episodes)
2000	Care	Tony Collins	TV movie
2001	Score	Neil	TV movie
	A Day Out	Girl's Father	Short
2002	High Speed	Spike
	The Ride	Spike
	The Hidden City	Barney	TV series
	Mule	Ray	Short
2003	Rehab	Powell	TV movie
	Holby City	Lee Walmsley	TV series (1 episode: "By Any Other Name")
2004	Secret Passage	Joseph
	Mathilde	Babyface
	Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	Thomas Percy	TV movie
	Hustle	Sam Richards	TV series (1 episode: "Cops and Robbers")
	Silent Witness	Stephen Barnes	TV series (2 episodes)
	Spooks	Will North	TV series (6 episodes)
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Gary Mileham	TV series (2 episodes)
	Bleak House	Allan Woodcourt	TV mini-series (7 episodes)
2006	Casualty	Jerry Goater	TV series (1 episode: "Last Orders")
	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire	Yohanon	TV series (1 episode: "Rebellion")
	Daddy's Girl	Stephen
2007	M.I. High	Tommy Blumenheck	TV series (1 episode: "Don't Cook Now")
	Five Days	Daf Parry	TV series (2 episodes)
	The All Together	Jerry Davies
	The Contractor	Terry Mitchell	Video
	Y Pris	Stuart	TV series (1 episode: "Parch (Respect)")
	Sold	Paul Bamforth	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.3")
	Holby Blue	DS Luke French	TV series (20 episodes: 2007-2008)
2008	Strap-on Owl Beak	Actor	Short
	Hope Eternal	Evan
	New Tricks	Ash	TV series (1 episode: "Communal Living")
2009	Missing	Ryan Long	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5")
	Land Girls	Adam Blackfield	TV series (2 episodes)
	Collision	James Taylor/Ben Hickman	TV series (3 episodes)
2010	Midsomer Murders	Leo Fincher	TV series (1 episode: "Blood on the Saddle")
	Pen Talar	Defi Lewis	TV series
2011	Lark Rise to Candleford	Gabriel Cochrane	TV series

Theatre

• House of America: Fiction Factory
• Gas Station Angel Royal Court
• Stone City Blue Theatre Clwyd
• "" Soho Theatre
• "" Soho Theatre
• "" Theatre Royal Bath

External links

• BBC Bleak House profile