Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975 in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor of stage and screen. He stars as DCI Richard Matthias in the acclaimed Welsh drama "Hinterland"/"Y Gwyll".

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House of America (1997)

"House of America" is a 1997 film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Evans
CAST:  Siân Phillips  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Lisa Palfrey

"House of America" is a 1997 film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Evans
CAST:  Siân Phillips  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Steven Mackintosh  •  Lisa Palfrey

Care (2000)

A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Steven Mackintosh  •  Jaye Griffiths  •  Maria Pride  •  Charlotte Cornwell

A man struggles to piece together his life after suffering years of abuse in a children's home - a personal battle made doubly difficult by crusading reporters determined to expose the scandal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Steven Mackintosh  •  Jaye Griffiths  •  Maria Pride  •  Charlotte Cornwell

Leaving Lenin (1994)

Seven teenagers and three teachers from a Welsh school visit Russia in a bid to rediscover themselves. On the overnight sleeper service to St Petersburg the students get separated from the teachers, which allows the students ample scope for rediscovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Endaf Emlyn
CAST:  Sharon Morgan  •  Wyn Bowen Harries  •  Ifan Huw Dafydd  •  Steffan Trefor

Seven teenagers and three teachers from a Welsh school visit Russia in a bid to rediscover themselves. On the overnight sleeper service to St Petersburg the students get separated from the teachers, which allows the students ample scope for rediscovery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Endaf Emlyn
CAST:  Sharon Morgan  •  Wyn Bowen Harries  •  Ifan Huw Dafydd  •  Steffan Trefor

Elfie Hopkins (2012)

An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Andrews
CAST:  Ray Winstone  •  Kimberley Nixon  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Gwyneth Keyworth

An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryan Andrews
CAST:  Ray Winstone  •  Kimberley Nixon  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Gwyneth Keyworth

Daddy's Girl (2006)

Nina, a troubled teen, is fixed on an uninterrupted feast of destruction when she’s forced to confront her immortality and twisted blood lust. Trapped between light and dark, psychosis and reality, the living and the dead, she’ll stop at nothing to satiate her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.J. Evans
CAST:  Richard Harrington  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Louise Delamere  •  Francesca Marie Claire

Nina, a troubled teen, is fixed on an uninterrupted feast of destruction when she’s forced to confront her immortality and twisted blood lust. Trapped between light and dark, psychosis and reality, the living and the dead, she’ll stop at nothing to satiate her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.J. Evans
CAST:  Richard Harrington  •  Jaime Winstone  •  Louise Delamere  •  Francesca Marie Claire

The Proposition (1996)

In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Strathford Hamilton
CAST:  Theresa Russell  •  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard Lynch  •  Richard Harrington

In early 19th century Wales, Catherine Morgan, a widow with two daughters, must endure the bumpy road to a distant market in order to sell her cattle to save her farm and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Strathford Hamilton
CAST:  Theresa Russell  •  Patrick Bergin  •  Richard Lynch  •  Richard Harrington

Deadly Instincts (1997)

It's an invasion of the most personal and terrifying kind. When a meteorite crash lands onto a Boston college campus and an alien beast is released, only one man understands its mission to mate. From the depths of an all girls college, the grotesque monster stalks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Matthews
CAST:  Samantha Womack  •  Oliver Tobias  •  Kadamba Simmons  •  Nigel Harrison

It's an invasion of the most personal and terrifying kind. When a meteorite crash lands onto a Boston college campus and an alien beast is released, only one man understands its mission to mate. From the depths of an all girls college, the grotesque monster stalks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Matthews
CAST:  Samantha Womack  •  Oliver Tobias  •  Kadamba Simmons  •  Nigel Harrison

Just Jim (2015)

In a small Welsh town where people talk to themselves we meet Jim, a lonely teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool American kid moves in next door. Written and directed by Craig Roberts, who also plays the lead role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Roberts
CAST:  Emile Hirsch  •  Richard Harrington  •  Craig Roberts  •  Mark Lewis Jones

In a small Welsh town where people talk to themselves we meet Jim, a lonely teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool American kid moves in next door. Written and directed by Craig Roberts, who also plays the lead role.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Roberts
CAST:  Emile Hirsch  •  Richard Harrington  •  Craig Roberts  •  Mark Lewis Jones

The All Together (2007)

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DIRECTION:  Gavin Claxton
CAST:  Martin Freeman  •  Danny Dyer  •  Velibor Topic  •  Corey Johnson

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DIRECTION:  Gavin Claxton
CAST:  Martin Freeman  •  Danny Dyer  •  Velibor Topic  •  Corey Johnson

Under Milk Wood (2014)

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pip Broughton
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Griff Rhys Jones  •  John Rhys-Davies

An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pip Broughton
CAST:  Michael Sheen  •  Matthew Rhys  •  Griff Rhys Jones  •  John Rhys-Davies

Hope Eternal (2008)

After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country's civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo makes a pilgrimage to Wales to sprinkle his ashes on the turf of the Millennium Stadium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Francis
CAST:  Christine Rochat Genoud  •  Richard Harrington  •  Joanna Griffiths  •  Lusungu Munthali

After the violent death of her Welsh rugby-loving doctor boyfriend in the country's civil war, a Malagasy nurse working at a child hospice in Congo makes a pilgrimage to Wales to sprinkle his ashes on the turf of the Millennium Stadium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Francis
CAST:  Christine Rochat Genoud  •  Richard Harrington  •  Joanna Griffiths  •  Lusungu Munthali

The Contractor (2007)

Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Rusnak
CAST:  Wesley Snipes  •  Eliza Bennett  •  Lena Headey  •  Ralph Brown

Former CIA Operative, James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef Rusnak
CAST:  Wesley Snipes  •  Eliza Bennett  •  Lena Headey  •  Ralph Brown

Rehab (2003)

TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Daniel Mays  •  Gary Lewis  •  Paul Popplewell  •  Richard Harrington

TV drama - following Adam Bishop, a petty criminal, as he leaves prison for a drugs rehabilitation programme in order to turn his life around.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonia Bird
CAST:  Daniel Mays  •  Gary Lewis  •  Paul Popplewell  •  Richard Harrington

Score (2001)

Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy de Emmony
CAST:  Eve Myles  •  Sue Johnston  •  Robert Pugh  •  Alun Armstrong

Comedy about a Sunday League football team who win the Lottery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy de Emmony
CAST:  Eve Myles  •  Sue Johnston  •  Robert Pugh  •  Alun Armstrong

Richard Harrington: My Grandfather's War (2017)

Richard Harrington, star of Hinterland and Poldark, sets out to trace the journey of his grandfather, who went to Spain 80 years ago to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War. In this journey of self-discovery Harrington travels from Wales, through Paris and across ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dylan Wyn Richards
CAST:  Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington, star of Hinterland and Poldark, sets out to trace the journey of his grandfather, who went to Spain 80 years ago to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War. In this journey of self-discovery Harrington travels from Wales, through Paris and across ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dylan Wyn Richards
CAST:  Richard Harrington

Royal Wives at War (2016)

The Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events of 1936, which led to King Edward Vlll giving up the throne for the woman he loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Dunn
CAST:  Gina McKee  •  Emma Davies  •  Nick Waring  •  John Sackville

The Queen Mother and Wallis Simpson look back at the dramatic events of 1936, which led to King Edward Vlll giving up the throne for the woman he loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Dunn
CAST:  Gina McKee  •  Emma Davies  •  Nick Waring  •  John Sackville

Gwen (2018)

A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William McGregor
CAST:  Eleanor Worthington-Cox  •  Maxine Peake  •  Richard Harrington  •  Mark Lewis Jones

A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William McGregor
CAST:  Eleanor Worthington-Cox  •  Maxine Peake  •  Richard Harrington  •  Mark Lewis Jones

Last Summer (2018)

During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Jones
CAST:  Noa Thomas  •  Gruffydd Weston  •  Rowan Jones  •  Christopher Benning

During a long hot summer in the 1970s, four boys roam free through a neglected rural paradise, until a tragedy strikes that sets them against the adult world and changes their lives forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Jones
CAST:  Noa Thomas  •  Gruffydd Weston  •  Rowan Jones  •  Christopher Benning

Fatigue - Don´t play with the fire (2005)

Welcome to the worlds most dangerous job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood Barnes
CAST:  Sophie Coryndon  •  Ross Cowley  •  Ian Culverhouse  •  Chris Dawson

Welcome to the worlds most dangerous job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Blackwood Barnes
CAST:  Sophie Coryndon  •  Ross Cowley  •  Ian Culverhouse  •  Chris Dawson

Fisherman's Friends: One and All (2022)

Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Moorcroft  •  Meg Leonard
CAST:  James Purefoy  •  Richard Harrington  •  Maggie Steed  •  Dave Johns

Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Moorcroft  •  Meg Leonard
CAST:  James Purefoy  •  Richard Harrington  •  Maggie Steed  •  Dave Johns
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