Personal Info
Birth date
1943-01-01 (82 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
England, UK
Also known as
Richard Sims
Richard Syms
Biography
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Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.5
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.The Crown
8.205
Overview:
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.Minder
6.8
Overview:
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
7.2
Overview:
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.Sherlock
8.513
Overview:
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.Call the Midwife
7.476
Overview:
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.Taboo
7.909
Overview:
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.Foyle's War
7.9
Overview:
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.All Creatures Great and Small
7.7
Overview:
The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.Wolf Hall
7.512
Overview:
England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?The Paradise Club
5.8
Overview:
The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.The Detectives
6.7
Overview:
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.As Time Goes By
7.6
Overview:
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.2Point4 Children
7.2
Overview:
They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom.Yonderland
7.571
Overview:
A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.Sick of It
6.7
Overview:
A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
7.1
Overview:
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.The Czech Century
8.2
Overview:
Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989.Bad Girls
7.6
Overview:
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road. It is set in the fictional women's prison of Larkhall, and features a mixture of serious and light storylines focusing on the prisoners and staff of G Wing. From 2010, the UK broadcast rights were bought by CBS Drama, and is repeated regularly – as of September 2012, the channel is re-running the series again in a late-night time slot.Oliver Twist
6.3
Overview:
Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.Alice Through the Looking Glass
6.561
Overview:
Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.The Virgin Queen
6.25
Overview:
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.As If
7.5
Overview:
Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama.Gangs of New York
7.316
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In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
6.2
Overview:
A unique collection of extraordinary fantastical short stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman, directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. With a score by Jarvis Cocker and starring a host of British acting talent led by Tom Hughes, Johnny Vegas, George MacKay, Rita Tushingham and Kenneth Cranham.Johnny English Reborn
6.236
Overview:
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.Ali G Indahouse
6.066
Overview:
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', making the Prime Minister and his government more popular than ever.Acting
TBAThe Last Dance as young Hugo, Hugo
2018Sick of It (1 Episode) as Marco
2018The Last Dance as Unknown
2017The 13th as Frank
2017The Time of Their Lives as Reg
2017Their Finest as Head Waiter
2017Taboo (1 Episode) as Priest
2016The Crown (2 Episodes) as Lord Hailsham
2016Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (1 Episode) as Mr. Durma
2016Alice Through the Looking Glass as Board Member
2015Wolf Hall (1 Episode) as Earl of Essex
2013Yonderland (1 Episode) as Ensemble Actor
2013The Czech Century (9 Episodes) as Winston Churchill
2013Summer in February as Vicar
2012Call the Midwife (1 Episode) as Mr. Roberts
2011The Iron Lady as House of Commons Speaker
2011Johnny English Reborn as Man in Pinstripe
2010Sherlock (1 Episode) as Vicar
2009Nowhere Boy as Reverend
2006Dracula as Priest
2006The Virgin Queen (4 Episodes) as Courtier
2005Mrs. Henderson Presents as Ambrose
2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Newscaster #1
2003The Gathering as Churchman
2002Gangs of New York as Drunken Repeater
2002Foyle's War (2 Episodes) as Vicar
2002The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (1 Episode) as College Porter
2002Ali G Indahouse as Caretaker
2001As If (1 Episode) as Cornelius
1999Oliver Twist (4 Episodes) as Board Man
1999Bad Girls (1 Episode) as Humanist Officant
1998Urban Ghost Story as George
1997Stella Does Tricks as Donald
1997Midsomer Murders (1 Episode) as Mr. Bream
1996Secrets & Lies as Vicar
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1 Episode) as Rev. Toft
1994Staggered as Vicar
1993The Detectives (1 Episode) as Janitor
1992As Time Goes By (1 Episode) as Delivery Man
19912Point4 Children (1 Episode) as Davis
1991Truly Madly Deeply as Symonds
1991Do Not Disturb as Analyst
1990102 Boulevard Haussmann as Head Waiter
1990Can You Hear Me Thinking? as Charge Nurse
1989The Paradise Club (1 Episode) as Building Society Manager
1986Lovejoy (2 Episodes) as Alwin
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Drummond
1978All Creatures Great and Small (1 Episode) as Mr. Crawford