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Richard Ridings is a Actor British born on 19 september 1958 at Henley-on-Thames (United-kingdom)

Richard Ridings

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 september 1958 (65 years) at Henley-on-Thames (United-kingdom)

Richard Ridings (born 19 September 1958) is a British actor and is best known for his portrayal of Allan Ashburn in the ITV television drama Fat Friends, and for playing Bernard Green in the BBC1 comedy-drama Common as Muck. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Ridings was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He has had roles in a series of other television series and feature films, among them Clockwise, The Ink Thief, Red Dwarf, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Fierce Creatures and as Silas in Highlander: The Series. In 2004, Ridings was the voice of Daddy Pig in the animated children's series Peppa Pig. In 2005, he took the lead role in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore, playing a sexually obsessed overweight ghost alongside Steve Furst and Amanda Abbington. The second series was transmitted in May, 2007.

Ridings has also provided voiceovers in video games, including the voice of Sarge in Quake III, the Mentor in Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2, Mendechaus in War for the Overworld, Roach in Heavenly Sword, General Pig in Puppeteer, and ex-lawman Giles the Farmer in Fable II, on the Xbox 360 video game console. In 2010 he also provided the voice of Pigsy, in the video game Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and of Cornell (the Dark Lord of the Lycanthropes) in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. In 2011 he provided the voice of the leader of the Machina refugees, Miqol, in Xenoblade Chronicles and in 2013 he provided the voice of the Hunter in DmC: Devil May Cry, the Daemon Lord in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate and the Green Man in Tearaway.

Most recently, Ridings played a courageous ape named "Buck" in the "Planet of the Apes" prequel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which was released in August 2011. Ridings also voices the narrator in the 2015 computer game War for the Overworld, a spiritual successor to the Dungeon Keeper franchise.

Usually with

Terry Jones
Terry Jones
(2 films)
John Cleese
John Cleese
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Ridings (24 films)

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The Scapegoat, 1h40
Directed by Charles Sturridge
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Matthew Rhys, Andrew Scott, Eileen Atkins, Jodhi May, Alice Orr-Ewing, Sheridan Smith
Roles Landlord
Rating71% 3.593883.593883.593883.593883.59388
There are significant differences between this adaptation and the original novel. Whereas the action of the novel takes place in France, this screen version is set in the UK in 1952 as Britain prepares for the Coronation.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 1h50
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about computing, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about apes, Films about viral outbreaks, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Andy Serkis, Brian Cox, Tom Felton
Roles Buck
Rating75% 3.797013.797013.797013.797013.79701
Will Rodman, a scientist at the biotechnology company Gen-Sys, is testing viral-based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees to find a cure for brain ailments such as Alzheimer's disease. The drug is given to a chimpanzee, Bright Eyes, greatly increasing her intelligence. However, when Will is presenting 112 to his boss and uses Bright Eyes as an example, she is forced from her cage, goes on a rampage, and is killed. Will's boss Steven Jacobs terminates the project and orders chimp handler Robert Franklin to euthanize the chimps. After doing as ordered, Franklin discovers that Bright Eyes had recently given birth and understands the reason why she was disturbed. He convinces Will to save the baby chimp's life by taking him home temporarily. Will's father Charles, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, names the chimp "Caesar", in reference to William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, from which he can, despite his deteriorating mental condition, cite long passages from memory. Will learns that Caesar has inherited his mother's high intelligence (the 112 virus passing to him in utero) and decides to raise him, working from home and observing his behavior in hopes that he can get the project restarted. Three years later, Will introduces Caesar to the redwood forest at Muir Woods National Monument. Meanwhile, with Charles' condition rapidly deteriorating, Will treats him with ALZ-112 and he is restored to better-than-original cognitive ability.
Faintheart
Faintheart (2009)
, 1h32
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Jessica Hynes, Tim Healy, Paul Nicholls, Bronagh Gallagher
Roles Collin
Rating61% 3.0991553.0991553.0991553.0991553.099155
Romantic comedy concerning Richard and his efforts to win back his wife, whilst taking part in weekend re-enactments of Viking battles. At the same time he is bullied at work and his son is bullied at school because of his father's hobby.
Creation
Creation (2009)
, 1h48
Directed by Jon Amiel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Campbell
Roles Thatcher
Rating65% 3.2987053.2987053.2987053.2987053.298705
British naturalist Charles Darwin is a young father who lives a quiet life in an idyllic village. He is a brilliant and deeply emotional man, devoted to his wife and children. Darwin is especially fond of his eldest daughter Annie, a precocious and inquisitive ten-year-old. He teaches her much about nature and science, including his theory of evolution, and tells her stories of his travels. Her favourite story, despite the sad ending, is about the young orangutan Jenny, who is brought from Borneo to the London Zoo, where she finally died of pneumonia in the arms of her keeper. Darwin is furious when he learns that the family clergyman has made Annie kneel on rock salt as punishment for contradicting him about dinosaurs, as their existence and extinction contradicts the church's position that life is unchanging and that the Earth is very young.
Amazing Grace, 1h58
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about slavery, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about autism
Actors Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell
Roles Speaker of the House
Rating73% 3.696993.696993.696993.696993.69699
In 1796 William Wilberforce is severely ill and taking a recuperative holiday in Bath, Somerset, with his cousin, Henry Thornton. It is here that William is introduced to his future wife, Barbara Spooner. Although he initially resists any romantic overtures, she convinces him to relate the story of his career.
Frozen
Frozen (2005)
, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Shirley Henderson, Roshan Seth, Richard Armitage, Sean Harris, Jamie Sives, Ralf Little
Roles Lorry Driver
Rating57% 2.855072.855072.855072.855072.85507
The film is set two years after the disappearance of Kath Swarbrick's older sister, Annie. Kath is haunted by Annie's disappearance and continues to investigate herself. On the discovery of some strange CCTV footage she appears to lose her grip on reality. Friends and colleagues are concerned for her sanity and beg her to stop.
Murder in Rome
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Richard Ridings, Paul Rhys, Owen Teale, Penny Downie
Rating73% 3.68143.68143.68143.68143.6814
Nous sommes à Rome en 81 av. J.-C.. Le riche propriétaire italien Sextus Roscius est trouvé assassiné dans une ruelle mal famée du quartier de Subure. Son fils accusé de parricide va être défendu par Cicéron, un jeune orateur qui débute à Rome. Malgré les conseils de sa protectrice Cecilia Metella, il s’engage dans une défense offensive.
The Brothers Grimm, 1h58
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare, Monica Bellucci, Lena Headey, Jonathan Pryce
Roles Bunst
Rating58% 2.9492352.9492352.9492352.9492352.949235
Wilhelm Grimm (Matt Damon) and Jakob Grimm (Heath Ledger) arrive in French-occupied Germany during the early 1800s. They go to Karlstadt to rid the town of a witch's ghost. After killing the "ghost", it is revealed that the Brothers Grimm have actually set up a fake witch to trick the town. Afterwards, as they are celebrating, Italian torturer Mercurio Cavaldi (Peter Stormare) takes them to the French General Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce). Delatombe forces them to solve a mystery: The girls of the small village of Marbaden are disappearing, and the villagers are convinced that supernatural beings are responsible. The Grimms are charged with finding who is responsible, and they soon discover that it is the work of a real supernatural force: a beautiful, yet evil, 500-year-old Thuringian Queen (Monica Bellucci) stealing young girls to restore her own beauty. Will and Jake have a complicated relationship; Jake is the smaller, younger, more sensitive one that Will feels he needs to protect. Will is often very hard on Jake (dating all the way back to their childhood, when Jake spent their money that was to be used for medicine for their dying sister on "magic beans") and orders him around. Will is somewhat of a womanizer and wants to make money, whereas Jake is more interested in fairy tales and adventures. Jake feels that Will doesn't care about or believe in him; but Will is just frustrated about the way Jake acts so spontaneously, making it hard for Will to protect him.
Oliver Twist, 2h10
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Barney Clark, Harry Eden, Leanne Rowe, Edward Hardwicke
Roles Warder
Rating67% 3.3986953.3986953.3986953.3986953.398695
In the 1800s, young orphan Oliver Twist is forcibly brought to a workhouse in an unidentified town In England on his ninth birthday. He and the other resident children are treated poorly and given very little food. Facing starvation, the boys select Oliver (through a lottery) to ask for more food at the next meal, which he tentatively does. This results in Oliver being chastised, and the workhouse officials, who are wealthy, well-fed, hypocritical men, decide to get rid of him. After nearly being sold as an apprentice to a cruel chimney sweep, Oliver is sent to Mr. Sowerberry, a coffin-maker, whose wife and senior apprentice take an instant dislike to the newcomer. After more poor treatment, Oliver snaps and attacks Noah, the snotty older apprentice, for having insulted his mother. Knowing his life with the Sowerberrys will only get worse, Oliver escapes on foot early the next morning.
Margery and Gladys, 1h38
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Penelope Keith, Alan David, June Brown, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Martin Freeman, Peter Vaughan
Roles Terry Mason
Rating70% 3.526983.526983.526983.526983.52698
Recently widowed Margery Heywood (Penelope Keith) and her cleaning woman Gladys Gladwell (June Brown) disturb a would-be burglar breaking into Margery's house in Kent. Margery attacks the burglar with a heavy glass vase, and knocks him unconscious. Believing that she has killed him, she panics and flees the house with Gladys, leaving behind her handbag.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life, 1h57
Directed by Jan de Bont
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about computing, Jeu, Seafaring films, Transport films, Motocyclette, Underwater action films, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Til Schweiger
Roles Mr. Monza
Rating55% 2.7533752.7533752.7533752.7533752.753375
On Santorini island, Greece, a wedding is interrupted by a strong earthquake. The earthquake uncovers the Luna Temple, built by Alexander the Great to house his most prized treasures. Among these treasures is a glowing orb with a pattern resembling a code etched into it. Lara (Angelina Jolie) finds this orb; but it is stolen by the crime lord Chen Lo (Simon Yam). Lara only just manages to escape with a strange medallion, while her two companions are killed by Chen's men.
The Pianist, 2h24
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes French war films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, Michał Żebrowski
Roles Mr. Lipa
Rating84% 4.2494054.2494054.2494054.2494054.249405
In September 1939, Władysław Szpilman (Adrien Brody), a Polish-Jewish pianist, is playing live on the radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland which caused the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory, Szpilman celebrates with his posh family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. German troops soon enter Warsaw and the Nazi authorities implement measures to identify, isolate, financially ruin and reduce the Jewish population in Warsaw. Jews are ordered to provide their own identifying armbands with the Star of David.
The Princess and the Pea, 1h21
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jonathan Firth, Steven Webb, Dan Finnerty, Eva Karpf, Ronan Vibert, Frank Gerrish
Roles Le Roi Windham, Button
Rating62% 3.120843.120843.120843.120843.12084
The glory of the old kingdom in now gone, the story of how a princess was discovered by a pea is lost and wars and tragedy have destroyed the land. Sebastian the Raven tries to restore some of the old tales using an old tapestry found by a young Prince Rollo, but it is almost destroyed. In the meantime, Heath is crowned King without the consent of his older brother and primary candidate for the throne, Laird, though he is a far fairer ruler. Laird is named the ruler of the Pig Kingdom where he vows revenge. Nine months later Heath's wife Mariana gives birth to a daughter, but dies during the child's birth, at the same time Laird's wife Helsa also gives birth to a daughter. Laird conceives an evil plan. He sends Helsa to take care of Heath's daughter, making the King believe Helsa lost her baby. During the night Laird trades Helsa her own daughter and gives the Princess away to some farmers. Helsa feels some remorse and asks Laird not to hurt the baby, because she lost her mother as a child too.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, 2h38
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes French war films, Films about religion, Jeanne d'Arc, Political films, Histoire de France
Actors Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway, Dustin Hoffman, Vincent Cassel, Tchéky Karyo
Roles La Hire
Rating63% 3.1999553.1999553.1999553.1999553.199955
As a child, Joan has a violent and supernatural vision. She returns home to find her village burning. Her sister Catherine tries to protect her by hiding her from the attacking English forces, part of a longstanding rivalry with France. Joan, while hiding, witnesses the brutal murder and rape of her sister. Afterward, Joan is taken in by distant relatives.