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Richard Lintern

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Richard Lintern
Born
Richard Charles Lintern

(1962-10-08) 8 October 1962 (age 62)
Taunton, Somerset, England
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Children3

Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor.

Early life

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Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset.[1] He studied English Literature at Durham University.[2] He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]

Career

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Lintern has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National Theatre. He has appeared across the UK, including leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Bristol Old Vic. and many others. Recent productions include Elephants at Hampstead Theatre, Jumpy at the Royal Court, Blue/Orange in Birmingham and Clybourne Park at the Park Theatre

Lintern has played leading roles in a wide range of television and film projects. Recent productions include Silent Witness, Cell 8, Nolly, The Reckoning, Young Wallander, White House Farm, The Crown, Stephen, The Outpost, Professor T, and Death in Paradise. Earlier work includes White Heat, Top Boy, Page Eight, Pennyworth, The Shadowline, Lead Balloon, Screenplay, The Beggar Bride, Covington Cross, Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence", Cadfael, Lewis, She's Out, Demob, The Storyteller, Victoria Wood, The Line of Beauty, Forever Green, The Good Guys, The Bill, Casualty, Plotlands, Heartbeat, Performance, Holding the Baby, Bloodlines, which is loosely based on the life and disappearance of Lord Lucan, Taggart, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Agatha Christie's Poirot "Dead Man's Mirror" and "Mrs.McGinty's Dead".

Lintern played a young Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the 1998 film Jinnah,[1] and an American police officer in the 1998 film Lost Souls.[1] In 2003, Lintern also played the leading Pharisee in the word for word Bible film The Gospel of John.[1] He also starred in the 2007 gay drama film by Channel 4 Clapham Junction, where he played Will, who is entering a civil partnership.[4] He was also in The Bank Job in 2008,[1] playing an MI5 officer ordered to retrieve the embarrassing proceeds of a bank robbery in 1970s London.[1] Other films include Syriana, Page Eight, Malaventura, and The Calling.[1] Lintern also appeared in the third series of the television drama, The House of Eliott. In 2011 he appeared in the BBC series The Shadow Line, and in 2012 in Hunted for BBC One and HBO.[1] He played Hector Stokes.[5] He played Thomas Chamberlain, the head of the Lyell Centre in the BBC series Silent Witness. Lintern bowed out of Silent Witness on 5 February 2020, after 7 years.[1]

Richard Lintern is also a voice-over artist, having voiced commercials for Gillette, Ferrero Rocher, Mercedes and Film4. He is the narrator of a number of documentary series including the BAFTA-winning Between Life and Death. In 2024 he played his first voice acting role in a video game as Igon in the Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree.

Personal life

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Lintern is married and has three sons. The family lives in London and Somerset.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 Victoria Wood Kevin the Rock Star Episode 6: 'Staying In'
1992 Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast Various characters
1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot John Lake Episode: Dead Man's Mirror
1998 Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Younger)
Lost Souls Graham Scofield
2000 The Calling Marc St.Clair
2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Dr. Thorsson Episode 3: "For the Sake of Elena"
2003 The Gospel of John Leading Pharisee
2003–2005 Heartbeat Ben Norton
2005 Syriana Bryan's Boss
2006 Natasha
The Line of Beauty
2007 Clapham Junction Will
Cassandra's Dream Director
Lewis Sefton Linn
2008 The Bank Job Tim Everett
Agatha Christie's Poirot Guy Carpenter Episode: Mrs McGinty's Dead
2009 Unmade Beds Anthony Hemmings
2009 Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas Various characters
2011 The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Henry Ludlow
The Shadow Line DCS Richard Patterson
Page Eight Max Vallance
2012 Endeavour
White Heat Miles
Hunted Hector Stokes
2013 Spies of Warsaw Colonel Lessard 4 episodes
2014–2020 Silent Witness Dr Thomas Chamberlain
2015 Foyle's War Charles Lucas Episode: "Trespass"
2017 The Crown Stephen Ward Episode: "Mystery Man"
2020 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Stephen Capulet Episode 3.9 "O Thou Invisible of Wine"
2023 The Reckoning Robert Armstrong Episode 3

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2024 Elden Ring Igon "Shadow of the Erdtree" expansion

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Richard Lintern Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Durham University Gazette, 1983/84". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ "RADA Student & graduate profiles – Richard Lintern". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "A violent reminder that homophobia hasn't gone away". gaycelluloid.com. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  5. ^ Radio Times Hunted Cast List
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