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| Richard Leaf | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-01-01) 1 January 1967 (age 57) England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–2019 |
| Spouse | Tamsin Greig (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
Richard Leaf (born 1 January 1967) is an English actor.
He has had several small parts in television and stage productions. Leaf met actress Tamsin Greig at a wrap party after Neil Gaiman's 1996 miniseries Neverwhere finished recording. They married in 1997 and they have three children. The actor is notable for his role as the Duke of York, nephew of King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. He appeared as Hannibal Lecter's father in the 2007 film Hannibal Rising. He also appeared as John Dawlish, an Auror, in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and portrayed Jack, the bartender of the Cloverdilly public house, in the 2006 film Penelope.
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Saint Joan | The Inquisitor | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh | Charles Nowosielski | play by George Bernard Shaw |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Braveheart | Duke of York | |
| Jack and Sarah | Stoned Man | ||
| Cutthroat Island | Snake the Lookout | ||
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Screaming Girl's Father | |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Neighbour | |
| This Is the Sea | Pastor Lamthorn | ||
| A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua | Capo esercito inglese | ||
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Conscience - Young Man | |
| 2000 | Best | Constable Davies | |
| Maybe Baby | Justin Cocker | ||
| 2001 | Enigma | Baxter | |
| 2003 | The Order | Sin Eater at St. Peters | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie | Gunman | Episode "A Life in Pictures" |
| 2005 | Derailed | Night Clerk Ray | |
| 2006 | Penelope | Jack the Bartender | |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Father Lecter | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | John Dawlish | ||
| 2008 | Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth | Colonel Regamun | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Evan Jago | "The Sleeper Under the Hill" |
| 2011 | Stop the World | — | Director and writer; short film |
External links
- Richard Leaf at IMDb
References
- Mountford, Fiona (12 August 2012). "'Intriguing isn't it?': Tamsin Greig mulls over life's mysteries". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- "Tamsin Greig on Friday Night Dinner series two, going grey and growing up". Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- Llewellyn Smith, Julia (2 September 2017). "Tamsin Greig: 'I'm 51, but I feel like an idiot teenager'". The Times. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- "BBC Three - Hannibal Rising". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- Gates, Anita (4 August 2017). "Robert Hardy, a Frequent Churchill and a 'Potter' Wizard, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- 'Saints alive', review of Saint Joan by Sue Wilson, The List, Issue 131, 14 - 27 September 1990, p. 52
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