Ian Richardson
ActingBiography
Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor, best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(71 total)
Brazil
as Mr. Warrenn
Dark City
as Mr. Book
From Hell
as Sir Charles Warren
102 Dalmatians
as Mr. Torte
Becoming Jane
as Richter Langlois
Joyeux Noel
as The Bishop
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
as Polonius
M. Butterfly
as Ambassador Toulon
Cry Freedom
as State Prosecutor
The Fourth Protocol
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Hogfather
as Death
The King and I
as The Kralahome (voice)
A Knight in Camelot
as Merlin
B.A.P.S
as Manley
Man of La Mancha
as The Padre
Incognito
as Turley (prosecutor)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
Marat/Sade
as Jean-Paul Marat
Year of the Comet
as Sir Mason Harwood
TV Shows
(41 total)
Highlander: The Series
as Max Leiner
House of Cards
as Francis Urquhart
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Conway Jefferson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Bill Haydon
To Play the King
as Francis Urquhart
Bleak House
as Chancellor
The Final Cut
as Francis Urquhart
The Phantom of the Opera
as Cholet
Gormenghast
as Lord Groan
Civilisation
as Hamlet
Great Performances
as Bishop of Motopo
Hogfather
as Death
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Joseph Bell
Porterhouse Blue
as Sir Godber Evans
Mistral's Daughter
as Adrien Avigdor
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Play for Today
as Inspector Anthony Arrowsmith
Brass
as Marshall Snelgrove, QC
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. MacKellar
BBC Play of the Month
as Maximilien Robespierre