Cultural depictions of Richard II of England

Richard has been portrayed a number of times on television, mainly in versions of Shakespeare's play. In this context he has been played by:

• Alan Wheatley in a BBC version, The Tragedy of King Richard II (1950)
• Maurice Evans in an American version, Richard II (1954)
• David William in the BBC series An Age of Kings (1960), which contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III
• Ric Hutton in an Australian TV version of Richard II (1960)
• Hannes Messemer in a West German version, König Richard II (1968)
• Ian McKellen in another BBC version, The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970)
• Tamás Jordán in a Hungarian version, II. Richárd (1976)
• Derek Jacobi in the BBC Shakespeare version, King Richard the Second (1978)
• Michael Pennington in the BBC series The Wars of the Roses (1989), which included all of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
• Aleksandr Romantsov in a Russian version, Richard Vtoroi (1992)
• Fiona Shaw in a British TV film, Richard II (1997)
• Michael Maertens in another German version, Richard II (2001)
• Mark Rylance in another BBC film, Richard II (2003), broadcast live from the Globe Theatre in London
• Ben Whishaw in Richard II (2012) as part of the BBC's The Hollow Crown, a series of four of Shakespeare's history plays, which also includes Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V.

Richard has also been played on television by:

• Andrew Osborn in a BBC adaptation of Richard of Bordeaux (1938)
• Peter Cushing in another BBC adaptation of Richard of Bordeaux (1955)
• Roger Allam in a BBC film, Henry IV (1995), a version of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1

• Richard was played by Mattie Osian in a straight-to-video film adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard the Second (2001).
• David Birney played him in an American video Richard II (1982), which was intended to simulate an Elizabethan stage production of the play.