Richard Leaf
English actor
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Richard Leaf (born 1 January 1967) is an English actor.
Richard Leaf | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1967 England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse | Tamsin Greig (m. 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
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.[1] They married in 1997 and they have three children.[2][3] The actor is notable for his role as the Governor 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.[4] He also appeared as John Dawlish, an Auror, in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,[5] and portrayed Jack, the bartender of the Cloverdilly public house, in the 2006 film Penelope.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Braveheart | Governor of York | |
| Jack & 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 | Credited as Rick Leaf | |
| A spasso nel tempo – L'avventura continua | Capo esercito inglese | ||
| Ecce Pirate | Ecce Pirate | Short film | |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Conscience - Young Man | |
| 2000 | Best | Constable Davies | |
| Maybe Baby | Justin Cocker | ||
| 2001 | Enigma | Baxter | |
| 2003 | Extn. 21 | Orman | Short film |
| The Order | Sin Eater at St. Peters | AKA The Sin Eater | |
| The Man Who Drew Mice | Benson | Short films | |
| 2004 | Beat | Leonard Skanes | |
| 2005 | Derailed | Night Clerk Ray | |
| 2006 | Penelope | Jack the Bartender | |
| 2007 | The Seawatchers | Man | Short film |
| Hannibal Rising | Father Lecter | ||
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | John Dawlish | ||
| 2008 | Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth | Colonel Regamun | |
| 2010 | A Throw of the Dice | Fate | Short film. Credit only |
| 2011 | Stop the World | N/a | Short film. Writer and director |
| 2019 | The Friend | Matthew (voice) | Short films |
| 2024 | The Night Watch | Denton | |
| 2025 | A Refugee | The Refugee | Short film. Also writer and producer |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Honor Thy Father | 1st Killer | Television film |
| 1989 | Streetwise | Pawnbroker | Episode: "Money Talks" |
| 1990 | The Bill | Youth | Series 6; episode 26: "Beggars and Choosers" |
| ScreenPlay Firsts | C.P. Ellis | Episode: "False Profit" | |
| 1990–1996 | Jupiter Moon | Byron Wilkinson | Unknown episodes |
| 1991 | Trauma | Youth at Station | Television film |
| 1992 | Zorro | Reynaldo | Episode: "One Special Night" |
| 1993 | The Bill | Male Traveller | Series 9; episode 81: "Divided We Fall" |
| 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight | Dr. Robert Jones | Television film | |
| The Buddha of Suburbia | Photographer | Mini-series; 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | The Bill | Chris Perry | Series 10; episode 75: "Gate Fever" |
| Heartbeat | Freddy | Episode: "Turn of the Tide" | |
| 1996 | Neverwhere | Iliaster | Mini-series; 2 episodes: "Door" & "Knightsbridge" |
| The Bill | Joey Simms | Series 12; episode 22: "Somebody's Home" | |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time | Barnabas Henderson | Mini-series; episode: "Post War" |
| 1998 | Kavanagh QC | Martin Claydon | Episode: "Bearing Witness" |
| Oktober | Bruno | Mini-series; 3 episodes | |
| 1999 | Peak Practice | Dr. Patrick Berry | Episode: "Comrades in Arms" |
| 2001 | Relic Hunter | Village Priest | Episode: "Don't Go into the Woods" |
| Shaka Zulu: The Citadel | (unknown) | 2-part television film | |
| 2002 | The Hidden City | Steven Matthews | Unknown episodes |
| Silent Witness | Professor Henry Milton | Episode: "Closed Ranks: Part 1" | |
| 2004 | Hardware | Daniel | Episode: "Nude" |
| Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures | Gunman | Television docudrama film | |
| 2005 | If... | Marc Pavel | Episode: "If... Drugs Were Legal" |
| Look Around You | Husband | Episode: "Food" | |
| Under the Greenwood Tree | Thomas Leaf | Television film | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Evan Jago | Episode: "The Sleeper Under the Hill" |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Saint Joan | The Inquisitor | Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh | Charles Nowosielski | play by George Bernard Shaw[6] |
External links
- Richard Leaf at IMDb
