Miles Richardson

Miles Richardson is a British actor.

He was born on 15 July 1963 in Battersea, London to parents Ian Richardson and Maroussia Frank (daughter of dancer and critic Elizabeth Frank), both founder members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was educated and raised in London, Stratford-upon-Avon and New York.

He graduated from Arts Educational Drama College in 1982, where he won the award for Best Actor. Previously he had worked as a child actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He has worked extensively in repertory theatre throughout the United Kingdom, including Newcastle upon Tyne, York, Birmingham, Pitlochry and Mold, Flintshire. His credits include Macbeth, Othello, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Wuthering Heights, The Three Musketeers, Charley's Aunt, Cause Celebre, All's Well That Ends Well, Private Lives, "A Dolls House", "Romeo and Juliet" (three times) and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Also three times). He played Sherlock Holmes in a newly devised play called Sherlock Holmes and the case at Sir Arthur Sullivan's. His father also played the sleuth for television.

His West End credits include Another Country, An Evening with Gary Lineker, The Invisible Man, A Midsummer Night's Dream and As You Like It. He has toured in the Far East and America, most notably in the Almeida's production of "Lulu". He appeared in "Anjin" a Japanese/British co production in 2009/10 in Tokyo and Osaka.

He has carved himself a niche in film and television work, normally playing nasty upper class cads. He acted alongside his father in Channel Four's adaptation of Porterhouse Blue in 1987. He appeared in three episodes of Midsomer Murders, he has had parts in 'Allo 'Allo, "Doctors" Maurice, The Remains of the Day, Highlander: The Raven, Hope it Rains and "Dirk Gently". He was Tony Slattery's butler in P's & Q's and Sir Roger Moore's butler in "Christmas at Castlebury". He provided his voice for Flushed Awayand "Cars 2" as. He was the head of the assassins' league in The Colour of Magic. He played Charles I in The Regicides and has played his son, Charles II, twice, once on stage and once on television. More recently, he played the Duke of Kent for the Japanese television production of Jiru and John Jacob Astor in Lord Julian Fellows adaptation of the "Titanic" story.

Richardson also plays Irving Braxiatel in the long running Bernice Summerfield and Gallifrey audio dramas by Big Finish Productions. He has provided his voice for over 100 films and video games as an ADR artist.

From 2003 to 2008, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company appearing in All's Well that end's well with Dame Judi Dench. He had already played with Dench in Peter Hall's film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1967.

He took part in the RSC's Histories Ensemble playing in Henry IV, part 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI, part 1, 2, and 3 and Richard III which won three Olivier Awards in 2009 for Best Company Performance, Best Revival and Best Costume Design.

As well as acting, he has also directed theatre and film productions, been a screenwriter, freelance journalist, lecturer and teacher, specialising in the works of Shakespeare.

His father was the well-known Shakespearean actor Ian Richardson, whose ashes he had placed in the newly refurbished Royal Shakespeare Company's theatre in Stratford on Avon in 2009.