Richard McCabe (born William McCabe 1960) is a Scottish actor who has specialized in theatre. An Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), since 2005 he has also regularly performed at Chichester Festival Theatre. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Olivier Award in 1994 and won in 2013.
Trained at RADA and has done extensive, mainly classical, theatre work from 1980 to the present day - he is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He is also recognised as a talented musician and composer.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Harlots
2017
TV Series pre-production
Justice Cunliffe
Rangoon
2017/II
filming
Major General Harding
Untitled A.A. Milne Project
2017
post-production
Rupert
Poldark
2016
TV Series
Mr. Trencrom
Mindhorn
2016
Geoffrey Moncrieff
Doctor Thorne
2016
TV Series
Frank Gresham Snr
Wallander
2008-2015
TV Series
Nyberg
Eye in the Sky
2015
George Matherson
The Scandalous Lady W
2015
TV Movie
Lord North
Indian Summers
2015
TV Mini-Series
Stafford Armitage
Cinderella
2015/I
Baron
The Game
2014
TV Mini-Series
Prime Minister
The Great Fire
2014
TV Mini-Series
Lord Hyde
Peaky Blinders
2014
TV Series
Winston Churchill
Legacy
2013
TV Movie
Gerry
The Invisible Woman
2013
Mr. Mark Lemon (as Mr. Richard McCabe)
Borgia
2013
TV Series
King Federigo d'Aragona
The Audience
2013
TV Movie
Harold Wilson
The Best of Men
2012
TV Movie
Dr Cowan
Epithet
2012
Short
Alan
Playhouse Presents
2012
TV Series
Tim Szabo
Masterpiece Mystery
2010
TV Series
Nyberg
MI-5
2009
TV Series
Matthew Plowden
Einstein and Eddington
2008
TV Movie
Frank Dyson
The Duchess
2008
Sir James Hare
Inspector Lewis
2008
TV Series
Gavin Matthews
Heroes and Villains
2007
TV Series documentary
Barras
The Whistleblowers
2007
TV Series
Charles Radford
Nightwatching
2007
Bloemfeldt
Jane Eyre
2006
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Brocklehurst
Midsomer Murders
2006
TV Series
Rev. Anthony Gant
The Constant Gardener
2005
Arthur Hammond (as Richard Mccabe)
To the Ends of the Earth
2005
TV Mini-Series
Mr. Brocklebank
Vanity Fair
2004
The King
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2004
TV Series
Theatre Manager
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea