Derek Riddell
Acting Born Jan 11, 1967 Glasgow, Scotland 24 credits
Biography
Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series Happy Valley. He is also known for Gentleman Jack, Industry and The Missing. He has guest-starred in Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Silent Witness, Waterloo Road, and Shetland. Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business, before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990.
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Des McCordell
- Doctor Who (2005) as Sir Robert
- Death in Paradise (2011) as Patrick Knight
- Casualty (1986) as Jeff Marriot
- Shetland (2013) as Chris Brooks
- Spooks (2002) as Steven
- Ugly Betty (2006) as Stuart
- Industry (2020) as Clement Cowan
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) as Lachlan Weaver
- Ripper Street (2012) as Constantine
- Taggart (1983)
- Happy Valley (2014) as Richard Cawood
- Law & Order: UK (2009)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) as Torquil Travers
- M.I. High (2007) as Edward Dixon Halliday
- Gentleman Jack (2019) as Captain Sutherland
- Bodies (2023) as Chief Inspector Calloway
- Boarders (2024) as Bernard
- W1A (2014) as Clive Cook
- Crime (2021) as Richie Gulliver
- Five Days (2007) as Nick Durden
- The Village (2013) as Bill Gibby
- Garrow's Law (2009) as Matthew Bambridge
- ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) as Don