1967Born, Glasgow
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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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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldTorquil Travers
Doctor WhoSir Robert
Mary ShelleyWilliam Baxter
Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesLachlan Weaver
BodiesChief Inspector Calloway2024The Christmas QuestVictor GrimesMovie
2024National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come DownJohnMovie
2024BoardersBernard · 6 episodesShow
2023BodiesChief Inspector Calloway · 5 episodesShow
2023PaybackDCI Adam Guthrie · 6 episodesShow
2021CrimeRichie Gulliver · 2 episodesShow
2020IndustryClement Cowan · 2 episodesShow
2019A ConfessionPete · 6 episodesShow
2019Gentleman JackCaptain Sutherland · 3 episodesShow
2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldTorquil TraversMovie
2018Hard SunDCS Roland Bell · 6 episodesShow
2017GunpowderKing James I · 3 episodesShow
2017Mary ShelleyWilliam BaxterMovie
2016UndercoverPaul Brightman · 6 episodesShow
2014Happy ValleyRichard Cawood · 6 episodesShow
2014W1AClive Cook · 2 episodesShow
2013FrankieAndy Peat · 6 episodesShow
2013The VillageBill Gibby · 6 episodesShow
2012Ripper StreetConstantine · 2 episodesShow
2012Bad SugarFather RodrigoMovie
2012Secrets and WordsJohn Jones · 1 episodeShow
2011The Field of BloodDS Patterson · 1 episodeShow
2009Garrow's LawMatthew Bambridge · 1 episodeShow
2009A Previous EngagementHotel Desk ClerkMovie
2009Micro MenNigel SearleMovie
2009Law & Order: UK1 episodeShow
2009Trust MeDan · 1 episodeShow
2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesLachlan Weaver · 1 episodeShow
2007The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan ToomeyParsonMovie
2007ForgivenStephenMovie
2007State of MindJames LeCroix, PhD · 8 episodesShow
2007Five DaysNick Durden · 10 episodesShow
2007M.I. HighEdward Dixon Halliday · 1 episodeShow
2006Ugly BettyStuart · 7 episodesShow
2006Waterloo RoadJoe Mulgrew · 1 episodeShow
2006The Virgin QueenSir Walter Raleigh · 2 episodesShow
2005Much Ado About NothingDonMovie
2005ShakespeaRe-ToldDon · 1 episodeShow
2005Meat the CampbellsMr. CampbellMovie
2004Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate BlissTumshie McFadgenMovie
2004No AngelsDr Jamie Patterson · 20 episodesShow
2002The ProjectRichard LoachMovie
2002SpooksSteven · 1 episodeShow
2002The Book GroupRab · 12 episodesShow
2000Urban GothicBillings · 1 episodeShow
1996Dalziel and PascoeMark Croft · 2 episodesShow
1992StrathblairAlec Ritchie · 20 episodesShow
1983Taggart1 episodeShow
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