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Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter. He was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. After to being accepted to the Royal College of Art Richard accepted a scholarship at the RADA school of acting in London. After living and working in London, he returned to Northern Ireland. He lives in Belfast and is married to director Rachel O'Riordan. Dormer is perhaps best known for his performance as Northern Irish Snooker star, Alex Higgins in Hurricane, which he wrote and starred in. The production received praise from critics and even from Higgins himself and saw Richard win The Stage award for best actor in 2003. He is currently the bookie's third favourite to play Higgins in the scheduled film of his life behind Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. In 2004 Richard won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his performance in Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and in 2005 completed a season with Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal and performed Bath in the George Bernard Shaw play, You Can Never Tell, William Shakespeare's,Much Ado About Nothing, Noël Coward's play, Private Lives, and in a production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Since, Dormer has written a number of plays including The Half and Gentleman's Tea Drinking Society which were produced through Belfast's Ransom theatre company. He has also provided the voices for over twenty BBC Radio 4 plays, documentaries and advertising campaigns. Following a run of film castings playing secondary characters, he was cast as the lead in the 2012 Good Vibrations which tells the story of Northern Ireland personality and punk rock visionary Terri Hooley. The film premièred at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded 'best film' at the Galway film awards. 2012 also saw Dormer taking over the role of Lord Beric Dondarrion, known as the "Lightning Lord", the leader of the "Brotherhood Without Banners" for Season 3 of HBO series Game of Thrones.

11 Minutes ( 2015) | IMDb: 5.7

Drama , Thriller

The lives of urbanites intertwine in a world where anything can happen at any time.

Starring:

Richard Dormer , Wojciech Mecwaldowski , Andrzej Chyra , Dawid Ogrodnik , Mateusz Kościukiewicz , Agata Buzek

Directed by:

Tomasz Krzemieniecki , Dave Moran , Beata Krekiewicz

Produced by:

Emer O'Shea , Ewa Piaskowska , Andrew Lowe

'71 ( 2014) | IMDb: 7.2

Action , Drama , Thriller , War

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.

Starring:

Jack O'Connell , Sean Harris , Paul Anderson , Sam Reid , Sam Hazeldine , Barry Keoghan

Directed by:

Sylvia Parker , Adam Lock , Yann Demange

Produced by:

Helene Lenszner , Sam Lavender , Dan MacRae

Dark Touch ( 2013) | IMDb: 4.8

Horror

Niamh is the lone survivor of a mysterious massacre in which the furniture and objects in her family’s isolated house took on a monstrous life of their own. The police ignore her wild stories, and the neighbours and social worker who take her into their care try to introduce her to a new life. But Niamh is unable to leave her violent past behind her, endangering everyone who crosses her path.

Starring:

Missy Keating , Marcella Plunkett , Charlotte Flyvholm , Pádraic Delaney , Art Parkinson , Anabel Sweeney

Directed by:

Marina de Van

Produced by:

Emma Scott , Marc Bordure , Patrick Sobelman

Richard Dormer Movies: Top 3 Performances by a Successful Actor

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