Richard Dormer - wikipedia Richard Dormer Richard Dormer Richard Dormer in The Gentlemen 's Tea - Drinking Society ( 2009 ) ( 1969 - 11 - 11 ) 11 November 1969 ( age 47 ) Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Nationality British Occupation actor, playwright Years active 1991 -- present Richard Dormer ( born 11 November 1969 ) is an actor, playwright and screenwriter from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Beric Dondarrion in HBO series Game of Thrones. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Film 4 Television 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External links Early life Dormer was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He was accepted by the Royal College of Art, but chose 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. Career Dormer gained recognition following his performance as Northern Irish snooker star Alex Higgins in Hurricane in 2003, which he wrote and starred in. Critics and even Higgins himself praised the production, and Dormer won The Stage award for best actor in 2003. In 2004 Dormer 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 in 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. In 2012 Dormer was commissioned by the Abbey Theatre to write a production. Set in Brooklyn in the summer of 1969, Dormer 's Drum Belly gives an insight into the dark edgy underworld of New York 's Irish gangsters and opened April 2013 to mainly positive reviews and was published by Bloomsbury Publishing Dormer has also provided the voices for over twenty BBC Radio 4 plays, documentaries and advertising campaigns. Film 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, was awarded Best Film at the Galway film awards, best screenplay, Dinard and nominated for the Outstanding Debut award at the 2014 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. The film was well received by critics gaining consistent reviews, most of which highlighted Dormer 's performance as a strength. Dormer 's portrayal of Terri Hooley saw him nominated in the Best Actor award in the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards. He has since played roles in Yann Demange 's critically acclaimed film ' 71 alongside Jack O'Connell and forthcoming Gerard Johnson directed Hyena, 2014. Television Dormer has become a well known television actor, more recently playing key roles in the Cinemax drama series Hunted and BBC One 's Hidden. 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. In 2016, Dormer reprised his role as Dondarrion in the sixth season of the series and returned for the seventh season, airing in 2017. Dormer is the voice of the Dad on the children 's animated series Lily 's Driftwood Bay. The series aired in May on Nick Jr. in the UK and on Sprout in the US. It will also air on RTÉ in Ireland, ABC Australia, KiKa in Germany, MTV in Finland, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden, and HOP ! in Israel later this year. Broadcasters in Australia and the US are keeping the original voices to the series. In 2014 Dormer began filming on Sky Atlantic 's Fortitude. Described as `` their most ambitious project to date '', he takes the role of Sheriff Dan Anderssen and stars alongside Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Christopher Eccleston and The Killing 's Sofie Gråbøl. Fortitude aired on 29 January 2015. The series is set in the fictional Arctic Norwegian settlement of Fortitude. On 9 April 2015, Sky Atlantic recommissioned the show for a second series consisting of 10 episodes. Also in 2015, Dormer starred in the BBC drama We 're Doomed ! The Dad 's Army Story as TV producer David Croft. The comedy drama retells the creation of the popular BBC sitcom Dad 's Army as well as the relationship between Croft and Jimmy Perry who became successful TV comedy writers. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 11 Minutes 2014 Hyena Nick Taylor 2014 Shooting for Socrates Arthur 2014 ' 71 Eamon 2013 Dark Touch Henry 2013 ' S.L.R Mr Verma Short 2012 Jump Johnny 2012 Good Vibrations Terri Hooley Nominated for IFTA best actor award Ghost Machine Taggert 2009 Scapegoat Narrator 2009 Five Minutes of Heaven Michael Featured at Sundance Film Festival 2009 Pumpgirl Hammy 2009 Best : His Mother 's Son Ad Director 2006 Middletown Ned 2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Comic 2005 The Mighty Celt Ronan 2002 Puckoon Arthur Faddington 2002 The Escapist Denis ' Brief Mapmaker Harry Hawcett 2000 A Further Gesture Joe Television Year Title Role Notes 2017 Rellik DCI Gabriel Markham 2016 The Musketeers Christophe 2015 We 're Doomed ! The Dad 's Army Story David Croft 2015 -- 2017 Fortitude Dan Anderssen 2014 Lily 's Driftwood Bay Dad 2013 -- present Game of Thrones Lord Beric Dondarrion 2012 Hunted Lewis Conroy 2011 Hidden Frank Hanna Television series shown on BBC One 2011 Justice George 2011 Brendan Smyth : Betrayal of Trust Chris Moore An Crisis Kyle Braid 2008 Last Man Hanging James Brown 2007 My Boy Jack Corporal John O'Leary ITV movie with Daniel Radcliffe 2003 Holy Cross Seamus 2000 Chihuahua Short The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Civilian Soldier Soldier Cpt David Lutchens 1991 Casualty Rick Tomlinson References Jump up ^ Hurricane, the story of Alex Higgins, back in Belfast, BBC News, 8 January 2011 Jump up ^ `` Richard Dormer - Playwright Dramatist ''. Doollee.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ 20 questions with Richard Dormer. `` What 's on ? ''. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Jump up ^ Fisher, Phillip. `` British Theatre Guide ''. Retrieved 3 March 2012. Jump up ^ Michael Billington. `` Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal, Bath Stage ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Drum Belly ( Modern Plays ) Richard Dormer : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama ''. Bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Drum Belly ''. The Public Reviews. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Weaver, Jesse ( 2013 - 05 - 11 ). `` Irish Theatre Magazine Reviews Current Drum Belly ''. Irishtheatremagazine.ie. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ United Artists. `` United Artists ''. Retrieved 4 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` Bafta Film Awards 2014 : NI writers nominated for Good Vibrations - BBC News ''. Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Anthony Quinn ( 2013 - 03 - 28 ). `` Film review : Good Vibrations ( 15 ) - Reviews - Films ''. The Independent. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Empire 's Good Vibrations Movie Review ''. Empireonline.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Peter Bradshaw. `` Good Vibrations -- review Film ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Andrews, Kernan ( 2012 - 07 - 19 ). `` Good Vibrations scoops Film Fleadh award ''. Advertiser.ie. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Hunted ( 2012 -- ) ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Hidden ( 2011 ) ''. IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` ' Game of Thrones ' Announces Casting and Return Date for Season 3 ( Comic - Con 2012 ) - / Film ''. Slashfilm.com. 2012 - 07 - 14. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Top actors set sail for Driftwood Bay ''. Northern Ireland Screen. 2014 - 02 - 03. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Lesley Goldberg ( 2014 - 01 - 23 ). `` Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Christopher Eccleston to Star in Sky 's ' Fortitude ' ''. Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 01. Jump up ^ Wagmeister, Elizabeth ( December 19, 2014 ). `` Pivot Sets Jan. 29 Premiere for Stanley Tucci Drama ' Fortitude ' ''. Variety. Retrieved December 26, 2014. Jump up ^. `` We 're Doomed ! The Dad 's Army Story - review ''. Radio Times. 2015 - 12 - 22. Retrieved 2015 - 12 - 23. External links Richard Dormer on IMDb Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Dormer&oldid=800547696 '' Categories : 1969 births Male film actors from Northern Ireland Living people Male musical theatre actors from Northern Ireland Male stage actors from Northern Ireland People from Lisburn 21st - century male actors from Northern Ireland 20th - century male actors from Northern Ireland Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Hidden categories : EngvarB from August 2014 Use dmy dates from August 2014 Articles with hCards Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano עברית Magyar Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 06 : 15. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who plays lord beric in game of thrones
Answer: Richard Dormer