# Richard Bremmer

Richard Bremmer (born 27 January 1953) is an English actor.

## Early life

Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire.

## Career

Bremmer first began his career in the short film of Couples and Robbers before being in his first full-length film The Girl with Brains in Her Feet. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). He was cast as Skeld in The 13th Warrior and also appeared in the 2004 film Viper in the Fist, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin.
Bremmer's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, King Lear and MacBeth. He has appeared in movies such as the 2014 biographical drama Mr. Turner, the 2015 adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea, the 2007 biographical drama Control, the 2003 action comedy Shanghai Knights and the 2001 comedy film Just Visiting. His television credits include the fantasy drama series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, the historical drama series The Borgias, the adventure-drama series Crusoe, and the docudrama Dunkirk.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Couples and Robbers | PC | |
| 1997 | The Girl with Brains in Her Feet | Vic | |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Skeld | Beowulf & Grendel |
| 1999 | Onegin | Diplomat at ball | |
| 2001 | Just Visiting | King Henry | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Lord Voldemort | Voice provided by Ian Hart |
| 2002 | Half Past Dead | Sonny Eckvall | |
| 2003 | Shanghai Knights | Master at Arms | |
| 2003 | To Kill a King | Abraham | |
| 2003 | The Sin Eater | Bookstore Owner | |
| 2004 | Ripper 2: Letter from Within | Dr. Weisser | |
| 2004 | Viper in the Fist | L'abbé Traquet | |
| 2007 | Control | Ian's Father | |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Lord Voldemort | Archive footage |
| 2011 | The Power of Three | Donald | |
| 2012 | City Slacker | Matt | |
| 2014 | Mr Turner | George Jones | |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | Benjamin Fuller | |
| 2016 | Swallows and Amazons | Old Billy | |
| 2018 | In Fabric | Mr. Lundy | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | First Order officer #5 | |
| 2022 | Flux Gourmet | Dr. Glock | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Juliet Bravo | Thomas Briggs | Episode: "Unpicking the Stitches" |
| 1982 | Made in Britain | Policeman #2 | TV film |
| 1984 | Miracles Take Longer | | |
| 1985 | By the Sword Divided | Escort Commander | Episode: "The Mailed Fist" |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | | Episode: "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" |
| 1986 | Zastrozzi: A Romance | Petrol Attendant | TV mini-series |
| 1993 | Scarlet and the Black | Laughing Coachman | Episode #1.2 |
| 1994–1996 | The Bill | Ted the Barman Ian Wilson | Episodes: "Final Straw", "Hedging Your Bets" |
| 1988 | Picking Up the Pieces | Neil | Episode #1.8 |
| 1999 | Peak Practice | Nick Bowman | Episode: "No Bounds" |
| 2004 | Coronation Street | Malcolm Phillips | Episode #1.5829 |
| 2004 | Casualty | Willie Malloy | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
| 2006 | Marple | Mr Sim | Episode: "Sleeping Murder" |
| 2008–2009 | Crusoe | Gallerne | Episodes: "Name of the Game", "The Traveler" |
| 2010 | Holby City | Norman | Episode: "Get Busy Living" |
| 2011 | The Borgias | Notary | Episode: "The Poisoned Chalice" |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Abbot of Westminster | Episode: "Richard II" |
| 2013 | Murder on the Home Front | Charlie Maxton | TV film |
| 2016 | Our Zoo | Casper Butterfield | TV mini-series |
| 2016 | Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands | Roth | Episode #1.4 |
| 2018 | The Alienist | Mortician | Episode: "A Fruitful Partnership" |
| 2018 | Into the Badlands | Old Man | Episode: "Chapter XX: Blind Cannibal Assassins" |
| 2020 | The Third Day | Old Man | Episodes: "Friday – The Father" "Saturday – The Son" "Sunday – The Ghost" |