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Derek Riddell

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Jan 11, 1967 (58 years old)

Derek Riddell

Known For

1h 24m

Movie 2024

The Christmas Quest

An archaeologist, her ex-husband who is a Norse language expert,...

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National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down

2h 6m

Movie 2024

National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down

It’s Sylvia and Marek’s wedding and you are all invited....

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TV Show 2023

Payback

Lexie Noble lives a great life on the outskirts of...

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0h 45m

TV Show 2019

A Confession

The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached...

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2h 14m

Movie 2018

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers...

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1h 0m

TV Show 2018

Hard Sun

Two detectives with opposing viewpoints are partnered together five years...

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0h 59m

TV Show 2017

Gunpowder

London, 1605. Robert Catesby, a 33-year old Warwickshire gentleman, devises...

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2h 0m

Movie 2017

Mary Shelley

The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft...

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1h 0m

TV Show 2016

Undercover

Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions....

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1h 0m

TV Show 2013

Frankie

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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.