Richard Harrington (actor)
| Richard Harrington | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 March 1975 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Years active | 1987-present |
Richard Harrington (born 12 March 1975) is a Welsh actor.
Harrington was born in Gurnos and brought up in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. He has had starring roles in the Welsh show Hinterland (known as Y Gwyll in Welsh),Bleak House, Jimmy McGovern's Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, and Gavin Claxton's comedy feature film The All Together. He has also had roles in Coronation Street, Spooks, Casualty, Holby City, Hustle, Dalziel and Pascoe, Silent Witness, and Lark Rise to Candleford. He won a BAFTA Cymru Award for his portrayal of a young gay hustler in the BBC film Dafydd, part of the Wales Playhouse programme.
On stage Harrington has toured with Fiction Factory/Y Cwmni's productions of Ed Thomas's plays House of America, Gas Station Angel and Stone City Blue. He also appeared in the 1997 film version of House of America.
Harrington speaks Welsh as a second language, having come from an English-speaking family but studied in a Welsh Medium school in Merthyr. He spoke it throughout the Welsh-language crime drama Y Gwyll, in which he played the principal role. He has said that filming Y Gwyll improved his fluency significantly. He has two children, Ralff and Ned, with former partner Nerys Phillips.
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