Richard Dempsey
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
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Richard Dempsey is an English actor.
Career
Dempsey's first role came at the age of 15, when he appeared as Peter Pevensie in the BBC's adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1988.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/lion-witch-wardrobe-made-bbc-take-children-seriously/|title = How the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe made the BBC take children seriously|newspaper = The Daily Telegraph|date = 23 December 2021|last1 = Fordy|first1 = Tom}} The following year, he appeared in the adaptation of Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
His subsequent TV appearances have included Doc Martin, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes (The Last Vampyre), Crime Traveller, Island at War and Egypt.
He made his professional stage debut in the role of Jack in the original London production of the musical Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at The Phoenix Theatre. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he starred as Nick Piazza in the original cast of West End musical Fame and played Ugly in the original UK production of Honk!
He has since performed in a variety of roles in television, film and on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, Michael Grandage Company, Frantic Assembly and Propeller.
In the Michael Grandage West End production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, he played Peter Quince.
In the 2015 London revival of TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party he played Edward Chamberlain, directed by Abby Wright.
In 2022, Dempsey appeared as Nicholas II of Russia in Doctor Who and as Paul Crouch in the world premiere, at London’s Almeida Theatre, of the musical Tammy Faye, written by Elton John, Jake Shears, and James Graham.
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Prince of Jutland | Sigurd | |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia | The stutterer | |
| 2000 | 24 Hours in London | Olly Walsh | |
| 2016 | Genius | Director | |
| 2019 | 1917 | Mackenzie Officer |
=Television=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–89 | The Chronicles of Narnia | Peter Pevensie | 8 episodes |
| 1991 | Tonight at 8.30 | Alf / Mr Burnham | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 1993 | Dominic | Episode: "Old School Ties" | |
| Anna Lee | Sam Tulloch | TV movie | |
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | Jack Ferguson | Episode: "The Last Vampyre" | |
| Don't Leave Me This Way | Felix Neil | TV movie | |
| 1994 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries | Patrick | Episode: "Dead Water" |
| 1995 | Wycliffe | James Coryn | Episode: "Lost Contact" |
| rowspan="2"| 1997
| Student Prince | Sebastian | TV movie | |
| Crime Traveller | Nicky Robson | 8 episodes | |
| rowspan="4"| 1999 | Comte de Claris de Florian | TV mini-series | |
| Tilly Trotter | Harry Sopwith | TV mini-series, 2 episodes | |
| Aristocrats | Lord Beaufield | TV mini-series | |
| Wives and Daughters | Mr Bold | TV mini-series | |
| 2003–11 | Doctors | Gareth Appleton | 32 episodes |
| 2004 | Island at War | Eugene La Salle | |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Egypt | William Beechey | TV mini-series, Episode: "The Temple of the Sands" | |
| Peter Warlock, Some Little Joy | Moeran | TV movie | |
| rowspan="3"| 2013 | Colin Westmore | Episode: Departure | |
| Downton Abbey | Footman | Season 4, Episode 8 | |
| Dracula | Dewhurst | Episode: "Of Monsters and Men" | |
| 2022 | Doctor Who | Nicholas II | Episode: "The Power of the Doctor" |
=Theatre Credits=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Theatre ! Location ! Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | Into the Woods | Jack | Phoenix Theatre | West End | Musical |
| 1993 | Honk! | Ugly | Stephen Joseph Theatre | Scarborough | Musical |
| 1995-96 | Fame | Nick Piazza | Cambridge Theatre | West End | Musical |
| 1999 | Honk! | Ugly | Royal National Theatre | UK National Tour | Musical |
| 2004-05 | Dirty Dancing | Neil Kellerman | Aldwych Theatre | West End | Musical |
| 2005 | Just So | Elephant's Child | Chichester Festival Theatre | Chichester | Musical |
| 2006 | Me and My Girl | Hon Gerald | Sheffield Crucible | Sheffield | Musical |
| 2006-07 | Citizenship | De Clerk | Royal National Theatre | London | Play |
| 2009-10 | Strictly Ballroom | The Compère | Prince of Wales Theatre | Toronto | Musical |
| 2010-11 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | {{N/A}} | UK & International Tour | Play |
| 2011-12 | The Merchant of Venice | Lorenzo | {{N/A}} | UK & International Tour | Play |
| 2012 | Victor/Victoria | Toddy | Southwark Playhouse | London | Play |
| 2012 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peter Quince | Noël Coward Theatre | West End | Play |
| 2013-14 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Mr Bucket / Understudy Willy Wonka | Theatre Royal Drury Lane | West End | Musical |
| 2015 | The Cocktail Party | Edward Chamberlain | The Coronet | Off-West End | Play |
| 2015 | A Damsel in Distress | Reggie | Chichester Festival Theatre | Chichester | Play |
| 2018 | A Winter's Tale | Hermoine | Hampstead Theatre / Tour | London & Asia Tour | Play |
| 2019 | Don Quixote | Duke/Don Quixote | Royal Shakespeare Company | West End | Play |
| 2021-22 | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit | Middle Temple | London | Musical |
| 2022
| Paul Crouch |London |Musical | |||||
| 2024 | Made in Dagenham | Mr Hopkins | London Palladium | West End | Musical |
References
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External links
- [http://www.richarddempsey.net/ Richard Dempsey's Official Website]
- {{IMDb name|0218759}}
- [http://dirtydancing.lastminuteliving.com/dirty_dancing/ Dirty Dancing - Richard Dempsey's Video Diary]
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English male child actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male musical theatre actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:Musicians from Hertfordshire