Miles Richardson

Miles Richardson is a British actor who was brought up in London and Stratford-upon-Avon in a theater family; his parents, Ian Richardson and Maroussia Frank, helped found the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he performed with the company as a child in the 1970s. He trained at Arts Educational Schools and began his career in repertory with the TyneWear Theatre in Newcastle, where he worked on nine productions in nine months, before making his West End debut in 1983 in Another Country. He belonged to the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2003 to 2008 and returned in 2015 for Volpone, and he has appeared in more than 80 plays in all. He was part of the company's Histories Ensemble, honored with three Olivier Awards in 2009, and played James Reiss in King Charles III, named Best New Play at the 2015 Olivier Awards. He has played Irving Braxiatel for Big Finish Productions since 2001.