Richard Cant

Richard Cant is a British actor, born in Dartford in 1964, who has worked across television, film and theater. He appeared twice on Midsomer Murders, first as Dennis Rainbird in the 1997 pilot The Killings at Badger's Drift and later as Rainbird's cousin Alistair Gooding in the 2006 story Dead Letters, and he played Phil in the BBC 2 series This Life. His screen credits include Lawless Heart (2001), Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and Stan & Ollie (2018), plus The Crown, It's a Sin, Bleak House and a 2007 episode of Doctor Who called Blink. On stage he has worked with the National Theatre, the RSC, the Royal Court, Cheek by Jowl and Sheffield Crucible, and took the role of Friedrich in War Horse. In 2023 he starred as the writer Merle Miller in What It Means at Wilton's Music Hall, a performance The Guardian rated four out of five stars.