Richard Cunningham

Richard Cunningham is an English actor who was born in Hove, grew up in Wisborough Green and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. On television he is known for playing Ryall in Stephen Poliakoff's Golden Globe winning Dancing on the Edge, and his other small screen work includes the Sherlock episode A Scandal in Belgravia, Law and Order: UK, in which he played two different roles, EastEnders, Hollyoaks and the BAFTA nominated London Spy. His films include General Ramda in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), The Quiet Ones (2014), The Theory of Everything, Burnt and Andrew Haigh's 45 Years (2015), which took the Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. On stage he has appeared in Fuente Ovejuna at the Southwark Playhouse and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink at the Aldwych Theatre.