Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor and playwright who trained at RADA in London before returning to Northern Ireland. He gained recognition for playing Alex Higgins in Hurricane, a 2003 play he wrote and starred in, and he won a Stage award for best actor. In 2004 he took the Irish Times best actor award for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, and he later appeared with Peter Hall in productions of Measure for Measure, Miss Julie, and Waiting for Godot. His written work includes The Half and Gentleman's Tea Drinking Society, while his play Drum Belly opened in 2013. On screen, he led Good Vibrations (2012) as Terri Hooley, which brought him an Irish Film and Television Award nomination, and he played Curtis Welch in Togo (2019). His television roles include Dan Anderssen in Fortitude and Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones, and he starred in We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story (2015).