Biography - Richard Dormer

Who is Richard Dormer?

Richard Dormer is an actor, playwright, and screenwriter by profession, a Northern Irish by nationality. He is best known for his role as Beric Dondarrion in HBO’s Game of Thrones and as Dan Anderssen in Fortitude.

Are Natalie Dormer and Richard Dormer related? There seems to be no immediate blood relation between the two actors.

Richard Dormer – Age, Parents, Siblings

Richard Dormer’s birth took place on 11 November 1969 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Besides this, nothing is known about his parents, family, childhood, or siblings.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended the RADA School of Acting in London. But he left the college early after landing a role in Billy Budd and returned to his home country, Northern Ireland.

His ethnicity is Irish.

Richard Dormer – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Richard Dormer is a happily married man. He married his longtime girlfriend, Rachel O'Riordan, a theatre director.

Aside from this, he has not shared anything about his marriage, wife, or children. They are still together, and there has been no news of divorce or extramarital affairs.

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Richard Dormer – Career

Early Career

Dormer has been active in acting since 1991. He had minor roles in the series Casualty (1991), Soldier Soldier (1992), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993), and in the films A Further Gesture (2000), The Escapist (2002), and Puckoon (2002).

In 2003, Richard Dormer was cast in Hurricane as Alex Higgins, which gained him much recognition.

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Films, Series

Since the initial breakthrough, Richard Dormer has had roles in films including The Mighty Celt (2005), Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), Good Vibrations (2012), Shooting for Socrates (2014), Hyena (2014), 11 Minutes (2015), and Togo (2019).

In terms of TV series, he has starred in My Boy Jack (2007), Last Man Hanging (2008), Hidden (2011), Cobra (2020-2021), Gangs of London (2025), the lead role of Sheriff Dan Anderssen in Fortitude (2015-2018), The Musketeers (2016), Rellik (2017), and as Lord Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones (2013, 2016- present).

Dormer has also been active in theatre, having played in Measure for Measure, Miss Julie, and Waiting for Godot, among others.

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Co-stars

Richard Dormer has starred alongside Iain Glen, Samuel Beckett, Kristofer Hivju, Joseph Mawle, etc.

Richard Dormer – Awards, Nominations

Dormer has been nominated for the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

In 2004, he won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his role in  Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme.

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Richard Dormer – Net Worth, Salary

There have been no estimates for Dormer’s salary, while his net worth is around $1.5 million.

Richard Dormer – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

As for social media, he is active on Instagram but is absent on other popular platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.

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