
Richard Dillane (born 1964) is a British actor. He appears in a lead role of the Netflix series Young Wallander, based on the character Kurt Wallander created by novelist Henning Mankell. He played British intelligence agent Peter Nicholls in Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 2012 political thriller Argo, and Merv Humphreys, husband of Margaret Humphreys (played by Emily Watson) in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine.

The Dark Knight
2008 · as Acting Commissioner

Argo
2012 · as OSS Officer Nicholls

Murder at the Embassy
2025 · as Robert

Anna
2013 · as Robert Greene

The Jacket
2005 · as Captain Medley

The Forgotten Battle
2021 · as Sinclair

The Edge of Love
2008 · as Lt Col David Talbot Rice

Tristan & Isolde
2006 · as Aragon

Spartacus
2004 · as Julius Caesar

United Passions
2014 · as Larsen

Dead in Tombstone
2013 · as Jack Sutter

The Dinosaur Project
2012 · as Marchant

Munich - The Edge of War
2021 · as Colonel Menzies

Wing Commander
1999 · as Lt. Hunter

The Last Vermeer
2019 · as Colonel Jenkins

De-Lovely
2004 · as Bill Wrather

Solomon
1997 · as Jeroboam

Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · as Merv Humphreys