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Derek Riddell

Known for acting · Born 11 January 1967 · 59 · Glasgow, Scotland

53 credits

Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series Happy Valley. He is also known for Gentleman Jack, Industry and The Missing. He has guest-starred in Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Silent Witness, Waterloo Road, and Shetland. Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business, before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990.

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Known for

Happy Valley

2014

Ugly Betty

2006

No Angels

2004

The Book Group

2002

The Christmas Quest

2024

Bodies

2023

A Confession

2019

Five Days

2007

Hard Sun

2018

Strathblair

1992

Shetland

2013

Payback

2023

Acting (53)

2024The Christmas QuestVictor GrimesFilm
2024BoardersBernard · 6 episodesSeries
2024National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come DownJohnFilm
2023BodiesChief Inspector Calloway · 5 episodesSeries
2023PaybackDCI Adam Guthrie · 6 episodesSeries
2021CrimeRichie Gulliver · 2 episodesSeries
2020IndustryClement Cowan · 2 episodesSeries
2019Gentleman JackCaptain Sutherland · 3 episodesSeries
2019A ConfessionPete · 6 episodesSeries
2018Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldTorquil TraversFilm
2018Hard SunDCS Roland Bell · 6 episodesSeries
2017Mary ShelleyWilliam BaxterFilm
2017GunpowderKing James I · 3 episodesSeries
2016UndercoverPaul Brightman · 6 episodesSeries
2014Happy ValleyRichard Cawood · 6 episodesSeries
2014W1AClive Cook · 2 episodesSeries
2013ShetlandChris Brooks · 5 episodesSeries
2013The VillageBill Gibby · 6 episodesSeries
2013FrankieAndy Peat · 6 episodesSeries
2012Ripper StreetConstantine · 2 episodesSeries
2012Bad SugarFather RodrigoFilm
2012Secrets and WordsJohn JonesSeries
2011Death in ParadisePatrick KnightSeries
2011The Field of BloodDS PattersonSeries
2009Law & Order: UKSeries
2009Micro MenNigel SearleFilm
2009A Previous EngagementHotel Desk ClerkFilm
2009Garrow's LawMatthew BambridgeSeries
2009Trust MeDanSeries
2008Terminator: The Sarah Connor ChroniclesLachlan WeaverSeries
2007The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan ToomeyParsonFilm
2007Five DaysNick Durden · 10 episodesSeries
2007M.I. HighEdward Dixon HallidaySeries
2007ForgivenStephenFilm
2007State of MindJames LeCroix, PhD · 8 episodesSeries
2006Ugly BettyStuart · 7 episodesSeries
2006The Virgin QueenSir Walter Raleigh · 2 episodesSeries
2006Waterloo RoadJoe MulgrewSeries
2005Doctor WhoSir RobertSeries
2005ShakespeaRe-ToldDonSeries
2005Much Ado About NothingDonFilm
2005Meat the CampbellsMr. CampbellFilm
2004No AngelsDr Jamie Patterson · 20 episodesSeries
2004Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate BlissTumshie McFadgenFilm
2002SpooksStevenSeries
2002The Book GroupRab · 12 episodesSeries
2002The ProjectRichard LoachFilm
2000Urban GothicBillingsSeries
1997Midsomer MurdersDes McCordellSeries
1996Dalziel and PascoeMark Croft · 2 episodesSeries
1992StrathblairAlec Ritchie · 20 episodesSeries
1986CasualtyJeff MarriotSeries
1983TaggartSeries