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Richard Durden(I)

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Richard Durden at an event for From Paris with Love (2010)
From the producers of Fleabag, BACK TO LIFE follows Miri Matteson (Haggard) who, after 18 years behind bars, returns home and stumbles back into adult life in the coastal town she once knew. Miri continues to reconcile with her past while trying to assimilate and make a new life for herself post-incarceration. Starring Daisy Haggard, Geraldine James, and Richard Durden. Watch the Season 2 premiere on Monday, September 13 at 10/9c on SHOWTIME.
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Richard Durden was born on 8 February 1944 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for From Paris with Love (2010), The Jacket (2005) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019). He has been married to Rebecca Blond since 2017. He was previously married to Jane How and Maria Aitken.
BornFebruary 8, 1944
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Richard Durden in Agora (2009)
Richard Durden and Oscar Isaac in Agora (2009)
Richard Durden and Oscar Isaac in Agora (2009)
Richard Durden in Agora (2009)
Michael Lonsdale and Richard Durden in Agora (2009)
LATE SHIFT movie still. Richard Durden as Samuel Parr.
Rachel Weisz, Michael Lonsdale, Manuel Cauchi, Richard Durden, Jordan Kiziuk, Charles Thake, and Oscar Isaac in Agora (2009)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Richard Durden in From Paris with Love (2010)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Richard Durden in From Paris with Love (2010)
Richard Durden and David Oakes in The Borgias (2011)
Richard Durden and David Oakes in The Borgias (2011)
Richard Durden at an event for From Paris with Love (2010)

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John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in From Paris with Love (2010)
From Paris with Love
6.4
  • Ambassador Bennington
  • 2010
The Jacket (2005)
The Jacket
7.1
  • Dr. Hale
  • 2005
Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
6.5
  • First Order Officer(as Mark Richard Durden-Smith)
  • 2019
Teaser, 1 sheet movie poster
Batman
7.5
  • TV Director
  • 1989

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  • Havergill
  • The Change
    • Doctor
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Hugh Bonneville, Walter van Dyk, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Spencer, and Jack Lowden in The Gold (2023)
    The Gold
    • Henry
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
    • Conor Hodgson
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2022
  • Maxine Peake in Anne (2022)
    Anne
    • Lord Justice McCowan
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Daisy Haggard in Back to Life (2019)
    Back to Life
    • Oscar
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Charlotte Ritchie, Mathew Baynton, Laurence Rickard, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Lolly Adefope in Ghosts (2019)
    Ghosts
    • Charles
    • Solicitor
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2021
  • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
    • First Order Officer (as Mark Richard Durden-Smith)
    • 2019
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in Brexit (2019)
    Brexit
    • Bill Cash
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • L'Habit ne Fait pas le Moine
    • Video
    • 2018
  • Ed White in Man of the Hour (2018)
    Man of the Hour
    • Jeremy's Father
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Liv Tyler, Lesley Manville, Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Eloise Smyth in Harlots (2017)
    Harlots
    • Lord Dodds
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Poldark (2015)
    Poldark
    • Dr. Anselm
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Harris Dickinson in Postcards from London (2018)
    Postcards from London
    • Max
    • 2018
  • Endeavour (2012)
    Endeavour
    • Prof Alexander Richmond
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Kelly Macdonald, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Beatrice White in The Child in Time (2017)
    The Child in Time
    • Stephen's Father
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Laurie Davidson in Will (2017)
    Will
    • Lord Fortescue
    • TV Series
    • 2017

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The Awakening
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The Awakening
From Paris With Love
Interview 0:59
From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love
Interview 0:22
From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love
Interview 0:36
From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love
Interview 0:49
From Paris With Love
Season 2 Official Trailer
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Season 2 Official Trailer
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From Paris with Love: UK Trailer
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From Paris with Love: UK Trailer
From Paris with Love: Trailer #2
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From Paris with Love: Trailer #2
From Paris with Love
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From Paris with Love

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  • Alternative names
    • Richard Durdan
  • Born
    • February 8, 1944
    • Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Spouses
      Rebecca Blond2017 - present
  • Relatives
      Neil Durden-Smith(Half Sibling)
  • Other works
    He acted in Christopher Marlowe's play, "Dr. Faustus", in an Oxford University Dramatic Society production at the Oxford University Theatre in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England with Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber, Maria Aitken (played "Good Angel"), David Wood, Hugh Williams, Andrew Hilton and Bruce Alexander in the cast. Nevill Coghill was the director. Irene Sharaff was the designer for Elizabeth Taylor.

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    Younger brother of documentary film maker Jo Durden-Smith and half-brother of broadcaster Neil Durden-Smith.

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