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Richard Short

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Recently wrapped production on Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (2021) alongside Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, as well as "Jack Ryan: Season 3" (2022) for Amazon and will be seen at festivals worldwide in the short film "The Night Passenger" (2021).

Globally, he is also currently starring in the original TV series Mary Kills People, now airing the third and final season. For his role as the very complex surgeon Des Bennett, Short was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (for Best Lead Actor in a Drama series) in 2018.

His most recent stage appearance was as 'Richard Burton' in the hugely acclaimed World Premiere of "CLEO", a play directed by Bob Balaban and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, set during the filming of the 1963 movie Cleopatra.

In 2016, Short co-starred in HBO's Vinyl opposite Olivia Wilde. In 2015, he co-starred in Agent Carter, where he played Marvel's first ever gay comic book character, Pinky Pinkerton. Short's diverse range of television credits include appearances in Code Black, Time After Time, Training Day, American Horror Story, Blue Bloods, White Collar, Fringe, Bored to Death, Vera and Covert Affairs among others but it was in 2013 he really came to the attention of audiences worldwide as the villainous "Harlan Moore" in ABC's '666 Park Avenue'.

In film, Short recently took the title of role of King Arthur in "Arthur & Merlin", screening on Amazon, as well as the UK horror feature film 'The Dare' and can now be seen on Amazon in the indie film 'Crazy Famous', as well as in the short-film Abe, directed by Steve Brett. He also starred in the indie films 'Cockroaches' and 'Not Welcome' still awaiting release. He made his debut in the Sundance hit 'Delirious' for director Tom DiCillo. Additional credits include The Exhibitionists alongside Laverne Cox, A New York Love Story, The Guitar (Amy Redford), Public Enemies (Michael Mann), Choose (Rob Legato), The Butterflies of Bill Baker and Café.

In theater, Short co-starred on Broadway in Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem alongside Mark Rylance. Prior to that, he created the role of Eric Saunders in Roberto Aguirre Sacasa's King of Shadows. Additional highlights include An Evening with Simon Gray at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Centre, a hugely acclaimed performance in Mary Rose for the Vineyard Theatre and as John Eastman in the National Theatre of London transfer of The Night Season, directed by Lonny Price. He made his theater debut in 1996 in the UK production of Grease.

An avid writer, Short has published books, articles and screenplays across the worlds of sports and travel. He currently divides his time between Los Angeles, London and Paris with his wife and has just set up a production company with the aim of producing challenging and artistic film projects by using some of the incredible, diverse talent with which he's shared a career.
BornOctober 8, 1975
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"Tragedy of Macbeth" Closing Night LFF 2021
"Tragedy of Macbeth" Closing Night LFF 2021
Richard Short
Richard Short
King Arthur
Richard Short
Richard Short in Ghosts (2022)
Chad Michael Murray, Leonard Roberts, Greg Serano, Eddie Shin, and Richard Short in Agent Carter (2015)
Chad Michael Murray, Leonard Roberts, and Richard Short in Agent Carter (2015)
Leonard Roberts and Richard Short in Agent Carter (2015)
Chad Michael Murray, Leonard Roberts, Greg Serano, and Richard Short in Agent Carter (2015)
Neal McDonough, Leonard Roberts, and Richard Short in Agent Carter (2015)

Known for

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
7.1
  • Siward
  • 2021
Caroline Dhavernas in Mary Kills People (2017)
Mary Kills People
7.5
TV Series
  • Des Bennett
Bobby Cannavale in Vinyl (2016)
Vinyl
7.7
TV Series
  • Billy McVicar
John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
8.0
TV Series
  • Scott Harris

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Actor

  • The Night Passenger
    • Completed
  • John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Richard Brake and Richard Short in Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)
    Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
  • Richard Brake, Daniel Schutzmann, Giles Alderson, Richard Short, Alexandra Evans, Oliver Parker, Bart Edwards, Emily Haigh, Jonny Grant, Robert Maaser, Devora Wilde, Harry Jarvis, Julian Kostov, Andrew Rodger, Mitchell Norman, Lelia Yvetta, Oliver Cunliffe, Ethan Hazzard, and Maddy Bryan in The Dare (2019)
    The Dare
  • Caroline Dhavernas in Mary Kills People (2017)
    Mary Kills People
  • Not Welcome (2018)
    Not Welcome
  • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
    Code Black
  • Gregory Lay in Crazy Famous (2017)
    Crazy Famous
  • Freddie Stroma and Josh Bowman in Time After Time (2017)
    Time After Time
  • Stephen Uppal in Abe (2017)
    Abe
  • Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell in Training Day (2017)
    Training Day
  • Bobby Cannavale in Vinyl (2016)
    Vinyl
  • A New York Love Story (2015)
    A New York Love Story
  • Hayley Atwell in Agent Carter (2015)
    Agent Carter
  • Piper Perabo in Covert Affairs (2010)
    Covert Affairs

Writer

  • Hamlet
    • Pre-production

Producer

  • Hamlet
    • Pre-production

Videos11

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Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
Trailer 1:25
Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
Cafe
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Cafe
Crazy Famous
Trailer 1:44
Crazy Famous
The Exhibitionists
Trailer 1:49
The Exhibitionists
Cafe
Trailer 1:32
Cafe
Mary Kills People
Trailer 0:21
Mary Kills People
Abe Trailer
Trailer 0:59
Abe Trailer
A New York Love Story (Trailer)
Trailer 1:21
A New York Love Story (Trailer)

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    • October 8, 1975
    • South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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    Short has run in several marathons and half-marathons to raise money for charity.

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