Biography

Ian William Richardson CBE (7 April 1934 – 9 February 2007) was a Scottish actor, best known for his portrayal of the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards trilogy. He was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

★7.7

Brazil

1985

★7.3

Dark City

1998

★6.7

From Hell

2001

★5.5

102 Dalmatians

2000

★7.3

Becoming Jane

2007

★7.4

Joyeux Noel

2005

★7.4

Highlander: The Series

1992

★6.9

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

1991

★6.6

M. Butterfly

1993

★7.0

Cry Freedom

1987

★6.3

The Fourth Protocol

1987

★6.8

Hogfather

2007

★8.0

House of Cards

1990

★7.8

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

★7.6

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979

★5.4

The King and I

1999

★5.5

A Knight in Camelot

1998

★5.4

B.A.P.S

1997

★6.6

Man of La Mancha

1972

★5.2

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998

★5.8

Incognito

1997

★8.0

Bleak House

2005

★7.8

To Play the King

1993