Richard was brought up in the USA, spending his childhood in Virginia Beach and Washington DC. He moved back to Hampshire in the UK to join the rest of his family and train as an actor. He has both UK and Australian citizenship. He has work alongside some of the most respected British Theatre directors including Sir Peter Hall and Lucy Bailey and continues to work in Film and TV with talents such as Christopher Nolan, Bille August and Rob Letterman. Recently he can be seen in Netflix's The Last Tsars, HBO's Game Of Thrones and the feature film, 55 Steps , alongside Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Tambor.