Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer is a Northern Irish actor, playwright and screenwriter best known for playing Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones and Sheriff Dan Anderssen in Fortitude. He narrates the BBC true-crime documentary series The Crime I Can’t Forget. A RADA-trained stage actor, he’s also appeared in Blue Lights, COBRA, The Day of the Jackal, and Gangs of London.

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Richard Dormer's Profile

Richard Dormer was born on 11 November 1969 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, into a Protestant family. He trained at the RADA school of acting in London before returning to Northern Ireland to work.

Rather than hosting or presenting in the traditional sense, Dormer serves as narrator for The Crime I Can’t Forget, a BBC One true-crime documentary series that first aired on BBC One Northern Ireland on 15 November 2023, with episodes also available on BBC iPlayer.

He built his reputation on stage, winning The Stage award for Best Actor in 2003 for his self-written play Hurricane, before breaking through on screen with Good Vibrations (2012) and his long-running role in HBO’s Game of Thrones.

He currently lives in Belfast and is married to theatre director Rachel O’Riordan, artistic director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London.

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  • Attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) London for drama and theatre training

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  • Stage Award, Best Actor - self-written play Hurricane (2003)

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