Miles Richardson (born 15 July 1963) is a British actor.

Early life

Richardson was born in London to parents Ian Richardson and Maroussia Frank. His father was from Edinburgh and his maternal great grandfather was the Russian philosopher Semyon Lyudvigovich Frank. He was educated and brought up in London, Stratford-upon-Avon and New York. He graduated from Arts Educational Schools in 1982.

Theatre work

Repertory theatre

Richardson has worked in repertory theatre.

West End

From November 2013 until March 2014, he appeared as "Juror 10" in Twelve Angry Men at the Garrick Theatre. From September 2014, he appeared as James Reiss in King Charles III at the Wyndhams Theatre. In 2015 the show won the Olivier Award for Best New Play. Due to Tim Pigott-Smith sustaining a broken collarbone, he took over the lead role of Charles for 5 weeks until Pigott-Smith returned.

Royal Shakespeare Company

From 2003 to 2008, he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company appearing in All's Well That Ends Well with Judi Dench. He took part in the RSC's Histories Ensemble playing in Henry IV, part 1 and 2, Henry V, Henry VI, part 1, 2, and 3 and Richard III which won three Olivier Awards in 2009 for Best Company Performance, Best Revival and Best Costume Design. He returned in 2015 to play Voltore in Volpone with Henry Goodman.