Richard Brake

Richard Brake has one of those faces you recognize long before you learn the name, and I mean that as the highest compliment. The Welsh-American actor turned up early as Joe Chill, the man who kills Bruce Wayne's parents in Batman Begins, then quietly became horror's go-to harbinger of dread through films like Mandy and Barbarian. What I find compelling is his late arrival as a lead in Perfect Skin in 2018, after decades of memorable supporting and voice work. He is proof that a character actor's patience pays off, and that menace, delivered well, can be a craft all its own. I keep an eye out for his name now.

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Name (English)

Richard Brake

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ブレイク

Reading

りちゃーど・ぶれいく

Born

November 30, 1964 (age 61)

Origin

Ystrad Mynach, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / voice actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Brake
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1859256

Tags

• actor
• voice actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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