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My Take
What strikes me most about Richard Madden is how thoroughly the stage shaped him before the cameras ever did. Cast in his first role at eleven, trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, touring the world as Romeo with Shakespeare's Globe — that is an old-fashioned actor's apprenticeship, and it shows in the stillness he brings to the screen. I love that he returned to Romeo in the West End in 2016, nearly a decade later; few actors get to revisit a role with that kind of symmetry. Beneath the leading-man looks, I see a theatre craftsman first, and that is why I trust him in anything.
Overview
Richard Madden (born 18 June 1986) is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000. He later began performing on stage while a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2007, he toured with Shakespeare's Globe company as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, a role he reprised in the West End in 2016.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Madden
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・マッデン
- Reading
- りちゃーど・まっでん
- Born
- June 18, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Elderslie, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Castlehead High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.