Richard Madden

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.

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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 40)

Origin

Elderslie, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

High school

Castlehead High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Madden
• 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%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510848

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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