
Acting
Richard Teverson
Richard Teverson is a British actor, 6′ 0″ (183 cm) tall, whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly confirmed in major sources. He read History at Durham University and has been active since the late 1980s, with a career spanning film, television, and theatre. He is represented by Eamonn Bedford, and in parallel with his acting career he has worked as a role player, facilitator, and coach in business for over 13 years. His most notable television credits include Dr. Ryder in Downton Abbey (2012–2015, 3 episodes), Colin Tennant in The Crown (2019, 2 episodes, Netflix), Chief of Staff in Secret Invasion (2023, 2 episodes, Marvel), a Doctor in Taboo (2017, with Tom Hardy), David Laws in Coalition (2015), and Roddy Fitzware in Spies of Warsaw (2013). His film credits include Cousin Jasper in Brideshead Revisited (2008, with Matt Smith and Bill Nighy), Detective Watson in Red Joan (2018, with Cate Blanchett), and a BBC Interviewer in The Mercy (2018, with Colin Firth). On stage he has performed in The Libertine (West End, 2016), Witness for the Prosecution (West End, 2021), Fallen Angels (West End, 2025), Cymbeline (Shakespeare's Globe), and Lady Chatterley's Lover (Sheffield Crucible). In video games he voiced Malavai Quinn in Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011–2017) and Otto Wolfgang Ort-Meyer in Hitman 2 (2018).
Filmography

Babies
Series · 2026

A Very Royal Scandal
Series · 2024

Secret Invasion
Series · 2023

This England
Series · 2022

Whiskey Cavalier
Series · 2019

The Mercy
Film · 2018

Red Joan
Film · 2018

Taboo
Series · 2017

The Crown
Series · 2016

Coalition
Film · 2015

Jamaica Inn
Series · 2014

Dancing on the Edge
Series · 2013

Private Peaceful
Film · 2012

Call the Midwife
Series · 2012

Downton Abbey
Series · 2010

Upstairs Downstairs
Series · 2010

Brideshead Revisited
Film · 2008

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
