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Full Name  Richard Harris
Role  Film actor
Occupation  Actor, comedian
Height  1.83 m
Years active  2003-present
Siblings  Colin Harris
Name  Richard Rankin

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Born  4 January 1983 (age 40) (1983-01-04) Rutherglen, Scotland
Movies and TV shows  The Crimson Field, The Syndicate, Burnistoun, The House of Him, Taggart


Similar  Tobias Menzies, Sam Heughan, David Berry (actor)

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Richard Rankin (born Richard Harris on 4 January 1983) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Scottish sketch show Burnistoun and as Captain Thomas Gillan in the BBC One war drama The Crimson Field. He is also known for playing DI Elliot Carne in BBC Three drama Thirteen.

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Early life

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Rankin was born Richard Harris in Glasgow in 1983 and grew up in Rutherglen. Upon becoming an actor, he began using his mother's maiden name, Rankin, to prevent confusion with Irish actor Richard Harris. He enrolled at Langside College with his brother and fellow actor Colin Harris.

Career

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Rankin first came to prominence with Robert Florence, starring alongside him in VideoGaiden and Burnistoun. After brief appearances on Scottish television shows such as Taggart and Legit, he was approached by the BBC to star as Captain Thomas Gillan in a mini-series called The Crimson Field alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin. The series aired on BBC One on in April 2014. He also starred in a low-budget horror film, House of Him, which was released during the Glasgow Film Festival in February 2014. The film had a budget of approximately £900 and starred many of his old Burnistoun colleagues, including Robert Florence, Kirsty Strain and Louise Stewart.

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In January 2015, Rankin joined the cast of the BBC One crime drama series Silent Witness in the two-part story "Falling Angels", playing Detective Inspector Luke Nelson. In December of the same year, it was announced that Rankin had been cast as Roger Wakefield in the Starz series Outlander.

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Theatre

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  • The Lieutenant of Inishmore
  • The Pillowman
  • Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  • Celts in Seville
  • Black Watch

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    References

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