Richard Armitage is known for his role as Thorin Oakenshield in the "Hobbit" movie trilogy.

He played Heinz Kruger in the movie "Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)" and King Oleron in "Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "Macbeth (2001)", "Frozen (2005)", "Malice Aforethought (2005)", "Miss Marie Lloyd (2007)", "The Crucible (2014)", "Urban & the Shed Crew (2015)", "Brain on Fire (2016)", "Pilgrimage (2017)".

He played John Thornton in the BBC TV miniseries "North & South (2004)", Guy of Gisborne on the BBC TV show "Robin Hood (2006-2009)", John Porter on the Sky1 TV show "Strike Back: Project Dawn (2011)" and Daniel Miller on the Epix TV show "Berlin Station (2016-)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Cleopatra", "Doctors", "Casualty", "Sparkhouse", "Cold Feet", "Ultimate Force", "Between the Sheets", "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", "The Golden Hour", "ShakespeaRe-Told", "The Impressionists", "The Vicar of Dibley", "Inspector George Gently", "Agatha Christie's Marple", "Moving On", "MI-5" and "Hannibal".

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