Portrait of Richard Bremmer

Richard Bremmer

Acting

Biography

Richard Bremmer (born January 27, 1953) is an English actor. Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire. Bremmer first began his career in the short film of Couples and Robbers before being in his first full-length film The Girl with Brains in Her Feet. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (with the footage he appears in being reused in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). He was cast as Skeld in The 13th Warrior and also appeared in the 2004 film Viper in the Fist, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin. Bremmer's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, King Lear and MacBeth. He has appeared in movies such as the 2014 biographical drama Mr. Turner, the 2015 adventure-drama In the Heart of the Sea, the 2007 biographical drama Control, the 2003 action comedy Shanghai Knights and the 2001 comedy film Just Visiting. His television credits include the fantasy drama series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, the historical drama series The Borgias, the adventure-drama series Crusoe, and the docudrama Dunkirk.

Born: January 27, 1953

Place of Birth: Warwickshire, England, UK

Filmography

2022
Flux Gourmet

as Dr. Glock

2020
The Third Day

as The Father

2019
The Song of Names

as Billy the Busker

2019
2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as First Order Officer

2018
In Fabric

as Mr. Lundy

2018
The Alienist

as Mortician

2016
2015
In the Heart of the Sea

as Benjamin Fuller

2014
Mr. Turner

as George Jones

2013
Murder on the Home Front

as Charlie Maxton

2013
Murder on the Home Front

as Charlie Maxton

2012
Les Misérables

as Ensemble 'At the End of the Day'

2012
2012
The Hollow Crown

as Abbot of Westminster

2011
2011
Macbeth

as Duncan / Porter / Doctor

2010
Volpone

as Volpone

2007
Control

as Ian's Father

2007
Kingdom

as Stan Geddick

2004
Viper in the Fist

as Abbé Traquet

2003
The Order

as Bookstore Owner

2003
To Kill a King

as Abraham

2003
2003
Shanghai Knights

as Master at Arms

2002
Half Past Dead

as Sonny Eckvall

2001
Just Visiting

as King Henrik

1999
Onegin

as Diplomat at Ball

1999
The 13th Warrior

as Skeld (Superstitious)

1998
Crime and Punishment

as Arkady Ivanovich

1997
Richard II

as Henry Bolingbroke

1993
Scarlet and Black

as Laughing Coachman

1993
Peak Practice

as Nick Bowman

1991
Performance

as Henry Bolingbroke

1986
Zastrozzi: A Romance

as Petrol Attendent

1984
1983
By the Sword Divided

as Escort Commander

1983
Made in Britain

as Policeman