Derek Riddell
Derek Riddell (born 11 January 1967) is a Scottish television and theatre actor. He is best known for the portrayal of Richard Cawood in the BBC One television series Happy Valley. He is also known for Gentleman Jack, Industry and The Missing. He has guest-starred in Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Silent Witness, Waterloo Road, and Shetland. Riddell was born in Glasgow, the son of teacher and former actress Hope Ross and former St Mirren and Berwick Rangers footballer Ian Riddell. He graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a degree in business, before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1990.
Acting
Movie
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
as Torquil Travers
2018
TV
Doctor Who
as Sir Robert
2005
Movie
Mary Shelley
as William Baxter
2017
TV
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
as Lachlan Weaver
2008
TV
Bodies
as Chief Inspector Calloway
2023
TV
Happy Valley
as Richard Cawood
2014
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Des McCordell
1997
TV
Death in Paradise
as Patrick Knight
2011
TV
Ugly Betty
as Stuart
2006
TV
Industry
as Clement Cowan
2020
TV
Gunpowder
as King James I
2017
TV
Gentleman Jack
as Captain Sutherland
2019
TV
Shetland
as Chris Brooks
2013
TV
Ripper Street
as Constantine
2012
TV
Spooks
as Steven
2002
TV
Casualty
as Jeff Marriot
1986
TV
A Confession
as Pete
2019
TV
Hard Sun
as DCS Roland Bell
2018
TV
Law & Order: UK
2009
TV
Crime
as Richie Gulliver
2021
TV
W1A
as Clive Cook
2014
Movie
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as Parson
2007
TV
Five Days
as Nick Durden
2007
TV
The Virgin Queen
as Sir Walter Raleigh
2006