Richard Leaf (born 1 January 1967) is an English actor.

Richard Leaf
Born (1967-01-01) 1 January 1967 (age 57)
England
OccupationActor
Years active1986–2019
SpouseTamsin Greig (m. 1997)
Children3

He has had several small parts in television and stage productions. Leaf met actress Tamsin Greig at a wrap party after Neil Gaiman's 1996 miniseries Neverwhere finished recording.[1] They married in 1997 and they have three children.[2][3] The actor is notable for his role as the Duke of York, nephew of King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. He appeared as Hannibal Lecter's father in the 2007 film Hannibal Rising.[4] He also appeared as John Dawlish, an Auror, in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,[5] and portrayed Jack, the bartender of the Cloverdilly public house, in the 2006 film, Penelope.

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1995BraveheartDuke of York
Jack and SarahStoned Man
Cutthroat IslandSnake the Lookout
1996Mary ReillyScreaming Girl's Father
1997The Fifth ElementNeighbour
This Is the SeaPastor Lamthorn
A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continuaCapo esercito inglese
1999The Messenger: The Story of Joan of ArcConscience - Young Man
2000BestConstable Davies
Maybe BabyJustin Cocker
2001EnigmaBaxter
2003The OrderSin Eater at St. Peters
2004Agatha ChristieGunmanEpisode "A Life in Pictures"
2005DerailedNight Clerk Ray
2006PenelopeJack the Bartender
2007Hannibal RisingFather Lecter
Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixJohn Dawlish
2008Captain Eager and the Mark of VothColonel Regamun
2011Midsomer MurdersEvan Jago"The Sleeper Under the Hill"
2011Stop the WorldDirector and writer; short film
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References

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  1. ^ Mountford, Fiona (12 August 2012). "'Intriguing isn't it?': Tamsin Greig mulls over life's mysteries". The Independent. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Tamsin Greig on Friday Night Dinner series two, going grey and growing up". Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ Llewellyn Smith, Julia (2 September 2017). "Tamsin Greig: 'I'm 51, but I feel like an idiot teenager'". The Times. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ^ "BBC Three - Hannibal Rising". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ Gates, Anita (4 August 2017). "Robert Hardy, a Frequent Churchill and a 'Potter' Wizard, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2020.