Derek Riddell
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
A Previous Engagement
2009
Forgiven
2007
The Project
2002
Much Ado About Nothing
2005
Micro Men
2009
Bad Sugar
2012
National Theatre Live: Till The Stars Come Down
2024
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
Mary Shelley
2017
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
2007
Tumshie McFadgen's Bid for Ultimate Bliss
2004
Meat the Campbells
2005
The Christmas Quest
2024
Taggart
1983
The Book Group
2002
Five Days
2007
Ugly Betty
2006
Law & Order: UK
2009
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Payback
2023
Trust Me
2009
A Confession
2019
Doctor Who
2005
Happy Valley
2014
Spooks
2002
Garrow's Law
2009
Undercover
2016
Crime
2021
Urban Gothic
2000
Strathblair
1992
Ripper Street
2012
Casualty
1986
Bodies
2023
Hard Sun
2018
The Virgin Queen
2006
W1A
2014
Gunpowder
2017
Frankie
2013
The Field of Blood
2011
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008
Gentleman Jack
2019
State of Mind
2007
Midsomer Murders
1997
Secrets and Words
2012
Death in Paradise
2011
Shetland
2013
The Village
2013
Industry
2020
No Angels
2004
M.I. High
2007
Boarders
2024