Richard Dempsey

Richard Dempsey is an English actor.

Career

Dempsey's first role came at the age of 15, when he appeared as Peter Pevensie in the BBC's adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1988. The following year, he appeared in the adaptation of Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. His subsequent TV appearances have included Doc Martin, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Crime Traveller, Island at War and Egypt.
He made his professional stage debut in the role of Jack in the original London production of the musical Into the Woods with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim at The Phoenix Theatre. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama he starred as Nick Piazza in the original cast of West End musical Fame and played Ugly in the original UK production of Honk! He has since performed in a variety of roles in television, film and on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, Michael Grandage Company, Frantic Assembly and Propeller. In the Michael Grandage West End production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, he played Peter Quince. In the 2015 London revival of TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party he played Edward Chamberlain, directed by Abby Wright. In 2022, Dempsey appeared as Nicholas II of Russia in Doctor Who and as Paul Crouch in the world premiere, at London’s Almeida Theatre, of the musical Tammy Faye, written by Elton John, Jake Shears, and James Graham.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988–89	The Chronicles of Narnia	Peter Pevensie	8 episodes
1991	Tonight at 8.30	Alf / Mr Burnham	2 episodes
1993	The Good Guys	Dominic	Episode: "Old School Ties"
1993	Anna Lee	Sam Tulloch	TV movie
1993	The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes	Jack Ferguson	Episode: "The Last Vampyre"
1993	Don't Leave Me This Way	Felix Neil	TV movie
1994	The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries	Patrick	Episode: "Dead Water"
1995	Wycliffe	James Coryn	Episode: "Lost Contact"
1997	Student Prince	Sebastian	TV movie
1997	Crime Traveller	Nicky Robson	8 episodes
1999	Scarlet Pimpernel	Comte de Claris de Florian	TV mini-series
1999	Tilly Trotter	Harry Sopwith	TV mini-series, 2 episodes
1999	Aristocrats	Lord Beaufield	TV mini-series
1999	Wives and Daughters	Mr Bold	TV mini-series
2003–11	Doctors	Gareth Appleton	32 episodes
2004	Island at War	Eugene La Salle
2005	Egypt	William Beechey	TV mini-series, Episode: "The Temple of the Sands"
2005	Peter Warlock, Some Little Joy	Moeran	TV movie
2013	Doc Martin	Colin Westmore	Episode: Departure
2013	Downton Abbey	Footman	Season 4, Episode 8
2013	Dracula	Dewhurst	Episode: "Of Monsters and Men"
2022	Doctor Who	Nicholas II	Episode: "The Power of the Doctor"