Actor
Derek Riddell
January 11, 1967 · Glasgow, Scotland
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.
Notable work
6.8Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
as Torquil Travers
7.6Doctor Who (2005)
as Sir Robert
7Mary Shelley (2017)
as William Baxter
7.5Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
as Lachlan Weaver
7.1Bodies (2023)
as Chief Inspector Calloway
7.9Happy Valley (2014)
as Richard Cawood
7.5Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Des McCordell
7.4Death in Paradise (2011)
as Patrick Knight
Often works with
David Tennant
2 titles together
Doctor Who, W1A
Bradley Walsh
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Law & Order: UK
Freema Agyeman
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Law & Order: UK
Siobhan Finneran
2 titles together
Happy Valley, A Confession
George Costigan
2 titles together
Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack
Vincent Franklin
2 titles together
Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack
Full filmography · 51
Boarders
as Bernard
20245.6
Bodies
as Chief Inspector Calloway
20237.1
Payback
as DCI Adam Guthrie
20236.4
Crime
as Richie Gulliver
20216.5
Industry
as Clement Cowan
20206.8
A Confession
as Pete
20197
Gentleman Jack
as Captain Sutherland
20197.8
Hard Sun
as DCS Roland Bell
20186.3
Gunpowder
as King James I
20176.8
Undercover
as Paul Brightman
20166.5
Happy Valley
as Richard Cawood
20147.9
W1A
as Clive Cook
20147.7