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Richard Rankin Biography

Richard Rankin is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on January 4, 1983 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Rankin is most well-known for his work as a Scottish TV sketch comedian, Burnistoun, and his portrayal of Captain Thomas Gillan in the BBC One historical series The Crimson Field. He is also known for his recurring roles in American Odyssey and The Syndicate.

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Richard Rankin (born Richard Harris on 4 January 1983) is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for the Scottish sketch show Burnistoun and as Roger Mackenzie Wakefield in the Starz drama Outlander.

Rankin began his professional career in 2006 by starring alongside Robert Florence in VideoGaiden, a Scottish video game show originally aired on BBC Two Scotland. Between 2007 and 2010 he made appearances on episodic Scottish television programs Legit (2007) and The Old Guys (2009) for the BBC and Taggart (2010) for STV. The Scottish sketch comedy series Burnistoun, which premiered in 2009 and ran for three series on BBC Two Scotland, featured Rankin in various roles.

Richard Harris was born Richard Harris. Richard Rankin is his mother’s maiden surname. He was raised in Rutherglen (Scotland) with his brother, Colin Harris.

NameRichard Rankin
First NameRichard
Last NameRankin
OccupationTv Actor
BirthdayJanuary 4
Birth Year1983
Place of BirthGlasgow
Home TownScotland
Birth CountryUnited Kingdom
Birth SignCapricorn
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SiblingsColin Harris
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Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Rankin starred in his first film role with 2011’s short Dead Ringer, directed by Carter Ferguson. Conceived, written, and filmed in a forty-eight hour period, the film won several awards, including Best Director and Best Actor for Rankin, at the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project. He would go on to star in an ultra low-budget horror film, House of Him, which was released during the Glasgow Film Festival, in February 2014. The film had a budget of approximately £900 and starred many of his Burnistoun colleagues, including Kirsty Strain and Louise Stewart. The next year Rankin was cast in John Well’s film Burnt, alongside Bradley Cooper. Returning to short films in 2016, Rankin starred as Vance in Chloë Wicks’ The Wyrd, the story of a young couple in seventh century pagan England dealing with the introduction of Christianity.

Richard Rankin Net Worth

Richard Rankin is one of the richest Tv Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Rankin's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Langside College in Glasgow (Scotland) and made his TV acting debut in an episode of VideoGaiden in 2006.

His film credits include roles as Adam Jones (2015) and The House of Him (2014).

Rankin was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1983 and spent part of his childhood in the West End of the city before moving to King’s Park when he was ten, eventually attending Stonelaw High School. One of four boys born to a father on the police force and a mother in the hotel industry, he originally planned a career in the sciences or Information Technology.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeTV Actor
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

2012 would see Rankin cast in two stage productions. The first was David Harrower’s short play Good With People, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Traverse Theatre. Second was the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Gregory Burke’s military play Black Watch, which chronicled the experiences of members of Scotland’s senior infantry regiment during the war in Iraq. The production was the first from National Theatre of Scotland to tour internationally, performing in locations such as Belfast, New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco.

Two years later Rankin was cast as lovelorn Army Captain Thomas Gillan, alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin, in the WWI based mini-series The Crimson Field . The program aired on BBC One in April 2014, but only ran for one series. He joined the cast of BBC One’s crime drama series Silent Witness in January 2015, starring as Detective Inspector Luke Nelson in series eighteen’s two-part story “Falling Angels”. The episode focused on a series of murders on the London Underground, the investigation of which brought up mysterious childhood memories of his father’s murder. Rankin went on to guest star in two episodes of NBC’s conspiracy thriller American Odyssey as corporate hit man Haney, though the series was cancelled after season one.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In 2008, while still in school at Langside College, Rankin portrayed Bothwell in Liz Lochhead’s play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off at the Citizen’s Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. The next year he was cast, opposite his brother Colin Harris, in the dark comedy The Pillowman for XLC Productions. The production, which originally ran in March 2009, was invited to return to the Citizen’s Theatre for a second run in September of that year. Early 2010 saw Rankin star as Donny in Martin McDonagh’s Irish paramilitary play The Lieutenant of Inishmore.

Rankin had roles in two BBC productions in 2017. First was the dramatic miniseries The Replacement, which revolved around Ellen (Morven Christie), who was dealing with maternity leave and the effects it was having on her career. Rankin played her psychiatrist husband in the three part series. The second was a two episode stint as Father Hrothweard in BBC Two’s historical drama The Last Kingdom, which was based upon Bernard Cornwell’s series of novels entitled The Saxon Stories.

Who is Richard Rankin Dating?

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Writer Kay Mellor tailored the role of Sean McGary for Rankin, changing the character from a Northerner to a Scot, in 2015’s third series of her anthology drama The Syndicate. The series followed a group of colleagues who win the lottery, with Rankin portraying the gamekeeper of struggling English manor Hazelwood. That same year, BBC One’s four part crime drama From Darkness saw Rankin portray Norrie Duncan, husband to Anne-Marie Duff’s ex-Manchester cop Claire Church.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Rankin celebrates birthday on January 4 of every year.

Series twenty of ITV’s long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders, which premiered in the United States in 2018 prior to its release in the UK, featured Rankin in episode four as rugby star Danny Wickham. In 2019 Rankin starred in series two of BBC One’s drama Trust Me as neurologist Dr. Alex Kiernan. The second series, which began filming in Glasgow, Scotland in September 2018, featured a complete recasting from series one, with Rankin joining Alfred Enoch, Ashley Jensen, and John Hannah in the medical thriller.

Did they change the actor for Roger in Outlander?

Scottish actor Richard Rankin portrays Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in the Outlander television series. Scottish actor Rory Burns portrays young Roger in the series.

Who is Richard Rankin in Macbeth?

YearTitleRole
2012Good With PeopleEvan
2013Most FavouredMike
2014Unusual Unions: BruisesFreddie
2021The Tragedy of MacbethRoss

How old is Roger on Outlander?

Brianna and Roger’s ages in ‘Outlander’ Skelton is 27 years old, and Rankin is 38. But their characters are closer than age than they are. According to author Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander timeline, Roger was born in 1941.

How old is Richard Rankin?

39 years (January 4, 1983)

Are Bree and Roger related?

So, while Roger is related to Dougal, it is many times removed. That means that while Bree and Roger are related in Outlander, they are distant cousins.

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