Line #9 Creator/RichardMadden


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3	Richard Madden (born 18 June 1986 in Elderslie, Scotland) is a Scottish stage, film, and television actor. Starting his career as a child actor in sitcoms, [[StarMakingRole he broke into the public consciousness]] for his portrayal of Robb Stark in Creator/{{HBO}}'s wildly popular ''Series/GameOfThrones''. He would later win the Golden Globe for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for his role as Police Sergeant David Budd in ''[[Series/BodyguardUK2018 Bodyguard]]'' (2018).
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5	!!Selected roles:
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9	* 2010 ''Film/{{Chatroom}}'' as Ripley
10	* 2013 ''A Promise'' as Friedrich Zeitz
11	* 2015 ''Film/{{Cinderella\|2015}}'' as Prince Kit
12	* 2015 ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' as Oliver Mellors
13	* 2016 ''Bastille Day'' as Michael Mason
14	* 2018 ''Ibiza'' as Leo West
15	* 2019 ''Film/{{Rocketman\|2019}}'' as John Reid
16	* 2019 ''[[Film/NineteenSeventeen 1917]]'' as Lieutenant Joseph Blake
17	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2021-present)
18	** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' as [[ComicBook/TheEternals Ikaris]]
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22	* 2009 ''Hope Springs'' as Dean [=McKenzie=]
23	* 2011-2013 ''Series/GameOfThrones'' as Robb Stark
24	* 2011 ''Series/SirensUK'' as Ashley Greenwick
25	* 2012 ''Birdsong'' as Captain Weir
26	* 2014 ''Series/{{Klondike}}'' as Bill Haskell
27	* 2016 ''Series/{{Medici}}'' as Cosimo de' Medici
28	* 2018 ''Series/BodyguardUK2018'' as Sergeant David Budd
29	* 2023 ''Series/Citadel2023'' as Mason Kane
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33	* 2013 ''Videogame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadowMirrorOfFate'' as Trevor Belmont / Alucard
34	* 2014 ''Videogame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' as Alucard
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36	!!Tropes associated with his work:
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38	* ActorInspiredElement:[[invoked]] It was his idea to [[spoiler: have Talisa killed off]] in the Red Wedding (her book counterpart isn't present at the event and simply disappears from the narrative).
39	* CastingGag:[[invoked]] In both ''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''{{Film/Cinderella\|2015}}'' he plays the next in line to the throne who turns down the good political match to MarryForLove with an ImpoverishedPatrician (the only difference being that Talisa was willingly impoverished). There's also the likelihood that ''{{Series/Medici}}'' capitalized on this only to subvert it.
40	* CelebrityResemblance: To Creator/SebastianStan, to the point that a lot of fans mistook [[Film/{{Eternals}} Ikaris]] for [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes Bucky]] and people started making [[https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/p8kkyz/ikaris_meets_bucky_when/ memes]].
41	* CreatorBreakdown:[[invoked]] Admits he sobbed on the plane home after filming the Red Wedding.
42	* FakeAmerican:[[invoked]] In ''Bastille Day''. He's joked that it was easier for his co-stars to understand him in that accent than his own.
43	* FakeBrit:[[invoked]] He's Scottish and for some of his most famous roles, he has affected an English accent. Ranging from OopNorth (''Series/GameOfThrones'') to Received Pronounciation (''{{Film/Cinderella 2015}}'').
44	* MemeAcknowledgement: It's not specific to just him, but he's aware of the "Marvel snipers" meme[[note]]i.e. the widespread joke that Marvel execs will gun down, or otherwise get rid of their actors who spoil upcoming films/say anything bad about them, with Creator/TomHolland being a popular subject of the meme due to his notorious tendency to blab[[/note]]. He's even used the meme verbatim, joking that he's afraid to say anything about ''Eternals'' because "the Marvel snipers might take me out."
45	* MrFanservice: Many of his roles are quick to draw attention to his good looks.
46	* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]]
47	** ''Series/BodyguardUK2018'' by his word was something he was attracted to because it was a difference from playing straightforward heroes in fantasy pieces. It also marked the first major role he got to use his natural accent.
48	** And then there's his turn as a sleazy manipulator in ''{{Film/Rocketman 2019}}''.
49	* WeightWoe: In 2019 he came out and admitted he struggled with body image issues and anxiety about whenever a role required a ShirtlessScene. He was also FormerlyFat in his teen years until he got a role in a play that required nudity.

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