Richard Brake
| Richard Brake | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Colin Brake 30 November 1964 Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality | Welsh American |
| Education | Western Reserve Academy |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Richard Colin Brake (born 30 November 1964)[1] is a Welsh-American actor, known for portraying Joe Chill in Batman Begins and the Night's King in Game of Thrones.
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Early life
Brake was born in Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, United Kingdom to Welsh parents, and grew up in the US states of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Ohio. In 1967, he and his family immigrated to the United States, where they first settled in Atlanta. He attended Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio and trained in The Science of Acting[2] under the technique's founder, and founding Principal of The Academy of the Science of Acting and Directing,[3][4] Sam Kogan. He also studied acting in New York City at the Michael Chekhov Studio under Beatrice Straight.
Acting career
Having appeared in numerous productions (including brief appearances in Cold Mountain and Munich), Brake achieved his first significant role in mainstream cinema being cast as Joe Chill in Christopher Nolan's 2005 film, Batman Begins. In this film (as in most versions of the Batman comic series), his character is the criminal who murdered Bruce Wayne's parents, effectively starting him on his path to becoming Batman.
Following this, Brake appeared as the warped Portman in Doom, with Karl Urban and The Rock. Brake also made a cameo appearance in the video for Muse's "Knights of Cydonia", playing a villainous sheriff in a strange futuristic western. He then played the villain Bobby De Witt in The Black Dahlia, and appears in 2007's Hannibal Rising as Dortlich, one of the war criminals who murders young Hannibal Lecter's sister.[5]
In September 2007, Brake appeared on stage at the Young Vic in The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. The production was directed by Matthew Dunster.
Returning to film, his next starring role was that of Prior in Outpost from director Steve Barker.[6] Brake starred in Craig Singer's Perkins' 14, which was featured in the After Dark Horrorfest film festival.[7] In 2009, Brake appeared as Gary Scott in Rob Zombie's Halloween II,[8] a sequel to his remake of Halloween – a role he garnered based on a personal recommendation to Rob Zombie from Sid Haig.[9]
He has also appeared in several British television shows including M.I. High, Keen Eddie and Jeeves and Wooster, as well as the American television show Cold Case.
Brake portrayed a captain in the einherjar in the 2013 film Thor: The Dark World.[10] In March 2015 Rob Zombie casted Brake as killer Doom-Head in the horror film 31, which will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016.[11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Death Machine | Scott Ridley | |
| 1996 | Subterfuge | Pierce Tencil | |
| 1996 | Virtual Terror | Steve Baker | |
| 1997 | Deus Volt | Bishop Von Match | |
| 2003 | Cold Mountain | Nym | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Joe Chill | |
| 2005 | Doom | Corporal Dean Portman | |
| 2005 | Munich | Belligerent American | |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia | Bobby DeWitt | |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Enrikas Dortlich | |
| 2008 | Outpost | Prior | |
| 2009 | Cuckoo | Lone Wolf | |
| 2009 | Halloween II | Gary Scott | |
| 2009 | Perkins' 14 | Ronald Perkins | |
| 2010 | Legacy | Scott O'Keefe | |
| 2011 | Detention | Mr. Nolan | |
| 2011 | Good Day for It | Norman Tyrus | |
| 2011 | The Incident | Harry Green | Also known as Asylum Blackout |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants | Grady | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | Second Man | |
| 2013 | The Numbers Station | Max | |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Einherjar Captain | |
| 2014 | Set Fire to the Stars | Mr. Unlucky | |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | The Interrogator | |
| 2015 | Spy | Solsa Dudaev | |
| 2015 | The Cannibal in the Jungle | Dr. Timothy Darrow | |
| 2015 | The Chameleon | Detective Brady | |
| 2016 | 31 | Doom-Head | |
| 2016 | Bitter Harvest | Medved | |
| 2016 | Payne & Redemption | Lenny | filming |
| 2016 | Extinction | Wrath | pre-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Reporter | Episode: "Lady Florence Craye Arrives in New York (or, the Once and Future Ex)" | |
| 2004 | Keen Eddie | "Dutch" Mike Vanderlay | Episode: "Sticky Fingers" | |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Rich Kiesel | Episode: "Mind Games" | |
| 2009 | M.I. High | Georgi | Episode: "Family Tree" | |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | John Bordinay | Episode: "Ambush" | |
| 2010 | The Deep | McIndoe | 3 episodes | |
| 2011 | Above Suspicion | Marshall / Alexander Fitzpatrick | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Mob City | Terry Mandel | 5 episodes | |
| 2014 | The Assets | Agent Waters | Episode: "Trip to Vienna" | |
| 2014–2015 | Game of Thrones | The Night's King | 2 episodes | |
| 2015 | Grimm | Hunter | Episode: "Bad Luck" | |
| 2015 | The Bastard Executioner | Baron Edwin Pryce | 3 episodes |
Video Game
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Juiced | TK | Voice |
Music Video
| Released | Band | Song Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Muse | "Knights of Cydonia" | Sheriff Baron Klaus Rottingham |
References
- ↑ Richard Brake at the Internet Movie Database
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