生于非洲的斯威士兰，原名Richard Grant Esterhuysen，父亲是斯威士兰的教育部长。 理查德从小热爱表演，1981年其父病逝后，他来到伦敦。
2000年12月3日， Susan Lynch荣获三项爱尔兰电影和电视奖项，包括在电影《Nora》的出色表现勇夺最佳女演员奖。
弗兰西斯·巴贝，1958年5月13日出生于英国,斯塔福德郡伍尔弗汉普顿。参演作品有《大侦探波洛探案传奇》、《萨米和罗西被冷落》、《竖起你的耳朵》、《今日剧》等。
A classical actor (and founding member in 1960 of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Richardson earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy, "House of Cards." Uttered in a cut-glass accent, the Machiavellian Prime Minister's sly "You might well think that ... I couldn't possibly comment" became a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s. Richardson's contributions to his art were honored in 1989 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE.) Fittingly, his family had his ashes buried beneath the auditorium of the new Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
