他曾经是Coupling 里的第六维搞笑天才——Jeffrey Murdock 。为了不被喜剧定型，他第四季就闪人了。最新作品为碟形世界之Going Postal。
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.
塞缪尔·巴奈特生于英国伦敦，后再北约克郡的小镇惠特白长大，父亲有着波兰犹太人血统，母亲是贵格会教徒。
