Richard Madden
Actor · Born June 18, 1986 (40) · Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Golden Globe winner · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body
Richard Madden (born 18 June 1986) is a Scottish actor. He was cast in his first role at age 11 and made his screen acting debut in 2000. He later began performing on stage whilst a student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. In 2007, he toured with Shakespeare's Globe company as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, a role he reprised in the West End in 2016. Madden rose to fame by portraying Robb Stark in the fantasy drama series Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2013. Madden subsequently played Prince Kit in the romantic fantasy film Cinderella (2015) and Italian banker Cosimo de' Medici in the first season of the historical fiction series Medici (2016). In 2018, he gained acclaim for his performance as a police officer in the thriller series Bodyguard, for which he won a Golden Globe Award. The following year, Madden was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time. He had supporting roles as music manager John Reid in the biopic Rocketman and Lieutenant Blake in the war film 1917. He has since starred as Ikaris in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals (2021) and as a spy in the action thriller Citadel (2023–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Madden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 18, 1986 (40)
- Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Actor
- 18 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
Known for
What are Richard Madden's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
Light 3 · Serious 6 · Dark 3
A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 5
Steady 3 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2
A split, not a type: Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 3
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 12 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Friedrich Zeitz in A Promise (2013)
- Allyas Prince in Cinderella (2015)
- Allyas Oliver Mellors in Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)
- Heroas Michael Mason in The Take (2016)
- Heroas Romeo in Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)
- Heroas Agent Ross in Electric Dreams (2017)
- Shapeshifteras Leo West in Ibiza (2018)
- Heroas David Budd in Bodyguard (2018)
- Shadowas John Reid in Rocketman (2019)
- Shadowas Ikaris in Eternals (2021)
- Heroas Mason Kane in Citadel (2023)
- Shadowas Elias 'Leonidas' in Killer Heat (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Richard Madden's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Richard Madden's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
29 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Killer Heat(2024)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Citadel(2023)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Eternals(2021)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
1917(2019)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Rocketman(2019)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Harry Birrell Presents: Films of Love & War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Bodyguard(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Ibiza(2018)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Electric Dreams(2017)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Oasis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Oasis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Medici(2016)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Take(2016)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Group B (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Lady Chatterley's Lover(2015)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Cinderella(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Klondike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
A Promise(2013)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Birdsong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Strays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Sirens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Game of Thrones(2011)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Chatroom(2010)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Worried About the Boy(2010)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Hope Springs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Complicity(2000)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all filmsTrauma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
TRINITY (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles, 27 of them dated from 2000 to 2024; peak year 2020.
Film career
Peak 2020 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2010Screen debut· Worried About the Boy
- 2011Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Game of Thrones
- 2015First top-billed film· Lady Chatterley's Lover
- 2021Career best· Eternals
- 2023Career best· Citadel
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
a Golden Globe from 4 major nominations, 2012–2019.
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Richard Madden's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 13; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Richard Madden's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Richard Madden work with?
People who share at least 2 of Richard Madden's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kenneth Branagh shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Kenneth BranaghShared titles: Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016), Cinderella (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Kenneth Branagh
Writers
- Jed MercurioShared titles: Bodyguard (2018), Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jed Mercurio
Actors
- Derek JacobiShared titles: Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016), Cinderella (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Derek Jacobi
- Lily JamesShared titles: Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016), Cinderella (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lily James
- Holliday GraingerShared titles: Cinderella (2015), Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Holliday Grainger
Composers and editors
- Steve SingletonShared titles: Bodyguard (2018), Lady Chatterley's Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Singleton
- Patrick DoyleShared titles: Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016), Cinderella (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Patrick Doyle
