Richard Hawley (actor)

Richard Hawley
Born
Richard Roland Hawley

(1955-08-13) 13 August 1955
OccupationActor
Years active1981–
Known forDave Matthews in Family Affairs (1998–2000, 2003–2005)
Johnny Connor in Coronation Street (2015–2021)

Richard Roland Hawley (born 13 August 1955) is a British actor, best known for his work in Grushko, Prime Suspect, Family Affairs, as well as Alex, the Deputy Prime Minister in Love Actually, and Johnny Connor in Coronation Street.[1] He has done voice work in the video game ZombiU as The Prepper, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt portraying the character Sigi Reuven, known better as Sigismund Dijkstra.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Stormy Monday Weegee's Manager
1991 Forgetting Short film
1992 Papierowe malzenstwo Red
1994 Captives Sexton
1994 A Man You Don't Meet Everyday Jim
1998 Get Real English Teacher
1999 Kid in the Corner Chris Joyce
2002 Cup and Lip Gary Short film
2003 Love Actually Alex - Prime Minister
2005 Richard III William, Lord Hastings
2005 The Cross of Joshua Home Joshua Home Short film
2009 Hero Michael Short film
2009 Stranded Rob Short film
2013 The Best Years Detective Sergeant Torks
2021 Palamós Terry Short film
2022 Last Man Back Dominic O'Driscoll Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991–1995 Prime Suspect Detective Constable Richard Haskons
1994 Grushko Dzhumber 3 episodes
1998–2000,
2003–2005
Family Affairs Dave Matthews
2015–2021 Coronation Street Johnny Connor

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings King Ziggy, Thirteen, Carduin English version
2011 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Sidonus
2012 ZombiU The Prepper
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Dijikstra, Caleb Menge, Francis Bedlam English version

References

  1. ^ "Coronation Street star Richard Hawley reveals his dad's 10-year battle with Alzheimer's". Manchester Evening News. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Richard Hawley (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 13 June 2019.