Richard Goulding (born 1980/1981)[1] is a British actor, best known for playing Prince Harry in the 2014 stage play King Charles III, and its 2017 BBC TV adaptation, as well as in 2016 television series The Windsors.[2]

Education

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Goulding was educated at Shrewsbury School, Oxford University, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Career

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Goulding is a visiting director at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and at which he appeared as Ivor Gurney in A Soldier and a Maker in 2012.[3] His other stage work includes The Seagull (2007–2008) and A Mad World My Masters (2013[4]) for the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Way of the World at the Sheffield Crucible (2012[5]), both runs of Posh (2010 and 2012), the 2012 King Lear at the Almeida Theatre and the 2013 Titus Andronicus and A Mad World My Masters with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Film and television work has included The Iron Lady, Foyle's War and Fresh Meat.

In 2019, he appeared as Boris Johnson in Toby Haynes's Channel 4 production, Brexit: The Uncivil War, and as Daniel Radcliffe in the satirical comedy, Island of Dreams.[6] In 2021 he played David Boutflour in the Netflix series White House Farm.

Theatre

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Year Title Role Theatre Notes
2007 King Lear cast Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Trevor Nunn
2007 The Seagull Konstantin Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Trevor Nunn
2008 An English Tragedy John Amery Watford Palace Theatre
2009 The Elephant in the Room Will New Wimbledon Theatre
2010 Posh George Royal Court
2011 Edgar and Annabel Tony Royal National Theatre
2011 There is a War John Royal National Theatre
2011 Good Freddie Manchester Royal Exchange
2012 The Way of the World Sir Wilful Sheffield Crucible
2012 A Soldier and a Maker Ivor Gurney Barbican
2012 Posh George Duke of York's Theatre
2013 King Lear Edgar Almeida Theatre
2013 Candide Playwright / Screenwriter Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre
2013 Titus Andronicus Bassianus Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre
2013 A Mad World My Masters Dick Follywit Royal Shakespeare Company
2014–15 King Charles III Prince Harry Almeida Theatre & Wyndham's Theatre Nominated for the Olivier Award: Best Supporting Actor
2015–16 King Charles III Prince Harry Music Box Theatre Nominated for the Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play
2016 They Drink It in the Congo Tony Almeida Theatre

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 King Lear Messenger TV movie directed by Trevor Nunn
2011 The Iron Lady Naval Attaché
2015 Queen of the Desert Havenhurst
2016 Me Before You Freddie Foster
2021 Benediction George Sassoon
2023 Wicked Little Letters Mr. Scales
2024 Scoop Stewart MacLean

Television

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Year Title Role Channel
2009–10 M.I.High Maurice Hutchinson CBBC (2 episodes)
2010 Foyle's War Jack Stanford ITV (1 episode)
2011 Doctors Adam Dukes BBC1 (1 episode)
2014 Ripper Street Edgar Morton BBC
2016 Fresh Meat Tomothy Channel 4
2016–18, 2023 The Windsors Prince Harry Channel 4
2017 King Charles III Prince Harry BBC2
2019 Brexit: The Uncivil War Boris Johnson Channel 4 / HBO
2020 Belgravia Oliver Trenchard ITV / EPIX
2020 The Crown Edward Adeane Netflix (5 episodes)
2021 A Very British Scandal Charles Jauncey BBC One (2 episodes)
2024 Belgravia: The Next Chapter Oliver Trenchard

References

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  1. ^ Finlay Greig (5 July 2017). "The actor who has played Prince Harry – twice – on The Windsors and King Charles III". inews. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Richard Goulding says he's 'good at being posh'". Evening Standard. 16 December 2016.
  3. ^ Iain Burnside presents A Soldier and a Maker Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "A Mad World My Masters | RSC". Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  5. ^ Turner, Laura (9 February 2012). "Review: The Way of the World".
  6. ^ Michael Hogan (3 January 2019). "Island of Dreams, review: Richard Branson makes an easy target in scurrilous sitcom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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