Richard Rankin

At 41 years old, Richard Rankin has this physical status:

Career

Rankin began his career in 2006 by appearing alongside Robert Florence in VideoGaiden, a Scottish video game competition series that premiered on BBC Two Scotland. He appeared on episodic Scottish television shows Legit (2006) and The Old Guys (2010) for STV between 2007 and 2010. Burnistoun, the Scottish sketch comedy film that premiered in 2009 and appeared in three BBC Two Scotland episodes, also starred Rankin in various roles.

In the WWI-based mini-series The Crimson Field, two years later, Rankin was cast as lovelorn Army Captain Thomas Gillan, alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin. In April 2014, the show aired on BBC One, but only for one series. In January 2015, he appeared in BBC One's crime drama series Silent Witness, starring Detective Inspector Luke Nelson in series eighteen's two-part story "Angels." The episode was based on a series of murders on the London Underground, the investigation of which brought up enigmatic childhood memories of his father's murder brought up disturbing childhood memories of his father's murder. Although the series was cancelled after season one, Rankin went on to guest star in two episodes of NBC's conspiracy thriller American Odyssey as corporate hit man Haney.

In 2015's third series of her anthology drama The Syndicate, writer Kay Mellor adapted Sean McGary for Rankin, shifting the role from a Northerner to a Scot. The game was based on a group of coworkers who win the lottery, with Rankin portraying the gamekeeper of struggling Englishmanor Hazelwood. In the same year, BBC One's four-part crime drama From Darkness saw Rankin portray Norrie Duncan, husband to Anne-Marie Duff's ex-Manchester cop Claire Church.

Rankin had been cast in Starz' time-traveling drama series Outlander, which is based on Diana Gabaldon's best-selling book series, in December 2015. Rankin's character is the love interest of Brianna Randall Fraser, who first appeared in the 2016 season two finale and then again in several episodes of season three. He appeared in seasons four and five, which premiered on November 4, 2018 and 14 February 2020, respectively, with an extended and recurring role. On the BBC's crime drama Thirteen, Rankin appeared as Detective Elliott Carne later this year. The series was centered on Ivy Moxam (Jodie Comer), a teenage girl kidnapped and held for thirteen years as she sought to reconnect with the life she once lived.

In 2017, Rankin appeared in two BBC shows. The first was the dramatic miniseries The Replacement, which centered on Ellen (Morven Christie), who was concerned about maternity leave and the effects it had on her work. In the three-part film, Rankin played her psychiatrist husband. Father Hrothweard appeared in BBC Two's historical drama The Saxon Chronicles, based on Bernard Cornwell's collection of novels entitled The Saxon Stories.

In episode twenty of ITV's long-running crime drama Midsomer Murders, which premiered in the United States in 2018 shortly before its launch in the United Kingdom, ranked in episode four as rugby actor Danny Wickham. Dr. Alex Kiernan, a neurobiologist, appeared in two series two of BBC One's Trust Me in 2019. With Rankin appearing Alfred Enoch, Ashley Jensen, and John Hannah in the medical thriller, the second series, which began filming in Glasgow, Scotland, featured a complete recasting from series one.

In July 2020, Rankin appeared in Scenes for Survival, a series of short theatrical performances filmed in quarantine, which was produced as a result of a worldwide epidemic of COVID-19. Rankin appears in the episode titled The Longest Summer, a man recalling his childhood summers and including a title song written by Noisemaker and performed by Rankin. The song was later released as a single to raise funds for the Scenes for Survival Hardship Fund, which supports artists who were hardest by the pandemic.

With 2011's short Dead Ringer directed by Carter Ferguson, Rankin appeared in his first film role. The film was shot, edited, and shot in a forty-eight hours at the Glasgow 48 Hour Film Project, winning many accolades, including Best Director and Best Actor for Rankin. In February 2014, he would appear in House of He, an ultra low-budget horror film that was shown at the Glasgow Film Festival. The film had a budget of around £900 and starred many of his Burnistoun colleagues, including Kirsty Strain and Louise Stewart. Rankin appeared in John Wells' film Burnt next year, as well as Bradley Cooper. In Chlo Wicks' The Wyrd, the tale of a young couple in seventh century pagan England dealing with the introduction of Christianity, Rankin appeared in short films in 2016. In 2021, it was announced that Rankin would appear in Hello, Muscles, alongside Game of Thrones alumni Kate Dickie, as part of a movement to increase concern among young carers (caregivers).

In 2008, when still attending Langside College, Rankin played Bothwell in Liz Lochhead's play Mary Queen of Scots Chopped Off at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. In the dark comedy The Pillowman from XLC Productions, he was cast opposite his brother Colin Harris next year. In September of this year, the production, which first appeared in March 2009, was invited back to the Citizen's Theatre for a second run. In 2010 Stephen McDonagh's Irish paramilitary drama The Lieutenant of Inishmore was played by Donny before he appeared in the National Theatre of Scotland's production of Gregory Burke's military play Black Watch. The play chronicled the lives of members of Scotland's senior infantry regiment during the war in Iraq and was the first from National Theatre of Scotland to tour internationally, in places such as Belfast, New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco.

Rankin will work with the Traverse Theatre for the next two years, first in David Harrower's short film Good With People, which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2012), and then in Irish playwright David Ireland's comedy Most Favoured (2013). In 2014, he will appear in Kieran Hurley's play Bruises as one of the Royal Court Theatre's Unusual Unions series as one of two brothers with diametrically opposed views in a long absence. In late 2021, Rankin returned to the stage at London's Almeida Theatre, winning director Yal Farber's production of Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Macbeth. For his role as Ross in the role, he was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Role in a Male Identifying Role.

In early 2019, Rankin appeared as Jack in BBC Radio Scotland's four-part Saddled, a comedy centered on The Easy Rider Cycling Club's members' adventures.

"Atlantic: A Scottish Tale" was produced by the Big Light in collaboration with musical theatre partner Noisemaker. The series was based on the final settlers of St. Kilda, Scotland's remote island, with Rankin appearing as Sloane Sinclaire.

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