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Richard Durden is an English actor born in Hendon, Middlesex. He studied at Merton College, Oxford in 1963, where he joined the Experimental Theatre Club alongside future Monty Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones. A classically trained stage actor, he began his London theatre career in 1968 and became a Royal Shakespeare Company ensemble member, playing roles across Shakespeare including Polonius in Hamlet, Malvolio in Twelfth Night and The Duke of Albany in King Lear. On screen he built a long career in British crime and mystery television spanning decades — Poirot, Inspector Morse, Foyle's War, Endeavour, and Wycliffe among many others — alongside period dramas including Wolf Hall, The Borgias, Poldark, and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. His film credits include From Paris with Love and Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker where he played a First Order officer. His real name being Durden-Smith, he performs under the shortened Richard Durden.