Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer (born 11 November 1969) is an actor, playwright and screenwriter from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Beric Dondarrion in the HBO television series Game of Thrones and Dan Anderssen in Sky Atlantic\'s Fortitude.\n', ' Dormer was born in Portadown, Northern Ireland. He studied at the RADA school of acting in London.[citation needed] After living and working in London, he returned to Northern Ireland. He lives in Belfast and is married to director Rachel O\'Riordan.\n', ' Dormer gained recognition following his performance as Northern Irish snooker star Alex Higgins in Hurricane in 2003, which he wrote and starred in. Dormer won The Stage award for best actor in 2003.[not in citation given] In 2004 Dormer won the Irish Times Best Actor Award for his performance in Frank McGuinness\'s Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and in 2005 completed a season with Sir Peter Hall at the Theatre Royal and starred in Bath as Antonio in William Shakespeare\'s Measure for Measure, Jean in August Strindberg\'s Miss Julie and in a production of Samuel Beckett\'s Waiting for Godot.\n', '