Richard Short (actor)

Richard Short
Short circa 2006 or 2008
Born (1975-10-08) 8 October 1975 (age 49)
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Teresa Palladino-Short
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(m. 2004)​

Richard Ian Porterfield Short (born 8 October 1975) is an English actor based in Los Angeles. He is starring in the 2017 TV drama series Mary Kills People.[1] In 2017 he appeared in the independent film The Dare and in 2016 Crazy Famous. On television he has had recurring roles on Vinyl and Covert Affairs[2] and has appeared on American Horror Story, White Collar, and Blue Bloods. Short has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows in the US and UK. On Broadway, he was a member of the 2011 company of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre.

In January 2018 Short was nominated for Best Lead Actor, Drama Series,[3] from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for his performance on Mary Kills People.

He began acting with the Woking Youth Theatre in Woking, Surrey in 1992, and made his professional stage debut in the original UK cast of Grease in 1996. His first American film was Delirious, directed by Tom DiCillo, in 2007. That same year also saw Short make his American TV debut on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2009, he appeared in the big-budget crime drama Public Enemies,[4] directed by Michael Mann. Short also appeared opposite Kevin Pollak in the 2011 film Choose[5] and the HBO series Bored to Death[6] with Jason Schwartzman.

  1. ^ "Mary Kills People's Richard Short: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me". 21 April 2017.
  2. ^ "'Covert Affairs', 'Wayward Pines' Add Actors". 8 August 2013.
  3. ^ "2018 TV Nominees".
  4. ^ "Shields actor's blockbuster debut with Johnny Depp", by Angela Reed, The Shields Gazette, accessed 5 July 2009.
  5. ^ "'Traveling' screenwriters producing thriller - the Screening Log - Movie Reviews Film Trailers Box Office Reports". Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  6. ^ "HBO loads up on laughs". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.