Richard Armitage
Richard Crispin Armitage is a British actor. He is most well known as John Thornton in North and South and as Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood. His notable works include:
- Robin Hood as Sir Guy of Gisbourne.
- North and South as John Thornton.
- Spooks as Lucas North.
- Chris Ryans Strike Back as John Porter.
- The Vicar of Dibley as Harry Kennedy
- Captain America: The First Avenger as Heinz Kruger.
- The Hobbit as Thorin Oakenshield
He also reads audiobooks and once spent six weeks in the circus to get his Equity card at 17.
His fanbase is widely known as the Armitage Army. As the name would imply, they are...ahem...rather militant in their devotion to him.
Name's the Same as Richard Armitage, an American politician who was the Deputy Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005 and leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.