Richard Rankin

Richard Rankin

Born: January 4, 1983
in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Richard Rankin is a Scottish film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for the Scottish sketch show Burnistoun and as Roger Mackenzie Wakefield in the Starz drama Outlander.

Movies for Richard Rankin...

Title: Rebus
Character: DS John Rebus
Released: May 17, 2024
Type: TV
Iconic character John Rebus is reimagined as a younger Detective Sergeant, drawn into a violent criminal conflict that turns personal when his brother Michael, a former soldier, crosses the line into criminality.
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Title: Trust Me
Character: Dr Alex Kiernan
Released: August 8, 2017
Type: TV
A series of gripping thrillers that expose the dark side of the people we trust to care for us - doctors.
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Title: The Replacement
Character: Ian Rooney
Released: February 28, 2017
Type: TV
A woman who goes on maternity leave becomes increasingly paranoid about the motives of the person covering for her.
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Title: Thirteen
Character: DI Elliott Carne
Released: February 28, 2016
Type: TV
Today is the day Ivy Moxham will escape from the cellar that's been her prison for the last 13 years. Today is the day she'll return to her home, to her family, to her life. Today is only the beginning.
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Title: From Darkness
Character: Norrie
Released: October 4, 2015
Type: TV
The story of Claire Church, a former police officer who moves away to the remote Western Isles in an attempt to escape the past and violence that still haunts her. Soon, Claire is pulled back into an investigation she thought she long left behind, by her former lover and colleague DCI John Hind and his new DS Anthony Boyce.
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Burnt
Title: Burnt
Character: Reece Waiter
Released: October 2, 2015
Type: Movie
Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Roger MacKenzie
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Roger Wakefield
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Title: Outlander
Character: Roger Wakefield MacKenzie
Released: August 9, 2014
Type: TV
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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Title: The Crimson Field
Character: Capt Thomas Gillan
Released: April 6, 2014
Type: TV
In a tented field hospital on the coast of France, a team of doctors, nurses and women volunteers work together to heal the bodies and souls of men wounded in the trenches.
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The House of Him
Title: The House of Him
Character: Him
Released: February 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A misogynistic masked killer prepares for the routine slaying of Anna, his 27th victim, in the comfort of his own home. As Anna struggles to break out of the role the killer has chosen for her, the dead women in the walls and floors play a last desperate card.
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Title: The Syndicate
Character: Sean McGary
Released: March 27, 2012
Type: TV
A drama exploring how winning the lottery transforms the lives of ordinary people.
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Title: Burnistoun
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: TV
Burnistoun is a comedy sketch show broadcast by BBC Scotland, written by the Scottish comedians Iain Connell and Robert Florence. The show is produced by The Comedy Unit. Burnistoun is set in a fictional Scottish town/city in the greater Glasgow area. Characters include Kelly McGlade; Burnistoun's answer to Beyoncé; Paul and Walter, the disturbingly odd brothers that run an ice cream van; Jolly Boy John, who tells the things that make him "For Real" to the accompaniment of a happy hardcore soundtrack ; McGregor and Toshan, best friends Scott and Peter and the Burnistoun Butcher, a serial killer who is unhappy with the way he is being portrayed by the media. Connell and Florence have previously written sitcoms Empty and Legit and created characters for Chewin' the Fat and The Karen Dunbar Show. The third series started filming in January 2012 and began its run in August 2012. It has been confirmed on the show's Facebook page that series 3 will be its last.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Danny Wickham
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.