Richard is an actor, writer and director hailing from London, England. As an actor he has taken lead roles in a range of high profile independent films, including World War I feature film 'Eleven', and Academy Award qualifying short film, 'Whirlpool'. Television includes The Lost Pirate Kingdom on Netflix. His feature film, 'The Reverend and Mrs Simpson', starring Julian Glover is a post-war story tackling racism and bigotry, and is due out this year. It has attracted a renowned international cast and crew to the project, and a lot of interest from industry professionals. As a writer, his feature film script 'Rags to Riches' was adapted for the stage and consequently won the prestigious NDFA awards in the UK for best youth play, as well as earning Richard a best new writer nomination at the Sir Michael Caine Drama Awards that same year. Short film 'Sweet Lies', which Richard wrote and also played the role of Jake in, was named best short film at two major festivals in 2018 alongside a number of nominations in different categories. Richard also received a Best Director award at The Golden State Film Festival for his short 'The Games Children Play', which premiered at Graumans Chinese Theater in Hollywood in March 2019. For more information on Richard's work visit www.imdb.me/richarddeeroberts