Richard Leaf
# Richard Leaf

Richard Leaf (born 1 January 1967) is an English actor.

He has had several small parts in television and stage productions. Leaf met actress Tamsin Greig at a wrap party after Neil Gaiman's 1996 miniseries Neverwhere finished recording. They married in 1997 and they have three children. The actor is notable for his role as the Duke of York, nephew of King Edward I in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. He appeared as Hannibal Lecter's father in the 2007 film Hannibal Rising. He also appeared as John Dawlish, an Auror, in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and portrayed Jack, the bartender of the Cloverdilly public house, in the 2006 film, Penelope.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | Braveheart | Duke of York | |
| 1995 | Jack and Sarah | Stoned Man | |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Snake the Lookout | |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Screaming Girl's Father | |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Neighbour | |
| 1997 | This Is the Sea | Pastor Lamthorn | |
| 1997 | A spasso nel tempo - L'avventura continua | Capo esercito inglese | |
| 1999 | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Conscience - Young Man | |
| 2000 | Best | Constable Davies | |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | Justin Cocker | |
| 2001 | Enigma | Baxter | |
| 2003 | The Order | Sin Eater at St. Peters | |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie | Gunman | Episode "A Life in Pictures" |
| 2005 | Derailed | Night Clerk Ray | |
| 2006 | Penelope | Jack the Bartender | |
| 2007 | Hannibal Rising | Father Lecter | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | John Dawlish | |
| 2008 | Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth | Colonel Regamun | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Evan Jago | "The Sleeper Under the Hill" |
| 2011 | Stop the World | — | Director and writer; short film |
