Richard Short (actor)

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 USA and UK. On Broadway, he was a member of the 2011 company of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre.

Richard Short
Short circa 2006 or 2008
Born	(1975-10-08) 8 October 1975 (age 47) South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Teresa Palladino-Short ​ ​ (m. 2004)​

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.

Early life

Short was born in South Shields, England,^[7] to Margaret Mooney and pipefitter Richard Short. He has two sisters, one half sister and one half brother. He grew up in South Shields and was educated at Highfield Infants School, then at the Cheviot Junior School; Broadmere Middle School, Woking; Holy Trinity School, Guildford, Surrey; Bishop David Brown School, Woking; and King Edward's School, Witley, Surrey. At Brooklands College, Weybridge, Surrey, he studied film and theatre, but left college to pursue acting full-time when he was 20 years old.

Career

As a teenager Short joined the Woking Young Players and performed in several productions, including Ways and Means, Hair, The Boyfriend and many more. In 1996 Short began performing professionally on the stage as Johnny Casino^[8] in Grease. For two years he was in the UK tour of the original cast and appeared at the Opera House, Manchester, the Playhouse, Edinburgh, the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and the Empire Theatre, Liverpool. He then joined the production in the West End at the Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden, London, until the show closed in 1999. Short was a part of the London Shakespeare Workshops^[9] from 1999–2001 and appeared in Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III and Twelfth Night with guests such as Sam West, Mark Rylance, Richard Dreyfuss and Fenella Fielding.

Short toured the UK in The Real Monty (as Nobby) from 2001–02, Macbeth (as Macduff) from 2003–04 and in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Demetrius) from 2003-04. Short moved to the United States soon after.

In 2006 he landed his first American stage role, understudying the part of Sloane in the play Entertaining Mr. Sloane opposite Alec Baldwin, directed by Scott Ellis at the Roundabout Theatre. In 2007 Short appeared in the Vineyard Theatre's successful off-Broadway production of J.M. Barrie's Mary Rose, opposite Keir Dullea and Paige Howard, as an Australian World War I veteran.^[10][11]

He followed this with Wasps in Bed at Theatre Row and the successful Bay Street Theatre production of The Night Season opposite Katherine Helmond, Michael O'Keefe and David Patrick Kelly, directed by Lonny Price. In 2007 he was cast in his first American television show, Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Privilege".

Short broke into film with the acclaimed independent director Tom DiCillo in Delirious opposite Steve Buscemi and Alison Lohman.^[12][13] The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Short was back at Sundance the following year in The Guitar, directed by Amy Redford. He returned to the television screen in both New Amsterdam in the episode "A Soldier's Heart" and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode "Avatar". He adopted an American accent in 2008 in both The King of Shadows by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa at the Working Theatre and Choose. For the 1930s crime drama Public Enemies, Short had to adopt an American accent to play FBI agent Samuel P. Cowley, the man who brought down Baby Face Nelson, played by Stephen Graham. Short worked with Christian Bale, who stars as agent Melvin Purvis.

In the spring of 2009 he wrapped Cafe, a feature film directed by Marc Erlbaum and shot in Philadelphia. Short plays a writer opposite star Jennifer Love Hewitt. Cafe was released in the USA and Europe in 2011. Short was in the feature film The Exhibitionists for director Michael Melamedoff, released in 2013. In 2014 he was cast in three independent films: Cockroaches in Los Angeles and The Butterflies of Bill Baker and A New York Love Story,^[14] shot in New York City.

Short is represented by Innovative Artists and manager Jennifer Wiley-Stockton.

Writing

Short became the football writer during the 2010 FIFA World Cup exclusively for Menshealth.com. Articles can be found at: http://blogs.menshealth.com/football-fever/

Advertising

Short has worked on several commercials in the UK and Ireland, as well as recorded voiceovers and jingles. Among his commercial credits:

• 2000 "Home" (Director: Syd McCartney)
• 2002 "Pay Attention or Pay The Price" campaign

Personal life

Short is married to Teresa Palladino-Short. They reside in Los Angeles.

Short has run in several marathons and half-marathons to raise money for charity, such as:

• 2005 New York Marathon, New York
• 2003 Great North Run, Newcastle upon Tyne
• 2003 Great South Run, Portsmouth

In football, he supports Sunderland A.F.C. and South Shields F.C.^[15]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Delirious	Jace Hipley	Sundance 2007; American Film Debut
	Deception	Desk Clerk	Directed by Marcel Langenegger
2008	The Guitar	Loser Musician	Sundance 2008; Directed by Amy Redford
2009	Public Enemies	Samuel P. Cowley	Directed by Michael Mann
	Choose	Benson	Directed by Marcus Graves
2011	Cafe	Writer	Producers Sean Covel, Chris Wyatt and J. Andrew Greenblatt
2012	The Exhibitionists	Walter Todd	Directed by Michael Melamedoff
2013	The Butterflies of Bill Baker	Mac	Directed by Sania Jhankar
2015	A New York Love Story	The Painter	Directed by Apolla Echino
	Cockroaches	Johnny Slim	Directed by Christoffer Aldell
	Not Welcome	Terry	Directed by Marc Sloboda
2016	Crazy Famous	Smith	Directed by Paul Jarrett
2017	The Dare	Adam Heinz	Directed by Giles Alderson
2020	Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot	King Arthur	Directed by Giles Alderson
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Siward	Directed by Joel Coen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dylan Mercer	Episode "Privilege"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Erik Winton	Episode "Avatar"
2008	New Amsterdam	Robert Camp	Episode "A Soldier's Heart"
2009	Bored to Death	Vincent	HBO series written by Jonathan Ames; executive producer Troy Miller
	Fringe	Bob Dunn	Episode "Midnight"
2010	Blue Bloods	Lemon	Episode "After Hours"
	Gravity	Spin Guy	Episode "Damn Skippy"
2011	White Collar	Andrew Collins	Episode "What Happens in Burma"
	Vera	Neville Furness	Episode "The Crow Trap" based on the book by Ann Cleeves. Produced by ITV Studios.
2011	American Horror Story	Gary	Episode "Rubber Man"
2013	666 Park Avenue	Harlan Moore	Recurring Episodes
	Covert Affairs	Reese	Recurring Episodes
2015	Agent Carter	Pinky Pinkerton	Episode "The Iron Ceiling"
2016	Vinyl	Billy McVicar	Recurring Episodes
	Training Day	Wikstrom	One episode
	Time After Time	Harper	One episode
2017–2019	Mary Kills People	Desmond "Des" Bennett	Series regular
2018	Code Black	Drake Finn	One episode
2022	‘’Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (TV series) ‘’	Scott Harris	episodes 1-3

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Playwright	Theatre
1996	Grease	Johnny Casino	David Gilmore	Jim Jacobs/Warren Casey	UK Tour
1999	Grease	Johnny Casino	David Gilmore	Jim Jacobs/Warren Casey	Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden
2000	Millennium Dome Show	Actor	Mark Fisher	Peter Gabriel (composer)	Millennium Dome, Greenwich
2001	The Real Monty	Nobby	David Graham		UK Tour
2003	Macbeth	Macduff	Julian Chenery	William Shakespeare	UK Tour
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Demetrius	Julian Chenery	William Shakespeare	UK Tour
2006	Entertaining Mr. Sloane	Sloane (understudy)	Scott Ellis	Joe Orton	Roundabout Theatre Company, NYC
	WASPS in Bed	Cal	Lisa Marie Meller	Nicola Behrman	Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC
	An Evening with Simon Gray	Japes	Simon Gray	Simon Gray	Lincoln Center
2007	The Night Season	John Eastman	Lonny Price	Rebecca Lenkiewicz	Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY ^[16]
	Mary Rose	Harry	Tina Landau	J.M. Barrie	Vineyard Theatre, NYC
2008	Mister Roberts	Wiley/Gerhart	Scott Ellis	Thomas Heggen/Joshua Logan	(Roundabout Theatre Company staged reading) American Airlines Theatre
	King of Shadows	Eric Saunders	Connie Grappo	Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa	Theater for the New City, NYC ^[17]^[18]
2011	Jerusalem	Danny Whitworth	Ian Rickson	Jez Butterworth	Music Box Theatre, NYC
2018	Cleo	Richard Burton	Bob Balaban	Lawrence Wright	Alley Theatre, Houston ^[19]^[20]

References

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. . Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
6. . www.hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008.
7. "Richard Short". IMDb.
8. "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.
9. "The London Shakespeare Workout Homepage".
10. Isherwood, Charles (21 February 2007). "Reviving a Barrie Fantasy Not Called 'Peter Pan'". The New York Times.
11. "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.
12. Holland, Jonathan (4 October 2006). "Delirious". Variety. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
13. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
14. "A NEW YORK LOVE STORY with Courtney Reed Premieres at SOHO Int'l Film Fest Tonight, 5/18".
15. "Hollywood actor throws support behind South Shields FC in Wembley bid | Shields Gazette".
16. "Premiere at Bay Street – theaterlife".
17. Hampton, Wilborn (8 September 2008). "Teenage Runaway's Alternate Universe". The New York Times.
18. "* OFFOFFOFF theater review KING OF SHADOWS play by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Working Theater with Satya Bhabha as Nihar, Kat Foster as Jessica Denomy, Sarah Lord as Sarah Denomy, Richard Short as Eric Saunders".
19. "Liz, at Last!". 12 February 2018.
20. "Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials". 26 March 2018.

External links

• Richard Short at IMDb
• Richard Short Proves His Theatre Credentials (Playbill)
• Mary Kills People’s Richard Short: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me (I'm a Huge Disney Fan!) (US Weekly)
• Short on Fringe episode "Midnight" (YouTube video clip)
• "Pay Attention or Pay The Price" (YouTube video clip)