Richard Rankin

Richard Rankin: Biography in Details

Who is Richard Rankin?

Richard Rankin is a theatre actor, Scottish film, and television. He is famous for the Scottish sketch show Burnistoun and Roger Mackenzie Wakefield in the Starz drama Outlander.

How many siblings does Richard Rankin have?

This theatre actor was born on 4 January 1983 as Richard Harris in Rutherglen, Glasgow. His ethnicity is English. He has a brother named Colin Harris.

He spent part of his childhood in the West End of the city before moving to King’s Park when he was ten years old.

He attended Stonelaw High School. Later, he graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University as an IT major.

Richard Rankin: Profession, Career

Richard Rankin began his career in 2006 by starring alongside Robert Florence in VideoGaiden, a Scottish video game show originally aired on BBC Two Scotland. Moreover, he made appearances on episodic Scottish television programs Legit and The Old Guys for the BBC and Taggart for STV between 2007 and 2010.

As well, Rankin starred in the short film Dead Ringer, directed by Carter Ferguson in 2011. Furthermore, in 2014, he was cast as Captain Thomas Gillan by the BBC to star in the WWI-based mini-series The Crimson Field alongside Kevin Doyle and Oona Chaplin.

Brought the announcement that Rankin had been cast as the adult Roger Wakefield in Starz’s time-traveling drama series Outlander in December of 2015. He will return in season four, which premieres on 4 November 2018, with an expanded role in the series. Rankin appeared as Detective Inspector Elliott Carne on the BBC’s crime drama Thirteen later in 2016.

In 2017, Richard Rankin had roles in two BBC productions. The first was the dramatic miniseries The Replacement and the second was a two-episode stint as Father Hrothweard on the historical drama series The Last Kingdom.

To date, he has not got any personal awards for his work. Hope he will soon get the awards.

Richard Rankin: Controversy, Rumor

Once there was Roger and Brianna’s Giant Fight Deviates From the Books in a Pretty Awful Way which leads to controversy.

How much does Richard Rankin earn?

Richard Rankin gets a huge amount of money from his work but has been hiding the information away from the media and the public. As of 2023, he has an estimated net worth of $12 million.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Richard Rankin is an attractive man with blonde hair and blue eyes. Besides, he is 6 feet tall with an unknown body mass.

Social Media

Richard Rankin is active on Twitter with more than 72k followers, Instagram with more than 37k followers rather than on Facebook.

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