Richard Lumsden
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Richard Lumsden (born June 24, 1965) trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 1986. He is married to actress Sophie Thompson, the younger sister of actress Emma Thompson.
He currently plays Nathan in Channel 4’s controversial drama Sugar Rush based on the novel by Julie Burchill.
Leading roles in other tv series include Colin in 3 series of Is It Legal? for ITV, Henry in Wonderful You [ITV], Foggy in 2 series of First of the Summer Wine, Charles in All About Me, Nutter in The Sharp End and Roger in The House That Jack Built [all BBC]. Other TV work includes The Croydon Poisonings, Love Soup, Hornblower, People Like Us, Dangerfield, Coogan’s Run, Nelson’s Column, Casualty, Chalk, Doctors, Waterfront Beat, Celeb, The Brittas Empire, One Foot In The Grave and Hardware.
On radio he plays Ray in Clare in the Community. Films include Sense and Sensibility, The Avengers (film), Room To Rent, Silent Cry, Gospel Of John and Attila The Hun.
He performed his own one–man musical play We Could Be Heroes at the Bridewell Theatre in 2004. His repertory theatre work at Stoke-on-Trent & Basingstoke include Master Harold & The Boys, title role in Hamlet, As You Like It, King Lear, A Trip To Scarborough, Amadeus, Juno and the Paycock, Far From The Madding Crowd, Having A Ball, Roche in Rat, In The Skull at Theater Exchange, Minneapolis, and John Thorpe in Northanger Abbey at Greenwich.
His writing work includes a 7-hour drama Wonderful You for ITV [co-written with Chris Niel]and three verse plays for BBC Radio 4: "John Dodd Gets Taken For A Ride" [nominated for the BBC’s Iverson award for new writing], "A Good Place For Fishing" with Anne Reid and "Man in the Moon" with Tom Courtenay [The Guardian and Daily Telegraph's radio Pick-of-the-Week]. Performed readings of his play Skeletons have taken place at Soho Theatre and The Venue in London.
He has composed music for TV and theatre including a full musical score for Alice In Wonderland at the New Victoria Theatre in Stoke, title music for The Morning Show [BBC] and incidental music for Greg Wise’s BBC documentary about the life of Jack Good. He has released two cds with his band Henry Kissing Her - A Little of Who You Fancy [1996] & Pull [2006], and also released a CD of piano music Concert From The Eyrie [2001]
