Richard Armitage

Richard Armitage  Born 22 August 1971  Actor

There's something about a bad guy we love to hate or hate to love, but we can't resist and Richard has played an awful number of villains in his career.  Maybe they're not all bad but some of them are a little dark, but he's still smouldering.

He cuts a dashing figure in whatever period costume he's dressed in or just in modern attire.  He was to die for as John Thornton in North and South. Where he cut such a dashing figure and gave Mr Darcy a run for his money in the cravat stakes.  Of course he did!

His deep blue eyes and those far away hypnotizing looks warmed us to him even more.

As Sir Guy Of Gisbourne, in Robin Hood, though you weren't meant to, you just rooted for him to win in every episode.  "Oh what hell for leather" as they say and boy does he look gorgeous in leather! As Richard said, "perhaps we like it because we're not allowed to be bad in real life."  How true.

Can't wait to see him in The Hobbit as the troubled king of the Dwarves.  Perhaps an understatement as he is far from Dwarf-like.

See looks great in casuals too and stripes as well.  Be still my beating heart, for it beats for you!