Richard Wright-Firth

Richard Wright-Firth is a British actor, director, voice-over artist and dialogue coach, born in Norwich, England.

He moved to Botswana at the age of 12 and completed high school in Gaborone, before returning to England, where he graduated with a first class degree from The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2002.

Upon graduating, Richard joined the BBC’s Radio Drama Company, having been awarded a contract as part of winning the 2002 Carleton Hobbs Award. After leaving the Radio Drama Company he continued to work as a freelance actor for the BBC Radio Department, completing over thirty radio plays. Notable work included voicing Pantalaimon in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, William in Mansfield Park with David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch, Ansel in 3 series of Snap for BBC Scotland, Mick Walker in David Copperfield and Thomas Gradgrind in Hard Times.

Alongside his work at the BBC, Richard returned to Italia Conti as their Head of Radio and Recorded Voice, and director of final year radio drama productions.

Richard is also an accomplished theatre performer with over twenty productions under his belt, in various theatres across the UK. These include Cassius in Julius Caesar, Eilif in Mother Courage and her Children, Mech and Mjurk in Baal, The Reverend Eli Jenkins in Under Milk Wood, Wilson in Joe Orton’s Ruffian on the Stair and Robert Syverton in They Shoot Horses Don’t They at the Landor Theatre, London.

Richard trained in rapier and dagger, single dagger, broadsword and shield as well as unarmed combat with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat and was fight coordinator on Macbeth at the Teatro Technis.

He was a member of To Be Frank, an improvisation and devising company in Liverpool for two years, headed by director and actor, Tina Malone of Shameless fame.

In 2008 he moved to Cape Town, South Africa.

His TV and film credits include Muldoon in Starz Original series, Black Sails, Dave in Slumber Party Massacre, Maskey in Resident Evil on Netflix, Callum in Warrior, Petty Officer Ukkari in One Piece, Pinkerton in Lincoln on the History Channel, Saints and Strangers, Modder and Bloed (Blood and Glory), SAF3 and The Sinking of the Laconia, as well as several short films.

He has featured in a number of commercials, including Hidden Valley Ranch dressing, MTN, KitKat, Euromillions, First National Bank, B&Q, Crown Royal Whiskey, Walker’s Crisps and New York Pizza.

Richard has narrated several film documentaries, including the 2010 World Cup Megastructures and Cruise Ship Diaries 2 for National Geographic, The Secret Life of the Circler and Chameleons of the World for the Natural History Unit Africa and Birdmen Racing for Discovery. His commercial voice over credits include, Carling Black Label, Volkswagen, J&B Met, Design Indaba, Cape Town Tourism, American Express, Rimmel, Audi and MWEB. Richard also does voice dubbing for foreign films, voices training manuals for the hotel industry and audio books.

He is a dialogue and accent coach for stage and screen, specialising in British dialects. Credits include Vagrant Queen for SyFy and Noughts and Crosses for BBC drama.

He has worked as a freelance director on several South African theatre productions including the critically acclaimed Understudy Blues, Court and Sasolburg Common Birds of South Africa for Canned Rice Productions, a creative enterprise with South African actress, Candice van Litsenborgh.