
Richard Short is a British stage, film and television actor as well as a writer about sports and travel.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 8, 1975 (51)
- South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 19 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Richard Short's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 1 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shapeshifter: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Writer in Café (2011)
- Shapeshifteras Walter Todd in The Exhibitionists (2012)
- Shapeshifteras Smith in Crazy Famous (2017)
- Threshold guardianas Des Bennett in Mary Kills People (2017)
- Allyas Adam Heinz in The Dare (2019)
- Heroas King Arthur in Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Richard Short's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 19 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).
- Mary Kills People (2017) · actor · free
- Delirious (2006) · actor · free
- Mysterious Ways (2023) · actor, producer · free
- Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020) · actor · free
- Café (2011) · actor · free
- Crazy Famous (2017) · actor · free
- The Dare (2019) · actor · free
- The Exhibitionists (2012) · actor · free
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Richard Short's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 19 with a MovieCove page.

Mysterious Ways(2023)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Dare(2019)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Not Welcome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Jack Ryan(2018)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Crazy Famous(2017)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Training Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

Mary Kills People(2017)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Vinyl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Butterflies of Bill Baker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Agent Carter(2015)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
The Exhibitionists(2012)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Café(2011)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Vera(2011)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Choose(2011)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Blue Bloods(2010)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
White Collar(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Public Enemies(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Guitar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Fringe(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
New Amsterdam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Delirious(2006)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 1999 to 2023; peak year 2021.
Film career
Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Delirious
- 2020First top-billed film· Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
- 2020Career best· Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Richard Short's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 18th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 19 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 53/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Richard Short's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Richard Short work with?
People who share at least 2 of Richard Short's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Giles Alderson shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Giles AldersonShared titles: Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020), The Dare (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Giles Alderson

Writers
- Jonny GrantShared titles: Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020), The Dare (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Jonny Grant
Cinematographers and editors
- Andrew RodgerShared titles: Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020), The Dare (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Rodger

- Oliver ParkerShared titles: Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot (2020), The Dare (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Oliver Parker
