Richard Goulding (born 1980/1981)[1] is a British actor, best known for playing Prince Harry in the 2014 stage play King Charles III, and its 2017 BBC TV adaptation, as well as in 2016 television series The Windsors.[2]
Goulding was educated at Shrewsbury School, Oxford University, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Goulding is a visiting director at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and at which he appeared as Ivor Gurney in A Soldier and a Maker in 2012.[3] His other stage work includes The Seagull (2007–2008) and A Mad World My Masters (2013[4]) for the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Way of the World at the Sheffield Crucible (2012[5]), both runs of Posh (2010 and 2012), the 2012 King Lear at the Almeida Theatre and the 2013 Titus Andronicus and A Mad World My Masters with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Film and television work has included The Iron Lady, Foyle's War and Fresh Meat.
In 2019, he appeared as Boris Johnson in Toby Haynes's Channel 4 production, , and as Daniel Radcliffe in the satirical comedy, Island of Dreams.[6] In 2021 he played David Boutflour in the Netflix series White House Farm.
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | King Lear | cast | ||
| 2007 | The Seagull | Konstantin | Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Trevor Nunn | |
| 2008 | An English Tragedy | Watford Palace Theatre | ||
| 2009 | The Elephant in the Room | Will | New Wimbledon Theatre | |
| 2010 | Posh | George | Royal Court | |
| 2011 | Edgar and Annabel | Tony | Royal National Theatre | |
| 2011 | There is a War | John | Royal National Theatre | |
| 2011 | Good | Freddie | Manchester Royal Exchange | |
| 2012 | The Way of the World | Sir Wilful | Sheffield Crucible | |
| 2012 | A Soldier and a Maker | Ivor Gurney | Barbican | |
| 2012 | Posh | George | Duke of York's Theatre | |
| 2013 | King Lear | Edgar | Almeida Theatre | |
| 2013 | Candide | Playwright / Screenwriter | Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre | |
| 2013 | Titus Andronicus | Bassianus | Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre | |
| 2013 | A Mad World My Masters | Dick Follywit | Royal Shakespeare Company | |
| 2014–15 | King Charles III | Nominated for the Olivier Award: Best Supporting Actor | ||
| 2015–16 | King Charles III | Prince Harry | Music Box Theatre | Nominated for the Tony Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play |
| 2016 | They Drink It in the Congo | Tony | Almeida Theatre | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | King Lear | Messenger | TV movie directed by Trevor Nunn | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | Naval Attaché | ||
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert | Havenhurst | ||
| 2016 | Me Before You | Freddie Foster | ||
| 2021 | Benediction | George Sassoon | ||
| 2023 | Wicked Little Letters | Mr. Scales | ||
| 2024 | Scoop | Stewart MacLean |
| Year | Title | Role | Channel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | M.I.High | Maurice Hutchinson | CBBC (2 episodes) | |
| 2010 | Foyle's War | Jack Stanford | ITV (1 episode) | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Adam Dukes | BBC1 (1 episode) | |
| 2014 | Ripper Street | Edgar Morton | BBC | |
| 2016 | Fresh Meat | Tomothy | Channel 4 | |
| 2016–18, 2023 | The Windsors | Prince Harry | Channel 4 | |
| 2017 | King Charles III | Prince Harry | BBC2 | |
| 2019 | Channel 4 / HBO | |||
| 2020 | Belgravia | Oliver Trenchard | ITV / EPIX | |
| 2020 | The Crown | Netflix (5 episodes) | ||
| 2021 | A Very British Scandal | Charles Jauncey | BBC One (2 episodes) | |
| 2024 | Oliver Trenchard |