Richard Madden is a Scottish actor, born on June 18, 1986, in Elderslie, Renfrewshire. He performed on stage while studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he graduated in 2007. His screen acting debut was in Complicity (2000). He won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama for Bodyguard (2018). He's known for Game of Thrones (2011-2013), Cinderella (2015), and Rocketman (2019).