Richard's theatre credits include Ben and Imo (Royal Shakespeare Company), Watch on the Rhine (Donmar), Twelfth Night (National Theatre), Hamlet (World Tour), Of Mice and Men (UK Tour), The Mousetrap (West End and Asian Tour), Wind in the Willows (New Vic, Stoke), A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Rose Theatre, Kingston), After the Dance, As You Like It, Suddenly Last Summer, Lady of the Lake and Enlightenment (Theatre by the Lake, Keswick), Pictures of Dorian Gray, For Services Rendered (Jermyn Street Theatre), Home Death (Finborough Theatre), Bliss Bear (Arcola Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night (Guildford Shakespeare Company).

His television and film credits include Gandhi Before India, Ragdoll, Game Over, and Best Man.