Douglas Reith
Biografia
Douglas Reith is a British actor and teacher. He is best known for his role as Lord Merton in the television series Downton Abbey (2010–2015), as well as its two follow-up films. Reith was born in Melton, Suffolk. He studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He began acting in the late 1970s, beginning with an appearance in International Velvet (1978) alongside Tatum O'Neal and Christopher Plummer. He worked as an announcer and presenter at BBC Radio 3 for five years before leaving to study Greats at Christ Church, Oxford for four years beginning in 1989. He worked as a teacher, including at Westminster School, before resuming his acting career. Reith joined the cast of Downton Abbey as Lord Merton in 2012, and alongside the cast was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards. He reprised the role in the films Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). In 2017, Reith was cast in Tim Burton's live-action remake Dumbo (2019). In 2019, he was cast in SAS: Red Notice (2021).
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Downton Abbey: Wielki finał
Film • 2025
jako Lord Merton
Downton Abbey: Nowa epoka
Film • 2022
jako Lord Merton
The War Below
Film • 2021
jako Field Marshal Haig
SAS: Zamach w Eurotunelu
Film • 2021
jako Sir Charles Whiteside
Profesor T
Serial • 2021
jako Dean
Downton Abbey
Film • 2019
jako Lord Merton
Pandora
Serial • 2019
jako Prescott Fleming
Dumbo
Film • 2019
jako Sotheby
Bez lęku
Serial • 2017
jako Justice Angus Hill
The Crown
Serial • 2016
jako Admiral Leach
Agatha Raisin
Serial • 2016
jako Lord Pendlebury
Les Profs 2
Film • 2015
jako Le chef de la sécurité
Outlander
Serial • 2014
jako Professor Brown
Wyścig
Film • 2013
jako Awards Presenter
W.E. Królewski Romans
Film • 2011
jako Lord Brownlow
Downton Abbey
Serial • 2010
jako Lord Merton
Enid
Film • 2009
jako BBC Interviewer
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Serial • 2006
jako Metellus
Królowa
Film • 2006
jako Lord Airlie
The Queen's Sister
Film • 2005
jako Horace Featherstonehaugh
Elizabeth I
Serial • 2005
jako Jude
Rose and Maloney
Serial • 2002
jako Sir Andrew Ross
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Film • 1998
The Prince and the Pauper
Serial • 1996
jako Chamberlain
Cold Warrior
Serial • 1984
jako Ferris
Amy
Film • 1984
jako Jimmy Martin
An Englishman Abroad
Film • 1983
jako Toby
The Happy Autumn Fields
Film • 1980
jako Fitzgeorge
Minder
Serial • 1979
jako Bellars
International Velvet
Film • 1978
jako Howard
Rentaghost
Serial • 1976
jako Auctioneer
Rumpole of the Bailey
Serial • 1975
jako Sergeant Downs
Playhouse
Serial • 1974
jako Fitzgeorge