Richard Ridings
Acting
Richard John Ridings (born September 19, 1958) is an English actor. He portrayed Alan Ashburn in the ITV television drama Fat Friends, Bernard Green in the BBC One comedy-drama Common as Muck, Mr. Bumble in the BBC series Dickensian, and is the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig. He trained as an actor at Bretton Hall College, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He is the father of singer-songwriter Freya Ridings.
Known for
2025Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
Daddy Pig (voice)
2024Peppa's Cinema Party
Daddy Pig (voice)
2024Peppa Pig: Wedding Party!
Daddy Pig (voice)
2020Peppa Pig: Peppa's Christmas Visit
Daddy Pig (voice)
2019Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun
Daddy Pig (voice)
2019Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Daddy Pig
2017Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience
Daddy Pig (voice)
2016The Carer
Landlord
2015Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots
Daddy Pig (voice)
2013Peppa Pig: The Holiday
Daddy Pig (voice)
2013The Physician
Tough Guy
2012The Scapegoat
Landlord
2011Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Buck
2011Isle of Spagg
Bob / Mel (voice)
2009Creation
Thatcher
2009Faintheart
Collin
2006Amazing Grace
Speaker of the House
2005The Brothers Grimm
Bunst
2005Oliver Twist
Warder
2005Frozen
Lorry Driver
2005ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
Maurice
2003Margery and Gladys
Terry Mason
2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Mr. Monza
2002The Pianist
Mr. Lipa