Richard Madden Net Worth 2022 -Bio, Salary, Biggest Awards

Last Updated on February 18, 2022

The enigmatic bodyguard, the unassailable King of the North, or the ardent Romeo – in the British actor Richard Madden all these characters get along very organically, and yet he used to be a shy and overweight boy, but managed to become a movie star. “Game of Thrones”, “The Medici”, ” Eternals” – not a complete list of sensational projects with his participation. He has a net worth of more than $8 million.

Net Worth	8 000 000 $
Born	18 June 1986 ,Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Residence	–
Occupation	Actor

Early Ages

Richard Madden was born in the Scottish village of Eldersley on June 18, 1986. Madden’s father worked as a fireman, and his mother took care of the household and the children, Richard and his sisters, the eldest and youngest. In 1997, she took a job teaching at her son’s junior high school, which he had by then graduated from. Madden grew up a very shy child, despite the fact that his hippie parents always had many guests in their house and some very strange people among their friends. But while he wasn’t afraid to talk to grown-ups, at school in the neighboring village of Paisley he was too shy to even begin a conversation with his peers. He had complexes because of his obesity and often became the object of ridicule.

Richard escaped from the children’s cruelty in the world of cinema. So, on the day of his grandfather’s funeral, he watched “Taxi Driver” Scorsese and “Shallow Grave” – his parents were busy and could not ban these, in their opinion, too mature for him movies. Parents were advised to give Richard in the theater studio, so he overcame excessive modesty. To do creative work Richard liked, but in the theater club bullying continued. But the choice was this: to do in the drama school Paisley, or not to do at all, since in their area there were no similar sections.

But on stage, the boy overcame shyness and showed extraordinary for a child’s artistry. Madden was appreciated by film producers, and in 1999 he got his first TV role – in the movie “The Accomplices” with Johnny Lee Miller and Brian Cox, adaptation of the novel by Ian Banks. Richard’s character is a teenage rape survivor. Also in 1999, he received a leading role in the children′s series “Boomerang Aunt Barmi, where he appeared for two more years

I must say that the debut in the movie did not add to his popularity among his classmates. On the contrary: because of poor diet on the set, he gained a lot of weight, which, coupled with his role as a rape victim was the cause of severe bullying, especially in high school.

Work in the theater

Theater instantly captivated Richard. He lost weight in a short time, not wanting to be an object of new ridicule. Hard study at the Academy Madden combined with performances on stage – he agreed even to small roles in productions, starred in commercials. These efforts paid off: the game Richard in the play “Fool” has provided an incredible success for the play. At first the production was shown in the Scottish theater, and then decided to send on tour in London.

There, in 2005, Madden and noticed the famous English theater Globe. They instantly discerned talent of the young actor and made him a flattering offer – to join their troupe. Richard refused, deciding that he first had to finish his studies, and returned to Glasgow.

Back in London, Madden came in late 2006. The Globe” had not forgotten about the actor and invited him to play the main male role in the new production of “Romeo and Juliet. A few months later, Richard was already on the main stage in London in a play on the tragedy of Shakespeare. And in the summer of 2007, 21-year-old Madden in the role of Romeo has toured with the troupe all central venues of Great Britain.

Work in the cinema

The actor did not leave attempts to return to the screens. In 2009, he played a small role in the psychological horror “Chat”, where the main character was embodied by Aaron Johnson. And in 2011, he found himself in a key project for his career – the TV series “Game of Thrones”. Madden was assigned one of the most important roles – the eldest son of the Stark family, Robb, who, after the death of his father should become King of the North.

The first season of the project became extraordinarily popular, but critics were ambivalent about Madden’s character. In the frame, he lost out to the more flamboyant Kit Harington, the Stark bastard whose role was more multifaceted. That all changed by the third season. Fans recognized that Madden began to behave more confidently in the frame and appreciated his on-screen duet with his partner – Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter Oona.

The bloody death of the characters at the end of the third season broke the hearts of Richard’s fans. But the actor himself later admitted that he left the show in time. Many of his colleagues, “stuck” in the storyline for almost 10 years, hard to end “Game of Thrones” and became hostage to one role, including both Keith Harrington and Emilia Clarke.

Madden, on the other hand, felt a career takeoff after “Thrones.” In 2015, he brought to the screen the classic image of the handsome prince in director Kenneth Branagh’s new “Cinderella.” Here Richard benefited from the whole story of Romeo in love, which he once convincingly played in the theater. On the same set, he met notable actors from Cate Blanchett to Stellan Skarsgard. Madden took the role seriously: in his spare time from filming, he honed his riding skills and learned how to handle a sword.

In the same year, he appeared in another romantic film, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. And in 2016, he tried his hand in the action film genre, playing alongside Idris Elba in the movie “Cool Measures.” A few months later, he returned to costume drama, playing the lead role – Cosimo de Medici – in the series “Medici”.

An entirely new character was offered to Richard in 2018 by showrunner Jed Mercurio. He wrote the script for a political thriller about the bodyguard of a female minister suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The six-episode project “The Bodyguard” was a success on BBC One that same year. The series has been compared to “Game of Thrones” in popularity with the audience: each series gathered at the screens the biggest audience for the BBC over the past nine years. And Madden even predicted the role of the next James Bond.

His acting was also noted by critics, awarding Richard with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Series for 2018. That same year, he was already in full swing learning how to walk in low heels and bright suits in the fashion of the 70s. The actor got one of the lead roles in the biopic Rocketman about the life of Elton John. Richard tried on the role of John Reed, Elton’s music manager, with whom Madden was related by Scottish descent.

The film, released in 2019, turned out to be scandalous – the creators were criticized for promoting same-sex relationships and scenes with the use of illegal substances. And the controversial story of an uneasy relationship between a musician and his manager provoked rumors about the actors’ non-traditional orientation.
In the same year, Richard could be seen in Sam Mendes’ massive war film “1917” as Lieutenant Blake.

Marvel Studios’ Eternals | Final Trailer

In 2021, another blockbuster from the Marvel Cinematic Universe was released – the film “The Eternals,” which tells the story of a group of ancient super gods looking out for and protecting humans. Richard played one of the main characters, the deity Icaris.

On the set, he met up again with former “Game of Thrones” colleague Keith Harington, who in the story is not a god at all, but a man who happens to be in an ongoing catastrophe on Earth. The cast of the project was incredibly “starry” – with Richard played by Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Salma Hayek and others.

Richard Madden girlfriend

After the success of Game of Thrones, Madden immediately began to be listed as one of Scotland’s sexiest men, along with James McAvoy and Gerard Butler. The paparazzi followed him around, eager to find out who the bachelor’s heart belongs to.
At the dawn of success, in 2011, Richard was dating an actress from the TV series “Doctor Who” Jenna Coleman. The affair lasted four years. Insiders claimed that the actors were preparing for a wedding, but in 2015, the couple announced that they were breaking up.

Richard was then credited with brief affairs with model Sookie Waterhouse and reporter Laura Whitmore. And in 2017, he was first spotted on vacation with young actress Ellie Bamber. Their romance ended in a breakup in early 2019: Sources reported that the relationship failed the test of strength because of Madden’s growing popularity after the release of “Bodyguard”

In 2020, fans of Richard’s work speculated that his heart was occupied by his “Cinderella” movie partner Lily James. The reason for such rumors were joint photos of the actors.

The star of “Game of Thrones” in interviews tries to avoid questions about personal life. So even to rumors of homosexuality and suspicion of a romantic relationship with a partner in the movie “Rocketman” Brandon Flynn, Richard reacted calmly.