Richard Ridings (born 19 September 1958) is a British actor. He has a significant number of acting roles to his name, appearing in television, in film, on stage and as a voice-over artist for cartoons and computer games. He was a series regular on Fat Friends and Common as Muck. He has several notable appearances in the science fiction and fantasy genre, appearing in Red Dwarf, Highlander: The Series and Merlin. He has lent his voice-over talents to computer games such as Fable II, Killzone 2, Quake III: Arena and Dungeon Keeper and its sequel.
In Game of Thrones Ridings plays the role of Gared. He was confirmed in the role on 20 October 2009.