Richard Dempsey (born 16 May 1973 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England) is an English actor. Dempsey's first role was at the age of 15, when he was cast as Peter Pevensie, the lead role in the BBC's adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 1988. The following year, he appeared in the adaptation of Prince Caspian. His other UK TV appearances have included The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (The Last Vampyre), Crime Traveller, Island at War and Egypt. In 2011 he played The Rt Hon Gerald Bolingbroke in the Sheffield Crucible's acclaimed production of Me and My Girl.