Richard Braine

Biography

Richard Braine (born 1956) is a British television actor, playwright, and theatre director.

One of his most recognisable roles was that of Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle in the ITV television third and fourth series Jeeves and Wooster based on the P.G. Wodehouse novels. In an earlier episode of the first series, he played the character Rupert Steggles. In Germany, Braine is known for appearing in a series of adverts for the Dinkel-Mini snack, after an outtake of his work on an advert for the brand appeared on a television bloopers programme and he was asked back to appear in subsequent ads.[1]

His varied television career includes parts in EastEnders, Only Fools and Horses, The Brittas Empi...