Gethin David L. Anthony (born 9 October 1983) is an English television and film actor best known for his role as Renly Baratheon for the first two seasons of Game of Thrones.
Gethin Anthony | |
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 Anthony at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund | |
| Born | 9 October 1983 Stratford-upon-Avon, England |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Early life and education
editAnthony was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.[1]
He attended Ashton Hayes Primary School in Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, Christ Church Primary School in New Malden, and the Tiffin School in Kingston-Upon-Thames. He received a scholarship for a summer programme at the British American Drama Academy in London from July to August 2004.
Anthony went on to study English Literature at Oxford University's Balliol College, appeared in numerous student productions (notably in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Oxford Playhouse[2]), and was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, before training at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3]
Career
editAnthony played Grigory[4] in Boris Godunov at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon from November 2012 to March 2013.[5]
He had guest roles in the series Ten Days to War and Doctors, and played William in the 2014 film Copenhagen.[6] His most notable roles are Renly Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones[7][8][9] and Charles Manson in the NBC series Aquarius.[10][11][12] In 2017, he voiced the character of Gil Brodie in the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda,[13] and appeared in a play A Lie of the Mind at Southwark Playhouse in London with Robert Lonsdale and Kate Fahy.[14] He also starred in Call the Midwife in 2014, in the role of George Saint.
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Pinochet's Last Stand | William Straw | Debut, TV film[15] |
| 2008 | Beyond the Rave | Noddy | Short |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | 1st Pilot | TV film |
| 2012 | Narcopolis | Herb | |
| 2014 | Copenhagen | William | |
| Alt | Danny | TV film | |
| We Are Monsters | Maurice Travis | ||
| 2017 | Solace | Man | Short film |
| First Kill | Levi Barrett | ||
| Kodachrome | Jasper | ||
| Hi-Lo Joe | Alex | ||
| 2018 | Dead In A Week (or your money back) | Charlie | |
| Vita and Virginia | Clive Bell | ||
| Firestorm | Sam Scott | TV film | |
| Fell: Nothing Could Have Survived This | Short film | ||
| O Christmas Tree | Craig | Short film | |
| Tahiti | Marcus | Short film | |
| 2019 | Welcome to the Powder Keg | Tommy | Short film |
| Around the Sun | Bernard | ||
| Angel Hunter | Tyro | Short film | |
| 2020 | Rival | Short film | |
| Freedom of the People | William Walwyn | Short film | |
| Firestorm: Wake Up Call | Sam Scott | Short film | |
| Knuckledust | Jeremiah | ||
| Limbo | Tom Murphy | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Holby City | Drew Kramer | Episode: "Yesterday Once More" | |
| 2007 | Doctors | Dave Jones | Episode: "A Sting in the Tai" | |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Minister's Aid | Episode: "These Things Are Always Chaos" | |
| 2011–2012 | Game of Thrones | Renly Baratheon | Recurring role; 8 episodes (seasons 1–2) | [16] |
| 2014 | Call the Midwife | George Saint | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 7" | |
| 2015–2016 | Aquarius | Charles Manson | Series regular, 30 episodes | [17] |
| 2019 | The Magicians | Enyalius | Episodes: "The Serpent" & "All That Hard, Glossy Armor" | |
| 2020 | Manhunt: Unabomber | Jack Brennan | Series regular, 10 episodes |
Video games
edit| Year | Game | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | ||
| 2013 | Cloud Chamber | Max | |
| 2014 | Dragon Age: Inquisition | Imshael/Ser Morris/Red Templar | |
| 2016 | Quantum Break | Jack Joyce Prototype #2 | |
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Gil Brodie[18] | |
| 2019 | Anthem | Freelancer Diggs/Lancer Hawking |
Stage
edit- Theatre 503/Latitude's Carrot as Alex
- Theatre Royal Northampton's In Praise of Love as Joey
- High Tide/Old Vic Tunnels's Ditch as James
- Birmingham Rep Theatre's Cling to Me Like Ivy as Patrick
- Hampstead Theatre's What Fatima Did as George
- The Old Red Lion's Fairytaleheart as Gideon.
- Tristan Bates Theatre's Death of Cool as Richie
- Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays
- Old Fire Station Theatre's Some Voices as Ray
- Oxford Playhouse's Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano
- Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon's Boris Godunov as Grigoriy Otrepyev, later Dmitriy, the Pretender
Audio
edit- BBC Radio 4's Small Acts of Kindness as Charlie
- BBC Radio 4's Severed Threads as Jones
- Radio Static's The Minister of Chance as Sutu
- BBC's Legsy Gets a Break as John
- Big Finish Productions's The Year of Martha Jones as Mr Strand
- Gaslit by RR Haywood https://www.rrhaywood.com/other-books
References
edit- ^ Longman, Will (19 April 2017). "5 minutes with Gethin Anthony: 'I cried when I got a call from the RSC'". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "BBC – Oxford Stage". BBC. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Gethin Anthony". United Agents. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Boris Godunov | Michael Boyd 2012 | Royal Shakespeare Company". rsc.org.uk.
- ^ "Boris Godunov, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon". The Independent. London. 29 November 2012.
- ^ "Gethin it Done: GoT alum Gethin Anthony makes SF stop to promote new flick". sfreporter.com. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Interview: "Game of Thrones" Gethin Anthony Isn't Afraid of a Little Manscaping". newnownext.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Ugrin, Nicole. "Interview: Gethin Anthony talks Game of Thrones, Minister of Chance – | movies, TV, videogames, crowd-funding – Shadowlocked: find the future!". shadowlocked.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Renly Baratheon isn't happy about 'Game of Thrones' happenings". USA Today. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Smith, Krista (28 May 2015). "Gethin Anthony on Going from Game of Thrones into the Mind of Charles Manson". vanityfair.com. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "'Game of Thrones' Star on Transforming into Charles Manson for 'Aquarius'". observer.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Harris, Bill; Network, Postmedia. "'Game of Thrones' star Gethin Anthony tackles Charles Manson for 'Aquarius'". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "GIL BRODIE". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ Longman, Will (10 March 2017). "Exclusive: Casting announced for A Lie of the Mind at Southwark Playhouse". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "2006 Pinochet – Filmography".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bundel, Ani (25 September 2016). "Gethin Anthony Talks Positive Gay Role Models on Game of Thrones". Winter Is Coming. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ Desta, Yohana (20 November 2017). "Charles Manson Is Dead, but Hollywood Isn't Done with Him Yet". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ "MASS EFFECT: ANDROMEDA – Natalie Dormer as Dr Lexi T'Perro" – via YouTube.
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