Finn Jones

Finn Jones (born Terence Jones 24 March 1988)[1] is an English actor, best known for his role as Loras Tyrell, The Knight of Flowers, in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Career

Jones trained at The Arts Educational Schools on a three-year acting course.

In October 2009, Finn played Jamie, a young man who found love with Hannah Ashworth in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. Later, it was confirmed that he would be returning to the Hollyoaks village to tie in with Emma Rigby's (Hannah Ashworth) departure in February 2010.[2][3]

In January 2010, he played Tim Hebdon in the 11th series of Doctors.

On April 1/8 2010, Finn appeared in two episodes of The Bill playing Commander Lisa Kennedy's (played by Julie Graham) son Mark Kennedy, who was accused of murder.

In the same month he finished filming for a new online drama called The Curfew commissioned by Channel 4 and produced by BAFTA award winning company LittleLoud Productions.

Jones also played Santiago Jones in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures in the story Death of the Doctor alongside Katy Manning as former Doctor Who companion Jo Grant and Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.[4][1]

On June 19, 2010, it was announced that Jones would be appearing in Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones, as Loras Tyrell.[5]

Finn recently admitted on Twitter that his real name is actually Terence 'Terry' Jones, having to change his name for certain reasons within the acting industry.

References

  1. ^ a b "This Santiago is far from Chile - Sarah Jane Adventures Gay Spy Blog - Gay Spy". Digital Spy. 2010-10-19. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gayspy/s47/sarah-jane-adventures/gayspy/a282777/this-santiago-is-far-from-chile.html. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  2. ^ "'Later' character joins 'Hollyoaks' - Hollyoaks News - Soaps". Digital Spy. 2009-10-22. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a183050/later-character-joins-hollyoaks.html. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  3. ^ "POTD: Jamie and Hannah resolve to start afresh - Hollyoaks News - Soaps". Digital Spy. 2010-02-02. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a200887/potd-jamie-and-hannah-resolve-to-start-afresh.html. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  4. ^ "Reaction: Elisabeth Sladen 1948-2011 - Doctor Who News - Showbiz". Digital Spy. 2011-04-19. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s7/doctor-who/news/a315488/reaction-elisabeth-sladen-1948-2011.html. Retrieved 2011-12-20. 
  5. ^ "Not A Blog - George R R Martin's Livejournal blog". http://grrm.livejournal.com/157386.html. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 

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