Gethin Anthony
| Gethin Anthony | |
|---|---|
| Born |
9 October 1983 UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Gethin Anthony (born 9 October 1983) is an English actor. He has appeared in Ten Days to War and Doctors, and played Renly Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[1]
Education
He attended the Tiffin School in Kingston-Upon-Thames where he became Head Boy of the school in his final year.[citation needed] He later went on to return to the school as a part-time drama teacher and judge of school events such as House Drama.[citation needed] He received a Scholarship to the British American Drama Academy in London from July to August 2004, where he attended workshops given by Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman, and Brian Cox.[citation needed] He has a tenor singing voice and he was also trained in African dance with Bode Lawal.[2] Anthony studied English Literature at Oxford University's Balliol College and was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, before training at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3]
Career
He played Grigory[4] in Boris Godunov at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon from November 2012 to March 2013.[5]
Works
- Films
- 2006 Pinochet's Last Stand as William Straw (TV movie)
- 2008 Beyond the Rave as Noddy
- 2009 Into the Storm as 1st Pilot (TV movie)
- 2012 Dreck as Herb
- 2014 Copenhagen as William
- Television
- 2006 Holby City as Drew Kramer (1 episode)
- 2007 Doctors as Dave Jones (1 episode)
- 2008 10 Days to War as Minister's Aid (1 episode)
- 2011-2012 Game of Thrones as Renly Baratheon (8 episodes)
- Theatre
- Theatre 503/Latitude's Carrot as Alex
- Theatre Royal Northampton's In Praise of Love as Joey
- High Tide/Old Vic Tunnels 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 Fairytale
- Tristan Bates Theatre's Death of Cool as Richie
- Old Vic's 24 Hour Plays
- Old Fire Station's Some Voices as Ray
- Oxford Playhouse's Cyrano de Bergerac as Cyrano
- Radio
- BBC Radio 4's "Small Acts of Kindness " as Charlie
- BBC Radio 4's "Severed Threads" as Jones
- Radiotastic's "The Minister of Chance" as Sutu
- BBC's "Legsy Gets a Break" as John
References
- ↑ "Ask a GoT Writer".
- ↑ "Biography for Gethin Anthony". IMDb.
- ↑ "Gethin Anthony". United Agents. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/other-writers/boris-godunov-cast.aspx
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/boris-godunov-swan-theatre-stratforduponavon-8368204.html