Sebastian Armesto
Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born June 3, 1982 ) is a British film, television and theater actor. His father is the historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Armesto got his education at Eton College .
Life
TV films and motion pictures
Armesto played Charles V in the series The Tudors . He starred in the 2008 ITV series The Palace as Prince George, the king's carefree younger brother. In the 2008 series Little Dorrit , a BBC adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens , he played the role of Edmund Sparkler. In the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides he appeared as the Spanish King Ferdinand VI . In Roland Emmerich's film Anonymus , he played the poet and actor Ben Jonson .
Armesto appeared in two episodes of the British science fiction series Doctor Who ("Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways" (2005) and "Human Nature / Family of Blood" (2007)). He also played the role of Simon in Nanny McPhee . He made a cameo as the first officer in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
Theatrical performances
Armesto has appeared in world-class theater productions in the UK, including three plays at the National Theater and one at the British Royal Court.
He writes and directs plays for the actor group Simple 8 . He adapted and directed Les Enfants du Paradis for the theater. Most recently, he has been working on adaptations of William Hogarth 's Four Scenes of Cruelty , The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick involved and directed for the theater.
Filmography
- 1996: A Feast at Midnight
- 2004: Hawking
- 2005: Elizabeth I
- 2005: Doctor Who
- 2005: The Bill
- 2006: Dear Steven Spielberg
- 2006: Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
- 2006: Marie Antoinette
- 2006: The Impressionists
- 2007: Blood Monkey
- 2007: The Tudors
- 2008: Little Dorrit
- 2008: Loser's Anonymous
- 2008: The Palace
- 2009: Bright Star
- 2011: Anonymous
- 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- 2014: Copenhagen
- 2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- 2015: Coalition
- 2016: Close to the Enemy
- 2016: Poldark
- 2017: Broadchurch , season 3
- 2018: Harlots
- 2019: Gold Digger
- 2019: Silent Witness
- since 2020: Cursed - The Chosen One (TV series)
Web links
- Sebastian Armesto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sebastian's showreel at Curtis Brown Talent Agency
Individual evidence
- ^ Nancy Banks-Smith, G2: Last night's TV: The Palace is not only tosh - it will never top the antics of the real royal family , in: The Guardian of January 15, 2008, p. 31
- ↑ Caroline McGinn, Theater - Psycho's progress; Adam Brace and Sebastian Armesto visit the London roots of their Hogarth-inspired drama with Caroline McGinn. Portrait of Rob Greig , in: Time Out, May 26, 2011
- ^ Fiona Mountford, Wild Times and Rich Promise , in: The Evening Standard, May 31, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armesto, Sebastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fernández-Garcia Armesto, Sebastian Felipe Xavier (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film, television and stage actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd June 1982 |