Robert Aramayo

Last updated

Robert Aramayo
Born (1992-11-06) 6 November 1992 (age 31)
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2015–present
Parents
  • Mike Aramayo (father)
  • Lisa Dawson (mother)

Robert Aramayo (born 6 November 1992) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones . [1] In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes . In 2022, he played Elrond in the Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power .

Contents

Life and career

Aramayo's acting career began at the age of seven when he played the role of Bugsy Malone in a primary school production. When he was ten he joined the Hull Truck Youth Theatre, performing in about three plays a year. [2] His older sister Laura also began an acting career at the Hull Truck Youth Theatre and studied drama at the Oxford School of Drama in Oxford. [3]

He attended Hull's Wyke College and in 2011 won a place at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. [2] His performance in a Juilliard production of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange as Alex, the lead character, earned him his first film role in the Italian-American production Lost in Florence . [4]

From 2016 to 2017 he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones . [1]

Aramayo played the role of mechanical engineer and Harley-Davidson co-founder William S. Harley in the Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons , which premiered September 5–7, 2016, on Discovery. Also that year, he appeared in the Tom Ford film Nocturnal Animals . [5] [6] He has a role in the HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark.

He appeared in The Empty Man , directed by David Prior, [7] The Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber directed by Henry Dunham, [8] and Eternal Beauty , directed by Craig Roberts. [9]

In August 2019, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast on the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes . [10]

On 7 January 2020, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast as a character referred to as "Beldor", later revealed to be Elrond in Amazon's television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . [11]

Personal life

Born in England, the son of Mike Aramayo, he is of Spanish descent. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Nocturnal Animals Steve "Turk" Adams
2017 Lost in Florence Sal
2018 Galveston Tray
The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Keating
2019 Stray Dolls Jimmy
Eternal Beauty Johnny
2020 Antebellum Daniel
The Empty Man Garrett
2021 The King's Man Sergeant Major Atkins
2023 Dance First In post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2016–2017 Game of Thrones Young Ned Stark HBO 4 episodes
2016 Harley and the Davidsons William S. Harley Discovery Channel
2019 Mindhunter Elmer Wayne Henley Jr Netflix 1 episode
2021 Behind Her Eyes RobNetflix
2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Young Elrond [13] Amazon Prime Video 6 episodes

Related Research Articles

Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn is an American actress. She began her career on stage, acting in several plays throughout the early 1990s, including Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters on Broadway. Her film career began with the role of a police psychologist in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (1992). Her other film roles include The Firm (1993), Waterworld (1995) and Sliding Doors (1998). On television, she starred as Barbara Henrickson on the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011) and as Dr. Alex Blake on the CBS police drama Criminal Minds (2012–2014), and she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 2009 HBO movie Grey Gardens.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Baratheon</span> Character in A Song of Ice and Fire series

Robert Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones, where he is portrayed by English actor Mark Addy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ned Stark</span> Character in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones

Eddard "Ned" Stark is a fictional character in the 1996 fantasy novel A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin, and Game of Thrones, HBO's adaptation of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. In the storyline, Ned is the lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros. Though the character is established as the main character in the novel and the first season of the TV adaptation, a plot twist involving Ned near the end of the novel and the end of the first season shocked both readers of the book and viewers of the TV series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Frances Conroy</span> American actress

Frances Hardman Conroy is an American actress. She is best known for playing Ruth Fisher on the television series Six Feet Under (2001–2005), for which she won a Golden Globe and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for playing the older version of Moira O'Hara in season one of the television anthology series American Horror Story, which garnered Conroy her first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination, and as well a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Conroy subsequently portrayed The Angel of Death, Myrtle Snow, Gloria Mott, Mama Polk, Bebe Babbitt, and Belle Noir on seven further seasons of the show: Asylum, Coven, Freak Show, Roanoke, Cult, Apocalypse, and Double Feature, respectively. Conroy is the fourth actor who has appeared in most seasons of the show. For her performances in Coven & Double Feature, she was nominated again for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clive Russell</span> Scottish actor

Clive Russell is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline in Ripper Street, Angus O'Connor in Happiness and Brynden Tully in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joffrey Baratheon</span> Character in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones

Joffrey Baratheon is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones. Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, he subsequently appears in A Clash of Kings (1998) and A Storm of Swords (2000).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Mackie</span> American actor

Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. Mackie made his film debut starring in the semi-biographical drama film 8 Mile (2002). He was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his performance in the LGBT drama Brother to Brother (2004), and in the same year, appeared in psychological thriller The Manchurian Candidate, the Spike Lee TV film Sucker Free City, and the sports film Million Dollar Baby. Mackie starred in Half Nelson (2006); in 2008, Mackie both appeared in the action thriller Eagle Eye and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Hurt Locker. He portrayed Tupac Shakur in Notorious (2009) and later starred in Night Catches Us (2010), and The Adjustment Bureau and Real Steel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Denman</span> American actor (born 1973)

David Denman is an American actor. He made his film debut in The Replacements. His other feature credits include Big Fish, Fair Game, The Nines, When a Stranger Calls, Shutter, Smart People, Fanboys, Let Go, Out Cold, After Earth, Jobs, Beneath the Harvest Sky, Men, Women & Children, The Gift, 13 Hours, Power Rangers, Logan Lucky, Puzzle, Brightburn, and The Equalizer 3.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michiel Huisman</span> Dutch actor (born 1981)

Michiel Huisman is a Dutch actor, musician, and singer-songwriter, recognized for his roles in Dutch and international film and television projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gendry</span> Fictional character

Gendry is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of epic fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones.

Joseph Daniel Turner Mawle is an English actor. Mawle is best known for his roles as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones, Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine in Ripper Street, Firebrace in Birdsong, Jesus Christ in The Passion, Adar in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Odysseus in Troy: Fall of a City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nonso Anozie</span> English actor (born 1978)

Nonso Anozie is an English actor. On television, he is known for his roles in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2012), the Sky series Dracula (2013), the CBS series Zoo (2015–2017), and the Netflix series Sweet Tooth (2021–). For the latter, he won a Children's and Family Emmy Award and was nominated for a BAFTA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Hopper</span> British actor (b. 1985)

Thomas Edward Hopper is an English actor. He has appeared as Percival in Merlin (2010-12), Billy Bones in Black Sails (2014-17), Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones (2017), and Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy (2019-24).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlotte Hope</span> English actress

Charlotte Hope is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third through fifth seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of Catherine of Aragon on the Starz historical drama series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020). In 2020, she appeared as a series regular on the second season of the ITV thriller Bancroft and the Netflix biographical drama The English Game. In 2024, she plays forensic psychologist Micki Pistorius in the true crime series Catch Me a Killer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastian Croft</span> English actor (born 2001)

Sebastian Theodore Kemble Croft is an English actor. He began his career as a child actor on stage before making his television debut as Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones (2016). He earned a BAFTA Children's Award nomination for his role as Atti in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019). Croft's voice work includes the film Where Is Anne Frank (2021), "Ice", an installment of the Netflix anthology Love, Death & Robots (2021) and voice option one for the player character in the game Hogwarts Legacy. From 2022 to 2023, he starred as Ben Hope in the Netflix series Heartstopper.

"Oathbreaker" is the third episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones, and the 53rd overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Sackheim, his directorial debut for the series.

Chloe Pirrie is a Scottish actress. She has played main roles in the 2014 miniseries The Game, the 2012 film Shell, and the 2015 television film An Inspector Calls. She has also appeared in the 2016 miniseries War & Peace, the 2015 film Youth, the 2015 film Blood Cells and "The Waldo Moment", a 2013 episode of Black Mirror. In 2015 she also co-starred in the Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film Stutterer.

Maxim Alexander Baldry is a British film and television actor. He began his career as a child actor in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007). More recently, he is known for his roles in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2016–2017) and miniseries Years and Years (2019), and the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlie Vickers</span> Australian actor

Charlie Vickers is an Australian actor. He plays Sauron in the Amazon Prime fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ewan Mitchell</span> English actor

Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the ITV drama The Halcyon (2017), the medieval series The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), the BBC war drama World on Fire (2019–), and the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022–). His films include High Life (2018) and Saltburn (2023).

References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Aramayo joins the cast of Game of Thrones". Watchers On The Wall. 30 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Hull teenager wins place at legendary New York Juilliard 'Fame' acting school". Hull Daily Mail. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
  3. Ramsey, Will (7 August 2013). "Globe-trotting siblings reunite in new drama". Hull Daily Mail.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Hull actor Rob Aramayo appears in first film The Tourist after success at Juilliard School where Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx learned their trade". Hull Daily Mail. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. "HBO Miniseries 'Lewis And Clark' Adds To Cast". Deadline. 1 May 2015.
  6. "Robert Aramayo Nabs Roles In 'Game Of Thrones', 'Nocturnal Animals'". Deadline. 30 September 2015.
  7. Kit, Borys (29 August 2016). "'Game of Thrones' Actor Robert Aramayo Joins Fox's Supernatural Thriller 'Empty Man' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. McNary, Dave (28 February 2018). "James Badge Dale to Star in Drama 'Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber'". Variety . Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. Kroll, Justin (2 July 2018). "'Game of Thrones' Actor Robert Aramayo to Star in 'Eternal Beauty' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  10. Clarke, Stewart (8 August 2019). "Netflix's 'Behind Her Eyes,' From 'The Crown' Producers, Sets Cast". Variety . Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  11. Andreeva, Nellie (7 January 2020). "'The Lord Of the Rings': Robert Aramayo To Star In Amazon TV Series".
  12. Adolfo Jesús (5 September 2022): «¿Te diste cuenta? El actor de Los Anillos del Poder que estuvo en Game of Thrones», Rock & Pop. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  13. Breznican, Anthony; Robinson, Joanna (10 February 2022). "Amazon's Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power". Vanity Fair . Retrieved 10 February 2022.