Ryan Gage

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Ryan Gage
Born
Ryan James Gage

(1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 41)
Coventry, England
Alma mater Drama Centre London
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1995–present
AgentUnited Agents [1]

Ryan Gage (born 17 January 1983) [2] is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television, films, and video games.

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On television, he is best known for his roles as King Louis XIII in the BBC series The Musketeers and Ted Bundy in the TV film Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay. In the cinema, he played the Master of Laketown's deputy Alfrid Lickspittle in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , and Ted Bundy again (identified as him in the cast list) in the film Angel of Decay, which earned him a Best Actor Award at the British Independent Film Festival in 2016. [1] In video games, Gage has portrayed Charibert in the Final Fantasy XIV expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward . In theatre, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company on plays such as Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , and Macbeth . [1]

Early life

Gage was born in Coventry. He attended BRIT School and went on to train at the Drama Centre London. [3] [4]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleDirectorCompanySource
2017 The Miser CléanteSean FoleyMark Goucher Productions/Garrick Theatre [1]  
2013 American Justice FentonLisa ForrellPlayground Studios/Arts Theatre [1]
Ghost Stories Simon Rifkind"Andy Nyman", "Jeremy Dyson", and Sean HolmesDuke of York, "Lyric Hammersmith", and "Liverpool Everyman" [1]
The Laws of WarSoldierJeremy Herrin Royal Court Theatre [1]  
Wages of ThinInspector One Prasanna Puwanarajah, Trevor GriffithOld Red Lion [1]  
QuadropheniaAce FaceTom Critchley, Che Walker [1]  
Artist Descending a Staircase MartelloMicheal Gieleta, Tom StoppardOld Red Lion [1]  
Hamlet Osric and Player QueenGregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead AlbertCressida Brown Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
A Midsummer Night's Dream FluteGregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
God in RuinsBrian Junior and The Homeless SoldierAnthony Neilson Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Love's Labour's Lost LordGregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Macbeth SoldierConal Morrison Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Macbeth Donalbain and Young StewardSilvio Pucuretti Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Indian BoySparksRebecca Gatewood Royal Shakespeare Company [1]  
Promises and Lies CuddlesJonathan ChurchThe Birmingham Repertory Theatre [1]  
2006 Spring Awakening Melchoir GaborAoifie Smyth The Union Theatre [1] [5]  
Wolves and Sheep Apollonius and GoretskyCaroline LynchPleasence Theatre [1]  

TV and filmography

Feature films and shorts

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesSource
1995 Judge Dredd Young Thief Danny Cannon Uncredited role
2007 Outlaw Manning's Lawyer Nick Love [1]  
2007Brixton 85Drunk ManTom GreeneShort Movie [1]  
Alone TogetherOscarDaniel GageCredited as co-director with Daniel Gage and the film as a "Gage Family" short [1] [6]  
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Alfrid Lickspittle Peter Jackson [1]  
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Alfrid Lickspittle Peter Jackson [7]
2015 Scottish Mussel Ramsey Talulah Riley [1]  
2016Angel of Decay Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list)Jamie Crawford112 minutes Movie version
2016 100 Streets VincentJim O'Hanlon [1]  
Days in BetweenSeanTom Greene [1]  
HeadphonesBarryTom Shkolnik [1]  

Television series

YearTitleRoleEpisode(s)Source
1999 The Bill Carl BuxtonEp.:"Love and War: Part 1" (Season 15, episode 64)
2006 Hustle BillyEp.: "Price for Fame" (Season 3, episode 1)
2009 Holby City Russell CobdenEp.: "The Honeymoon's Over" (Season 11, episode 35)
2010 Doctors Nathan HadlerEp.: "A Taste of Freedom" (Season 11, episode 183)
2011 Hollyoaks JohnnyEps.: 1.3073 and 1.3075
2014–2016 The Musketeers King Louis XIII All episodes except "The Return" (Season 2, episode 5) and "We Are the Garrison" (Season 3, episode 10) [8]
2017 Red Dwarf Adolf Hitler Ep.: Cured (Season 12, episode 1)
2019 Endeavour Ludo TalentiEp.: "Oracle" (Season 7, episode 1), Ep.: "Raga" (Season 7, episode 2), Ep.: "Zenana" (Season 7, episode 3)
2022 Father Brown Finbar FinchEp.: "The Enigma of Antigonish" (Season 9, episode 9")
2023 Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story George, Prince of Wales Eps.: 1, 5 & 6

Direct-to-video and television films

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotesSource
2009 Hamlet Osric and Player QueenGregory Doran
2013Murder on the Home FrontDanny Hastings [1]  
2015Serial Thriller: Angel of DecayTed Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list)Jamie CrawfordTV miniseries of 3 episodes [1]  
2015 The Gamechangers Journalist / Presenter / Crowd (voice)Owen Harris [1]  

Video games

YearTitleRoleVoice DirectorNotesSource
2014 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward CharibertMatt Delamere [9]  
2015 Bloodborne Micolash – Host of the Nightmare / Mob A
2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Wedge, Irvithe, Eulmoran Adjutant, Aenc Thon [10]

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