Conleth Hill

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Conleth Hill
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Born
Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill

(1964-11-24) 24 November 1964 (age 59)
Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation Actor
Years active1986–present
Awards Olivier Award for Best Actor
2001: Stones in His Pockets
2005: The Producers

Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a Northern Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award nominations. He is best known for his role as Varys in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). [1]

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Early life

Conleth Hill was born in Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [2] He has an older brother who works as a cameraman, a sister who is a producer, and a younger brother, Ronan, who is a sound engineer who has won four Emmy Awards for his sound mixing on Game of Thrones . [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Hill attended St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's (Clothworkers Company Scholar) acting programme in 1989. [9]

Career

Hill made his Broadway debut in Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets . For his work in the Canadian production of the play he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award. [10] He played the German professor Max Staefel in a television adaptation of Goodbye, Mr Chips (2002). He played "Mum" to Peter Kay's character, Geraldine McQueen, in Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice , [11] a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes. He also played the role of Edward Darby in the television series Suits, alongside his Game of Thrones co-star, Michelle Fairley.

From 2011 to 2019, Hill appeared as Varys in the television series Game of Thrones , based on George R. R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire . Martin hinted, in a February 2013 post on his website, that he thought Hill would be a good choice to play the title character in a TV show based on Martin's science fiction novel Tuf Voyaging . [12] He appeared in Series 2 episode 2 of Peter Kay's Car Share as Elsie, the drunk deli counter supervisor dressed as Smurfette. [13] He also appeared as Carlos Santini in Season 3, Episode 4 of Derry Girls. [14]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003IntermissionTeacher
2009 Whatever Works Brockman
Perrier's Bounty Russ
2011 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Bernard Sugden
The Shore PaddyShort film
2012 Whole Lotta Sole Barber
Keith Lemon: The Film Delivery Man
2014 Serena Dr. Chaney
2015 A Patch of Fog Sandy Duffy
2018The IsleDouglas Innis
2019 Official Secrets Roger Alton
2020 Herself Aido
2020 Here Are the Young Men Mark Kearney
2021 To Olivia Marty Ritt
2021 Infinitum: Subject Unknown Professor Aaron Östergaard

Television

Year(s)SeriesCharacterNotes
1988 Boon Second PupilEpisode: "Honourable Service"
1988–1995 Casualty Theo/Rob2 episodes
1990 Medics Liam McGuinnessEpisode: "Niall"
1992 Screen One NeilEpisode: "Trust Me"
1992–1994 Blue Heaven Roache7 episodes
1993 The Bill Michael WhiteEpisode: "Hard Evidence"
1994Lit By Love and Sunshineas Narrator [15]
1995 Crown Prosecutor Neville Osborn
2000Meaningful SexCarlTV short
2002 Goodbye Mr. Chips Max StaefelTV movie
2007 The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle Jared6 episodes
2008 Britain's Got the Pop Factor Geraldine's MumReality show parody by Peter Kay
2011–2019 Game of Thrones Varys Recurring role (season 1), main role (seasons 2-8); 46 episodes
2013 Suits Edward Darby6 episodes
2014 Inside No. 9 StevieEpisode: "Tom & Gerri"
That Day We Sang FrankTelevision film
Sherlock Uncredited roleEpisode: The Empty Hearse
2015 Foyle's War Sir Ian WoodheadEpisode: "Elise"
Arthur & George Sergeant Upton3 episodes
2017 Stan Lee's Lucky Man Reverend Anthony HuxleyEpisode: "Playing With Fire"
Peter Kay's Car Share ElsieSeries 2, Episode 2
2018Dave Allen at PeaceJohn Tynan O'Mahony
12 Monkeys Interpol Agent Bonham2 episodes
2019 Dublin Murders O'Kelly
2019–present Vienna Blood Mendel Lieberman
2019 Doc Martin Dr. Edward Mullen2 episodes
2022 Magpie Murders Alan Conway
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Dr Alwyn Thomas
Holding Sergeant PJ Collins4 episodes
Derry Girls Carlos Santini/KevinEpisode: "The Haunting"
2023 The Power of Parker Martin Parker6 episodes [16]
2023 The Lovers Philip

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotesRef.
2012 Game of Thrones Varys Based on the TV series of the same name

Audio books

Year(s)BookCharacterPublisherRef.
2009Zurich (The Wire) Pearse ElliottNarratorBBC Worldwide Ltd [17]
2008Tamburlaine: Shadow of God John FletcherHafezBBC Worldwide Ltd [18]

Radio

DateTitleRoleAuthorDirectorStation
25 December 2000 The Man Who Came to Dinner Moss Hart and George S Kaufman
adapted for radio by Marcy Kahan
Ned Chaillet BBC Radio 4
7 November 2002 Tricycles Colin Teevan Toby Swift BBC Radio 3 The Wire
18 February 2004 The Travels of Marco Polo Philip Palmer Toby Swift BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
19 April 2012Titanic letters [19] Reader, ep.33 Ciaran Hinds BBC Radio Ulster
24 April 2012The Biggest Issues [20] Jerry CartwrightAnnie McCartneyEoin O'Callaghan BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
2017Big Country [21] [22] JD QuinnPatrick Kielty BBC Radio Ulster

Theatre

Stage productions

Awards and nominations

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