Dexter Sol Ansell

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Dexter Sol Ansell
Born (2014-09-16) 16 September 2014 (age 9) [1]
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present
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Dexter Sol Ansell (born 16 September 2014) is a British child actor.

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Early and personal life

From Leeds, in Yorkshire, [2] he is the son of former Quizmania host Debbie King and pop-opera group G4 singer Jonathan Ansell. [3]

Career

He began acting in the British soap opera Emmerdale playing the role of Jimmy King's son Carl Holliday between January and May 2016. He returned to Emmerdale in June 2019, playing Dawn Taylor's son Lucas Taylor, which he continued to play until March 2021. [4] [5]

He had the role of the young Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes . [6] [7] He appeared in the series The Midwich Cuckoos , [8] the sitcom Hullraisers on Channel 4, [9] and the 2023 horror film The Moor. [10] He also appeared in the Netflix film Christmas on Mistletoe Farm. His upcoming projects include the Robert Zemeckis film Here , and as Little Dan in the Sky Cinema family comedy film Robin and the Hoods . [11]

In April 2024, he was cast in the lead role of Aegon "Egg" Targaryen in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight , written by George R. R. Martin and Ira Parker. It is set a century before the events of Game of Thrones , and 72 years after the start of House of the Dragon . [12]

Filmography

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Emmerdale Carl Holliday
2019–2021Emmerdale Lucas Taylor
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos David Saunders5 episodes
Christmas on Mistletoe FarmBuster
2023The MoorDanny
Hullraisers Finlay
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Young Coriolanus Snow
TBA Robin and the Hoods Little Dan
TBA Here TBA
2025 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Egg / Prince Aegon TargaryenLead role

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