Elliot Grihault

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Elliot Grihault
Born (2006-01-18) January 18, 2006 (age 17)
United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2019–present
Parents
  • Steve Grihault (father)
  • Louise Breckon-Richards (mother)

Elliot Grihault (born 18 January 2006) is an English actor. He is known for playing Lucerys Velaryon in the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022). He previously was a child actor on the West End. [1]

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Early life

Grihault was born in 2006 to Welsh actress and award-winning screenwriter Louise Breckon-Richards [2] and to artistic director Steve Grihault. [3]

Grihault is represented by Top Talent Agency [4] and Curtis Brown UK. [1]

Career

Grihault started his acting career in the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre where he played Young Harry Potter in 2019. [5] [6]

Grihault was then cast in his first [6] [7] television role as Prince Lucerys Velaryon [8] [9] in the 2022 award-winning HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon , a Game of Thrones prequel and adaptation of George R. R. Martin's companion book Fire and Blood . [10] Grihault was nominated alongside the rest of the cast for the Best Ensemble in a Drama Series category in the 2022 Pena de Prata awards. [11] His performance has received praise from fans. [12] [13]

In 2021, Grihault did voiceover work for an upcoming Apple TV+ animation series. [6]

Filmography

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Animation roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2023TBA Dagger-14-plain.pngTBA [14] TBA
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 House of the Dragon Lucerys VelaryonSeason 1 - Episodes: "The Lord of the Tides", [15] "The Black Queen [16]

Theatre

Stage roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Young Harry Potter Palace Theatre, London

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