George Webster (actor)

Last updated

George Webster
Born (1991-07-28) 28 July 1991 (age 32)
Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active2012–present
Known for My Name Is Emily
Versailles

George Webster (born 28 July 1991) [1] is an English actor and filmmaker. On television, he is known for his roles in the E4 miniseries Tripped (2015), the Canal+ series Versailles (2017), and the Paramount+ series The Doll Factory (2023). His films include My Name Is Emily (2015).

Contents

Webster has also directed two films: the short film The Punisher: Dead of Night (2012) and the British comedy Further Ed (2017). [1]

Career

After starting out studying film making and directing various short films, he made the transition into acting and has since been seen in Jamie Patterson's City of Dreamers (2012) and Danny Boyle's series Babylon (2014) and the ITV series Autopsy: The Last Hours Of as the late River Phoenix before landing his first major role in Simon Fitzmaurice's My Name Is Emily in September 2014. Soon after, he was cast as a lead in E4's sci-fi comedy TV mini-series Tripped opposite Blake Harrison. [2] [3] [4] In late 2015, he joined the cast of Simon Mirren's series Versailles as Prince William III of Orange [1] [5] and worked with Ron Howard on the National Geographic series Genius where he played the recurring role of Julius Winteler.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
2012Batman: A Knight to RememberThe JokerN/AAlso writer and director
2012City of DreamersKyle
2012The Underdog in the Red DressRobbieShort film
2012KharonShort film
2014Blood MoonHenry Lester
2014Blind DateCharlie
2015 My Name Is Emily Arden
2015The Brighton MobWill
2015PhometricaCinema Pianist
2016Trial by FireTimShort film
2016Ramona & The ChairLouShort film
2016 The Fall of the Krays The Author
2017Further EdMikey CyprusAlso writer and director
2017 Megan Leavey FinnUncredited
2022God's Petting YouCharlie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Babylon Local P.C1.03 "Episode 3"
2014 Autopsy: The Last Hours of... River Phoenix 3.01 "River Phoenix"
2015TrippedMiloTelevision miniseries
2015–2017 Versailles William of Orange 4 episodes
2016The Last DragonslayerSir GrifflonTelevision film
2017 Genius Julius Winteler3 episodes
2018WarsBoone Maverick
2019The Stand Up Sketch ShowPerformer1.01 Series 1, Episode 1
2020Father BrownBenjamin MiltonSeries 8, Episode 8
2020IndustryWilliam Hunt1 episode
2021 Finding Alice George
2022 Wedding Season Hugo DelaneyRecurring role
2023 Unicorn: Warriors Eternal WinstonVoice role
2023 The Doll Factory Louis FrostMain role
TBA Masters of the Air Lt. Glenn W. Dye

Writing credits

ProductionNotesBroadcaster/Distributor
The Punisher: Dead of Night
  • Short film (also director, 2012)
YouTube
Batman: A Knight to Remember
  • Short film (also director, 2012)
YouTube [6]
Further Ed
  • Feature film (also director, 2017)
  • Indy Wolf Pictures
  • Jump Start Productions

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Clunes</span> English actor (born 1961)

Alexander Martin Clunes OBE DL is an English actor, director and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin and Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series Kipper.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matt Bomer</span> American actor (born 1977)

Matthew Staton Bomer is an American actor. He is the recipient of accolades such as a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sally Phillips</span> English actress and comedian

Sally Elizabeth Phillips is an English actress, comedian, and television presenter. She co-created and was one of the writers of the sketch comedy show Smack the Pony. She is also known for her roles in Jam & Jerusalem as Natasha "Tash" Vine, Miranda as Tilly, I'm Alan Partridge as Sophie, Parents as Jenny Pope, Set the Thames on Fire as Colette in 2015, Zapped as Slasher Morgan, and her guest appearances as the fictional Prime Minister of Finland Minna Häkkinen in the US TV series Veep. Phillips also co-starred in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Mrs Bennet and in the role of Shazza in all three films of the Bridget Jones franchise.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Noel Fielding</span> British actor and comedian

Noel Fielding is an English comedian and actor. He is best known for his work with The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside Julian Barratt in the 2000s, and more recently as a co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off since 2017. He is known for his dark and surreal comedic style.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Krasinski</span> American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)

John Burke Krasinski is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office. He also served as a producer and occasional director of the series throughout its nine-season run.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alice Lowe</span> English actress, writer, and comedian

Alice Eva Lowe is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Dr. Haynes in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Madeleine Wool/Liz Asher in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. She wrote, directed, and starred in the 2016 film Prevenge and starred in and co-wrote the 2012 film Sightseers. She also starred in the educational children's television series Horrible Histories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Helberg</span> American actor, comedian (b. 1980)

Simon Maxwell Helberg is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Key</span> English comedian and poet

Timothy David Key is an English poet, comedian, actor, screenwriter and radio personality. He is best known for playing Alan Partridge's sidekick Simon in Mid Morning Matters, Alpha Papa, and This Time, as well as his work as a member of the comedy group Cowards and his extensive list of performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2009, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">April Pearson</span> English actress

April Janet Pearson is an English actress. Born and brought up in Bristol, Pearson was drawn to acting from a young age and appeared in local theatre productions as a child. She made her acting debut in 1998 at the age of nine on the British medical drama series Casualty, and earned wider recognition in her breakthrough role as impressionable teenager Michelle Richardson in the E4 teen drama series Skins (2007–2008), for which she was nominated for the Golden Nymph Award for an Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin McCann (actor)</span> Northern Irish actor (born 1983)

Martin McCann is a Northern Irish actor. In 2020, he was listed as number 48 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

<i>The Inbetweeners</i> British TV teen sitcom (2008–2010)

The Inbetweeners is a British coming-of-age television teen sitcom, which originally aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010 and was created and written by Damon Beesley and Iain Morris. The series follows the misadventures of suburban teenager William McKenzie and his friends Simon Cooper, Neil Sutherland and Jay Cartwright at the fictional Rudge Park Comprehensive. The programme involves situations of school life, uncaring school staff, friendship, male bonding, lad culture and adolescent sexuality. Despite receiving an initially lukewarm reception, it has been described a classic amongst the most successful British sitcoms of the 21st century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Bird</span> English actor and comedian

Simon Antony Bird is an English comedian, actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Will McKenzie in the multi-award-winning E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners (2008–2010), as well as its two films, and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Thomas (actor)</span> English actor and comedian (born 1983)

Joseph Owen Thomas is an English actor and comedian. He played Simon Cooper in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners (2008–2010) and its two film adaptions, The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) and The Inbetweeners 2 (2014).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Buckley (actor)</span> English actor and comedian

James Patrick Buckley is an English actor, musician, YouTuber and streamer. He is best known for playing Jay Cartwright in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners, and Brian Fitzpatrick in the BBC sitcom White Gold .

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nathan Stewart-Jarrett</span> English film, television, and theater actor

Nathan Lloyd Stewart-Jarrett is a British actor. He starred as Curtis Donovan in the E4 series Misfits (2009–2012) and Ian in the Channel 4 series Utopia (2013–2014). He is also known for his theatre work, earning a WhatsOnStage Award nomination for his performance in Angels in America. His films include The Comedian (2012), War Book (2014), Mope (2019), and Candyman (2021).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Craig Parkinson</span> British actor

Craig Parkinson is an English actor and podcaster. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Shaun in the E4 series Misfits, twins Jimmy and Johnny Kray in the ITV series Whitechapel, and DI Matthew "Dot" Cottan in Line of Duty. He has also acted in several independent films, including Control, Soulboy, The Unloved and Four Lions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kumail Nanjiani</span> Pakistani-American actor and comedian (born 1978)

Kumail Ali Nanjiani is a Pakistani-American actor and stand-up comedian. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrew Gower</span> English actor

Andrew Gower is an English actor. A staple in British television and theatre, he is best known for his recurring role as Cutler in Being Human and his turn as Prince Charles Stuart in Outlander. Gower won the Spotlight Prize for Best Actor in 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tosin Cole</span> British actor

Tosin Cole is an American-born British actor. He is known for various roles in British television series and films. He began his on-screen career starring in The Cut and EastEnders: E20, later securing a regular role as Neil Cooper in the soap opera Hollyoaks. After leaving the show Cole appeared in a range of television series and commercial films for guest appearances and participated in many short films. From October 2018 to January 2021, Cole starred as Ryan Sinclair in Doctor Who.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Callum Turner</span> British actor (born 1990)

Callum Robilliard Turner is a British actor and model. He is known for his roles as Theseus Scamander in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Bill Rohan in Queen and Country, Eli in the E4 series Glue and Shaun Emery in the BBC One series The Capture.

References

  1. 1 2 3 George Webster Agency Résumé. Curtis Brown. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. Evanna Lynch & Michael Smiley Confirmed for My Name Is Emily. Newrange Pictures and Kennedy Films. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. George Webster interview: Tripped. British Comedy Guide. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. Meet the Cast of Tripped. Radio Times. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. Welcome to Versailles, the BBC's steamy new period drama set in the court of Louis XIV. The Telegraph. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  6. Video: A Knight to Remember. YouTube. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2017.