Gethin Anthony | |
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 Anthony at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund | |
| Born | 9 October 1983 Stratford-upon-Avon, England |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Gethin David L. Anthony (born 9 October 1983) is an English television and film actor best known for his role as Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones from 2011 to 2012.
Anthony was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. [1]
He attended Ashton Hayes Primary School in Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, Christ Church Primary School in New Malden, and the Tiffin School in Kingston-Upon-Thames. He received a scholarship for a summer programme at the British American Drama Academy in London from July to August 2004.
Anthony went on to study English Literature at Oxford University's Balliol College, appeared in numerous student productions (notably in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Oxford Playhouse [2] ), and was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, before training at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [3]
Anthony played Grigory [4] in Boris Godunov at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon from November 2012 to March 2013. [5]
He had guest roles in the series Ten Days to War and Doctors , and played William in the 2014 film Copenhagen . [6] His most notable roles are Renly Baratheon in the HBO series Game of Thrones [7] [8] [9] and Charles Manson in the NBC series Aquarius . [10] [11] [12] In 2017, he voiced the character of Gil Brodie in the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda , [13] and appeared in a play A Lie of the Mind at Southwark Playhouse in London with Robert Lonsdale and Kate Fahy. [14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Pinochet's Last Stand | William Straw | Debut, TV film [15] |
| 2008 | Beyond the Rave | Noddy | Short |
| 2009 | Into the Storm | 1st Pilot | TV film |
| 2012 | Narcopolis | Herb | |
| 2014 | Copenhagen | William | |
| Alt | Danny | TV film | |
| We Are Monsters | Maurice Travis | ||
| 2017 | Solace | Man | Short film |
| First Kill | Levi Barrett | ||
| Kodachrome | Jasper | ||
| Hi-Lo Joe | Alex | ||
| 2018 | Dead In A Week (or your money back) | Charlie | |
| Vita and Virginia | Clive Bell | ||
| Firestorm | Sam Scott | TV film | |
| Fell: Nothing Could Have Survived This | Short film | ||
| O Christmas Tree | Craig | Short film | |
| Tahiti | Marcus | Short film | |
| 2019 | Welcome to the Powder Keg | Tommy | Short film |
| Around the Sun | Bernard | ||
| Angel Hunter | Tyro | Short film | |
| 2020 | Rival | Short film | |
| Freedom of the People | William Walwyn | Short film | |
| Firestorm: Wake Up Call | Sam Scott | Short film | |
| Knuckledust | Jeremiah | ||
| Limbo | Tom Murphy | Short film | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 2006 | Holby City | Drew Kramer | Episode: "Yesterday Once More" | |
| 2007 | Doctors | Dave Jones | Episode: "A Sting in the Tai" | |
| 2008 | 10 Days to War | Minister's Aid | Episode: "These Things Are Always Chaos" | |
| 2011–2012 | Game of Thrones | Renly Baratheon | Recurring role; 8 episodes (seasons 1–2) | [16] |
| 2014 | Call the Midwife | George Saint | Episode: "Series 3, Episode 7" | |
| 2015–2016 | Aquarius | Charles Manson | Series regular, 30 episodes | [17] |
| 2019 | The Magicians | Enyalius | Episodes: "The Serpent" & "All That Hard, Glossy Armor" | |
| 2020 | Manhunt: Unabomber | Jack Brennan | Series regular, 10 episodes | |
| Year | Game | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | ||
| 2013 | Cloud Chamber | Max | |
| 2014 | Dragon Age: Inquisition | Imshael/Ser Morris/Red Templar | |
| 2016 | Quantum Break | Jack Joyce Prototype #2 | |
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Gil Brodie [18] | |
| 2019 | Anthem | Freelancer Diggs/Lancer Hawking | |
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