Lino Facioli

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Lino Facioli
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Lino Facioli in 2021
Born
Lino Schmidek Machado Facioli

(2000-07-29) 29 July 2000 (age 24)
Citizenship
  • Brazil
  • United Kingdom
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Lino Schmidek Machado Facioli (born 29 July 2000) is a Brazilian-British actor. [1] [2] He is best known for portraying Robin Arryn in Game of Thrones and Naples in Get Him to the Greek . [3]

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Biography

Facioli was born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state. He is of Austrian, Portuguese, Italian and German descent. Lino's maternal grandfather, Werner Robert Schmidek, was born in Vienna, Austria, and emigrated to Brazil in 1960. [4] He moved to the United Kingdom with his family when he was 4 years old.

Career

He showed an interest in an acting career at age 7 when he was enrolled in a theater school in London. In 2010, he began his career with appearances in short metrages and television series. His first professional work was in the British short film Awfully Deep in 2010 from director Daniel Florêncio. In the same year, he joined the cast of Get Him to the Greek , acting as the son of actor Russell Brand. He played the troublesome Robin Arryn, Lord of a noble family in the series Game of Thrones . [5]

In 2014, he starred the Brazilian film O Menino no Espelho , working alongside the Brazilian actors Mateus Solano, Regiane Alves and Laura Neiva. [6] [7]

In 2019 he played a minor role in the British teen comedy Netflix series Sex Education .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Get Him to the Greek Naples
Awfully DeepLino Short films
2011The Boy with Chocolate FingersDoctor
The Last TenLittle Boy Witness
2012BrokenStephen
2014 The Boy in the Mirror Fernando / Odnanref
2018IshaCemilShort films
2020 Boys of Film 20: Heaven Can Wait Un­known

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 The Armstrong and Miller Show Marcus / Michael1 episode
2011–19 Game of Thrones Robin Arryn 9 episodes
2020–21 Sex Education Dex Thompson6 episodes
2024 Masters of the Air Lt. Adams1 episode

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