Mark Stanley

For persons of a similar name, see Mark Stanley (disambiguation).

Mark Stanley
Born	Mark Robert Speight Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Mark Robert Speight, known professionally as Mark Stanley, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in Game of Thrones , ^[1] Dickensian , ^[2] and as Rob Hepworth in the third series of BBC drama Happy Valley.

Early life and education

Mark Robert Speight ^[3] was born in Leeds. He attended Allerton High School and Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, where he began acting. ^[4] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010. ^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role
2013	How I Live Now	Chasing Man
2014	Mr. Turner	Clarkson Stanfield
	Kajaki	Tug
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Knight of Ren [7]
2016	Our Kind of Traitor	Ollie
2017	Euphoria	Brian
	Dark River	Joe Bell [8]
2019	Hellboy	Arthur
	Run	Finnie
2020	Sulphur and White	David Tait
2023	The Settlers	Alexander MacLennan
	My Mother's Wedding	Charlie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–14	Game of Thrones	Grenn	22 episodes
2015–16	Dickensian	Bill Sikes	14 episodes
2017	Broken	PC Andrew Powell	5 episodes
	Love, Lies and Records	James	6 episodes
	Little Women	Professor Bhaer	1 episode
2018	The Little Drummer Girl	Arthur A. Halloran	1 episode
2019–20	Criminal: UK	DC Hugo Duffy	4 episodes
2019	Sanditon	Lord Babington	8 episodes
	Elizabeth Is Missing	Frank Jefford	TV film
2020	White House Farm	Colin Caffell	TV mini-series
2020	Honour [9]	DS Andy Craig	TV mini-series; 2 episodes
2021	Anne Boleyn	Henry VIII	Mini-series [10] [11]
2021	The Bay	Warren Pryce	Series 3
2022–2024	Trigger Point	DI Thom Youngblood	12 episodes
2022	The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe	Mark Darwin	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2023	Happy Valley	Rob Hepworth	Series 3; 6 episodes
2023	The Reckoning	Dan Davies	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2025	Adolescence	Paul Barlow	Mini-series; "Episode 1"
2025	A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story [12]	Desmond Cussen	Historical drama
TBA	Under Salt Marsh	TBA	Upcoming TV series

References

1. Gilbert, Jan (15 August 2013). "Mark Stanley on Grenn's Spin-off Show & Table-Reading with Ygritte". Flicks And The City. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
2. Wallis, Sara (19 December 2015). "Dickensian unites author's best-loved characters for epic period soap". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. Rochenda Sandall (5 March 2019). "Delighted to share the news that the feature fim RUN will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in April! It's beautiful story telling and Starring my one and only Mark Speight" . Retrieved 5 June 2021– via Twitter.
4. Smith, Stephanie (1 June 2021). "These are the Channel 5 TV Anne Boleyn locations filmed across Yorkshire from Bolton Castle to Castle Howard". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 June 2021.(subscription required)
5. "Mark Stanley". Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Archived 23 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
6. "We Chat To Yorkshire Actor, Mark Stanley About His Latest Role In Dark River". Northern Life Magazine. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
7. Robinson, Joanna (21 December 2015). "24 Delightful Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cameos You Might Have Missed". HWD. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
8. Barrie, Thomas (27 February 2018). ""In this film, we've got a lot to contend with": Mark Stanley on Dark River". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
9. "Meet the cast of Honour". Radio Times.
10. Rosseinsky, Katie (28 May 2021). "Anne Boleyn's Mark Stanley on moving on from museum piece period dramas and how to empathise with Henry VIII". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
11. Ravindran, Manori (13 November 2020). "Jodie Turner-Smith's Anne Boleyn Drama Sets 'Game of Thrones' Star Mark Stanley as Henry VIII (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
12. "Mark Stanley | Actor, Soundtrack". IMDb .

External links

• Mark Stanley at IMDb