Ryan Gage

Ryan Gage
Born	Ryan James Gage (1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 42) Coventry, England
Alma mater	Drama Centre London
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1995–present
Agent	United Agents [1]

Ryan Gage (born 17 January 1983) ^[2] is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television, films, and video games.

On television, he is best known for his roles as King Louis XIII in the BBC series The Musketeers and Ted Bundy in the TV film Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay. In the cinema, he played the Master of Laketown's deputy Alfrid Lickspittle in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies , and Ted Bundy again (identified as him in the cast list) in the film Angel of Decay, which earned him a Best Actor Award at the British Independent Film Festival in 2016. ^[1] In video games, Gage has portrayed Charibert in the Final Fantasy XIV expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward . In theatre, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company on plays such as Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , and Macbeth . ^[1]

Early life

Gage was born in Coventry. He attended BRIT School and went on to train at the Drama Centre London. ^{[3] [4]}

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Director	Company	Source
2017	The Miser	Cléante	Sean Foley	Mark Goucher Productions/Garrick Theatre	[1]
2013	American Justice	Fenton	Lisa Forrell	Playground Studios/Arts Theatre	[1]
	Ghost Stories	Simon Rifkind	"Andy Nyman", "Jeremy Dyson", and Sean Holmes	Duke of York, "Lyric Hammersmith", and "Liverpool Everyman"	[1]
	The Laws of War	Soldier	Jeremy Herrin	Royal Court Theatre	[1]
	Wages of Thin	Inspector One	Prasanna Puwanarajah, Trevor Griffith	Old Red Lion	[1]
	Quadrophenia	Ace Face	Tom Critchley, Che Walker		[1]
	Artist Descending a Staircase	Martello	Micheal Gieleta, Tom Stoppard	Old Red Lion	[1]
	Hamlet	Osric and Player Queen	Gregory Doran	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead	Albert	Cressida Brown	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Flute	Gregory Doran	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	God in Ruins	Brian Junior and The Homeless Soldier	Anthony Neilson	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Love's Labour's Lost	Lord	Gregory Doran	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Macbeth	Soldier	Conal Morrison	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Macbeth	Donalbain and Young Steward	Silvio Pucuretti	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Indian Boy	Sparks	Rebecca Gatewood	Royal Shakespeare Company	[1]
	Promises and Lies	Cuddles	Jonathan Church	The Birmingham Repertory Theatre	[1]
2006	Spring Awakening	Melchoir Gabor	Aoifie Smyth	The Union Theatre	[1] [5]
	Wolves and Sheep	Apollonius and Goretsky	Caroline Lynch	Pleasence Theatre	[1]

TV and filmography

Feature films and shorts

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Source
1995	Judge Dredd	Young Thief	Danny Cannon	Uncredited role
2007	Outlaw	Manning's Lawyer	Nick Love		[1]
2007	Brixton 85	Drunk Man	Tom Greene	Short Movie	[1]
	Alone Together	Oscar	Daniel Gage	Credited as co-director with Daniel Gage and the film as a "Gage Family" short	[1] [6]
2013	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Alfrid Lickspittle	Peter Jackson		[1]
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Alfrid Lickspittle	Peter Jackson		[7]
2015	Scottish Mussel	Ramsey	Talulah Riley		[1]
2016	Angel of Decay	Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list)	Jamie Crawford	112 minutes Movie version
2016	100 Streets	Vincent	Jim O'Hanlon		[1]
	Days in Between	Sean	Tom Greene		[1]
	Headphones	Barry	Tom Shkolnik		[1]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Episode(s)	Source
1999	The Bill	Carl Buxton	Ep.:"Love and War: Part 1" (Season 15, episode 64)
2006	Hustle	Billy	Ep.: "Price for Fame" (Season 3, episode 1)
2009	Holby City	Russell Cobden	Ep.: "The Honeymoon's Over" (Season 11, episode 35)
2010	Doctors	Nathan Hadler	Ep.: "A Taste of Freedom" (Season 11, episode 183)
2011	Hollyoaks	Johnny	Eps.: 1.3073 and 1.3075
2014–2016	The Musketeers	King Louis XIII	All episodes except "The Return" (Season 2, episode 5) and "We Are the Garrison" (Season 3, episode 10)	[8]
2017	Red Dwarf	Adolf Hitler	Ep.: Cured (Season 12, episode 1)
2019	Endeavour	Ludo Talenti	Ep.: "Oracle" (Season 7, episode 1), Ep.: "Raga" (Season 7, episode 2), Ep.: "Zenana" (Season 7, episode 3)
2022	Father Brown	Finbar Finch	Ep.: "The Enigma of Antigonish" (Season 9, episode 9")
2023	Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story	George, Prince of Wales	Eps.: 1, 5 & 6
2025	Robin Hood	Spragart		[9]

Direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Source
2009	Hamlet	Osric and Player Queen	Gregory Doran
2013	Murder on the Home Front	Danny Hastings			[1]
2015	Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay	Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list)	Jamie Crawford	TV miniseries of 3 episodes	[1]
2015	The Gamechangers	Journalist / Presenter / Crowd (voice)	Owen Harris		[1]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Voice Director	Notes	Source
2014	Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward	Charibert	Matt Delamere		[10]
2015	Bloodborne	Micolash – Host of the Nightmare / Mob A
2019	Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers	Wedge, Irvithe, Eulmoran Adjutant, Aenc Thon			[11]

External links

• Ryan Gage at IMDb
• Ryan Gage on Twitter

References

1. "Ryan Gage: United Agents (Page Profile)" . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
2. Rose, Mike (17 January 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 17, 2023 includes celebrities James Earl Jones, Jim Carrey". Cleveland.com . Retrieved 17 January 2023.
3. Bowman, Evie (17 January 2014). "Happy Birthday, Ryan Gage!". Middle Earth News. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
4. Flavia, Hermione (15 October 2017). "We Talk to Actor Ryan Gage about Fulfilling His Dream of Being in Red Dwarf and Playing a Wrong'un in The Hobbit". Screen Mayhem. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
5. Mary Couzens (8 July 2006). "Spring Awakening at the Union Theatre". London SE1 Community Website. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
6. "Duran Darkins CV (pdf)". p. 1. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
7. "'The Hobbit's' Ryan Gage Does His Best to Survive 'The Battle of the Five Armies'". CBR. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
8. "Interview with Ryan Gage". BBC Media Centre. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
9. Petski, Denise (1 July 2025). "'Robin Hood' Adds 7 To Recurring Cast Of MGM+ Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 21 July 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
10. "Spotlight: ADAM HOWDEN (Page Profile)" . Retrieved 19 August 2016.
11. "Ryan Gage". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.