Sebastian Armesto | |
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Born | Sebastian File Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto 3 June 1982 |
Education | Eton College |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1994–present |
Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series The Tudors . He starred in the 2008 ITV drama series The Palace as the King's carefree younger brother Prince George. [1] He then played the character of Edmund Sparkler in the 2008 BBC version of Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit . In the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Armesto played the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. He played the poet and playwright Ben Jonson in Roland Emmerich's film Anonymous . In 2015 he played Lieutenant Dopheld Mitaka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens . [2] He also played Tankard in the Poldark series in 2016 (seven episodes).
Armesto has also been in two stories of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who ("Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways", 2005) and Comte Louis de Provence in Marie Antoinette .
In March 2019, Armesto joined Cursed , a Netflix original television series based on a reimaging of the Arthurian legend, in the role of Uther Pendragon. [3] The first season was released on 17 July 2020.
Armesto has acted in theatre productions in Britain, including three shows at the National Theatre and one at the Royal Court. He also writes and directs theatre with company Simple 8. His productions include directing and adapting Les Enfants du Paradis . [4] [5] [6] He co-wrote and directed a play based on William Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty [7] and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick . [8]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | A Feast at Midnight | Oberoi | |
2004 | Hawking | Robert Silkin | Television film |
2006 | Marie Antoinette | Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence | |
Dear Steven Spielberg | Lawyer 6 | Short film | |
2007 | Blood Monkey | Josh Dawson | Direct-to-video |
2008 | We Call Her Daisy | Daniel | Short film |
Loser's Anonymous | Edward | Direct-to-video | |
2009 | Bright Star | Mr. Haslam | |
2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | King Ferdinand | |
Anonymous | Ben Jonson | ||
2013 | Complicit | Gareth | Television film |
Dead Cat | Michael | ||
Alpha: Omega | Lilith | Short film | |
2014 | Copenhagen | Jeremy | |
He Took His Skin Off for Me | Him | Short film | |
2015 | Coalition | George Osborne | Television film |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Lieutenant Mitaka | ||
2016 | For Grace | The Filmmaker | |
2017 | Tulip Fever | Eduart Asmus | |
The Mercy | Nelson Messina | ||
2018 | The Dead Ones | Jono | Short film |
Brothers of Italy | Major Stuart | Short film | |
2021 | Free Fall | Freddie | Short film |
TBA | † Savage House | Hans | Post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Famous Five | Cecil Dearlove | Episode: "Five Go Off to Camp" |
2005 | The Bill | Tim Salcedo | Episode: "Abuse in Kind" |
Doctor Who | Broff | Episode: "Bad Wolf" | |
The Virgin Queen | Charles Blount | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
2006 | The Impressionists | Art Critic / Young Man in Exhibition | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire | Honorius | Episode: "The Fall of Rome" | |
2007 | The Tudors | Charles V | Episode: "Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!" |
2008 | The Palace | Prince George | Series regular; 8 episodes |
Little Dorrit | Edmund Sparkler | Series regular; 12 episodes | |
2011 | Zen | Silvio Miletti | Episode: "Ratking" |
2012 | Parade's End | Ruggles | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
2015 | Toast of London | Daz Klondyke | Episode: "Global Warming" |
2016 | Murder | Dominic Cotterall | Episode: "Lost Weekend" |
New Blood | Louis Wesley | Episode: "Case 2" | |
Poldark | Tankard | Recurring role; 7 episodes | |
Close to the Enemy | Alex Lombard | Series regular; 7 episodes | |
2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Laurence | Episode: "Episode 3" |
Broadchurch | Clive Lucas | Series regular; 8 episodes | |
2018 | The Terror | Charles Des Voeux | Series regular; 9 episodes |
Harlots | Justice Josiah Hunt | Series regular; 8 episodes | |
2019 | Silent Witness | DI Neil Taramelli | Episode: "To Brighton, To Brighton" |
Gold Digger | Patrick | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
2020 | Cursed | Uther Pendragon | Series regular; 9 episodes |
2023 | A Small Light | Max Stoppelman | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
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