Trystan Gravelle

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Trystan Gravelle (born 4 May 1981) is a Welsh theatre, film and television actor. [1]

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Life and career

Gravelle was born in the Welsh village of Trimsaran in Carmarthenshire. [2] He attended Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade. He was a member of the Llanelli Youth Theatre between 1997 and 1999 before becoming a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. [2]

After graduation from RADA, Gravelle joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. [3]

In 2010, he performed D.C. Moore's monologue Honest at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at Milne's Bar as part of the Assembly programme. [4]

In 2011, he appeared opposite Rhys Ifans and Vanessa Redgrave in the feature film Anonymous , which contests the authorship of Shakespeare's plays, as Christopher Marlowe. [5] Gravelle missed attending the film's London premiere due to starring in a London production of Mike Bartlett's National Theatre production 13 . [5]

In 2012, he joined the main cast of the ITV period drama series Mr Selfridge as Victor Colleano, assistant manager of the department store's restaurant. [6] In the summer of 2012 he was named one of the 'Stars of Tomorrow' by Screen International . [3] Gravelle filmed Mr Selfridge between April and October, [6] and the series débuted in the United Kingdom in January 2013. [7]

In 2016, Gravelle played the young Paul Finchley in the Channel 4 drama National Treasure .

In 2018, Gravelle played the vampire, Baldwin Montclair, in the Sky One Production A Discovery of Witches .

In 2022, he played Pharazôn in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series on Amazon Prime. [8] Co-star Morfydd Clark mentioned enjoying speaking in Welsh on-set with Gravelle and Owain Arthur. [9]

Selected credits

Year(s)TitleRoleMore information
2010HonestDaveTheatre
2011 13 JohnTheatre
Anonymous Christopher Marlowe Feature film
2013 One Chance MatthewFeature film
2013–2016 Mr Selfridge Victor ColleanoSeries regular
2016 The Aliens FabienSeries regular
2016 National Treasure The young Paul FinchleyMini-series regular
2017 Gap Year EugeneEpisode 1
2017 Beast CliffordFeature film
2018 The Terror Henry Foster CollinsSeries regular
2018 A Discovery of Witches Baldwin MontclairSeries regular
2019 Baptiste GregTV series
2019 Britannia DerogTV series
2020 Quiz Adrian PollockMini-series regular
2022–present The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Pharazôn [8] Series regular
2023 Great Expectations CompeysonTV miniseries

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References

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