Turlough Convery

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Turlough Convery
Born (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 33)
Alma mater Guildford School of Acting
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Turlough Convery (born 18 March 1991) is a Northern Irish actor. He is best known for his role as Bear in series 3 of the BBC Three series Killing Eve , as Liam in My Mad Fat Diary , and as Arthur Parker in the ITV series Sanditon . [1] Convery has been married to his long-term partner Francesca since 2018.

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He has appeared in films such as Ready Player One and has appeared in television series such as Netflix Resident Evil. Other notable roles include Channel 4 series Fresh Meat , 2019 psychological horror film Saint Maud , 2021 film Belfast , 2014 Black Mirror episode 'White Christmas', BBC One series Poldark , and 2018 miniseries Les Misérables . [2]

Early life and education

Born on 18 March 1991, Convery grew up in Northern Ireland and attended Rockport School in Holywood where he excelled at Drama. He later attended sixth form at Our Lady and St Patrick's College in Belfast, where he received a number of drama prizes. He trained in Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, where he won the 2013 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award. [3] [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 MindGamers Rollo
2016 A Quiet Passion Thomas (Butler)
2017 Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire Walter Direct-to-video
The Current War Rough Looking Man
2018 Ready Player One Chief Oology Expert
2019 Saint Maud Christian
2020 Pixie Mickey O'Brien
2021 Belfast Minister
2023Wake UpKevin
2024 The Damned Hakon [5]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Fresh Meat DiarmuidEpisode 3.4
2014 Siblings Tom FlackEpisode #1.3
Black Mirror StingrayEpisode: "White Christmas"
2014–2015 My Mad Fat Diary Liam8 episodes
2014–2016 Lovesick McNeish2 episodes
2015 River Frankie Stevenson6 episodes
2016 Hoff the Record PolicemanEpisode #2.3
2016–2018 Poldark Tom Harry15 episodes
2018 Doing Money DeclanTV film
2019 Les Misérables Grantaire3 episodes
Temple Simon Reynolds3 episodes
2019–2023 Sanditon Arthur Parker19 episodes
2020 Killing Eve Bear7 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Henry Norris 2 episodes
2022 Resident Evil Richard Baxter4 episodes
2024 House of the Dragon Lord Walys Mooton 2 episodes
Slow Horses Dancer Blaine2 episodes

References

  1. "Turlough Convery". Guildford School of Acting. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "New: Turlough Convery". 3 January 2020.
  3. "The Arts Show, 2012/2013 - Turlough Convery (Theatre)". BBC Two .
  4. "Turlough Convery". Apple TV .
  5. Ritman, Alex (1 February 2024). "'The Damned' First Look: Odessa Young and Joe Cole Endure a Cruel Winter in Upcoming Horror Film (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2024.