Wilf Scolding | |
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 Scolding at the 2021 German Comic Con | |
| Born | Wilfred John Scolding 25 April 1990 Cambridge, England |
| Education | Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset |
| Alma mater | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Wilfred John Scolding (born 25 April 1990) is a British actor. On television, he is known for his role in the BBC One drama The Passing Bells (2014) and the Netflix series The One (2021). His films include Bees Make Honey (2017).
Scolding was born in Cambridge. He attended Kingswood School in Bath. [1] He went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2013. [2]
Upon graduating from drama school in 2013, Scolding made his professional stage debut in Strange Interlude at the National Theatre. He had his first major television role as Freddie in the 2014 BBC One war miniseries The Passing Bells . [3] This was followed by further stage roles in the English Touring Theatre production of Arcadia , [4] The Win Bin at the Old Red Lion, The Glass Menagerie at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in 2015, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatre Royal, Bath in 2016.
In 2017, Scolding made his feature film debut in Bees Make Honey . [5] As predicted by fans of the series in advance, [6] Scolding guest starred as Prince Rhaegar Targaryen opposite Aisling Franciosi as Lyanna Stark in a season 7 flashback of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones . [7] [8] Also in 2017, Scolding began voicing Christopher Carter in the BBC Radio 4 audio soap opera The Archers . [9] He has worked extensively with Big Finish Productions on a number of Doctor Who and original audio dramas. [10]
Scolding starred as John Martin alongside Peter Capaldi in the 2019 BBC television film adaptation of Martin's Close . He also appeared in the BBC One drama Mrs Wilson , and on stage in The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse and The Sweet Science of Bruising at Wilton's Music Hall. He had a main role as Ethan in the 2021 Netflix science fiction series The One . [11] In 2023, Scolding joined the cast of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre on the West End as Ernst Ludwig [12] [13] and played Captain Vanis Tigo in the Disney+ series Andor . [14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Put Down | John | Short film |
| 2017 | Bees Make Honey | Inspector Shoerope | |
| 2018 | The Coupling | Freddie Yip | Short film |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Frank Doyle (Workman) | |
| 2023 | Stockholm Bloodbath | Johan | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Skins | Bruno | Episode: "Everyone"Doctors |
| 2014 | Doctors | Jared Kilkenny | Episode: "The Boy Narcissus" |
| The Passing Bells | Freddie | Miniseries | |
| Borgia | Anton van Lalaing | Episode: "1506" | |
| 2016 | Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | Thomas Culpepper | Episode: "Divorced, Beheaded, Survived" |
| 2017 | Game of Thrones | Rhaegar Targaryen | Episode: "The Dragon and the Wolf" |
| 2018 | Mrs Wilson | Mike Shannon | 1 episode |
| 2019 | Martin's Close | John Martin | Television film |
| 2021 | The One | Ethan | Main role |
| 2022 | Andor | Captain Vanis Tigo | 5 episodes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | FIFA 19 | Terry Williams | |
| Battlefield V | Additional voices | ||
| 2020 | Amnesia: Rebirth | Various | |
| 2022 | The Diofield Chronicle | Castavere Dunnow | English version |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Additional voices | English version |
| 2024 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Imperial Agent (Male) | Starting with Update 7.5 "Desperate Defiance" [15] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Strange Interlude | Gordon Evans | National Theatre, London |
| 2015 | Arcadia | Septimus Hodge | Theatre Royal, Brighton / UK tour |
| The Win Bin | Knock | Old Red Lion Theatre, London | |
| The Glass Menagerie | Jim | Nuffield Theatre, Southampton | |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demetrius | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2018 | The Madness of George III | Prince of Wales | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham |
| 2019 | The Sweet Science of Bruising | Gabriel Lamb | Wilton's Music Hall, London |
| 2023 | Cabaret | Ernst Ludwig | Playhouse Theatre, London |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Confessions of Dorian Gray | Various | Big Finish Original |
| 2014 | Clayton Grange | Danny | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2017 | Aliens Among Us | Personal trainer | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Superiority Complex" |
| The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield | Mogron / Radio | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes | |
| 2017–present | The Archers | Christopher Carter | BBC Radio 4 |
| 2018 | Cicero | Piso | Big Finish Original |
| Torchwood | Alejandro / Courtier | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes | |
| Low | Brian Eno | BBC Radio 4 [16] | |
| Class | Chris | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Now You Know..." | |
| The War Master | First Soldier | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Sins of the Father" | |
| 2019 | Puckoon | BBC Radio 4 | |
| 2020 | The Sins of Captain John | King Charles II / Tom | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes |
| ATA Girl 2 | Henry Lloyd | Big Finish Original | |
| Doctor Who: Main Range | Charles Crookshap | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Thin Time" | |
| Time Lord Victorious | Groth | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Mutually Assured Destruction" | |
| The Congress of Rough Riders | Narrator | Penguin Audio, novel by John Boyne | |
| 2022 | Gallifrey: Time War | Various | Big Finish Productions, 3 episodes |
| The Lost Stories | Jassic / Guard | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Mind of the Hodiac" | |
| UNIT: Brave New World | Roman Krojač / Professor Ian Fenning | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Doctor Who: Redacted | Drone | Big Finish Productions, 4 episodes |
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