Harry Gilby
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Harry Gilby | |
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Born | Nottingham, England, United Kingdom | 21 August 2001
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2016–present |
Parent(s) | Neil Gilby Helen Gilby |
Harry Gilby is an English actor, best known for playing a young J. R. R. Tolkien in the 2019 film Tolkien.
Early life[]
Harry Gilby was born in Nottingham, England in 2001 to parents Neil and Helen Gilby. He attended Sutton Bonington primary school before joining Trent College when he was 11. He began training at the Television Workshop in Nottingham when he was 12. Gilby played Nathan in the original cast of The Full Monty at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End.
Career[]
Gilby made his acting debut in 2016, when he played a village lad in an episode of Jericho. In 2017 he starred in the film Just Charlie, playing Charlie Lyndsay, a transgender girl with a special talent for playing football. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 for his performance in Just Charlie.[1] In 2018, he played Arlo in the short film Evie. In 2019, he played a young version of author J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien. He has also appeared in three episodes of Casualty as Toby Williams, a young boy dying of leukemia.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Just Charlie | Charlie Lyndsay | |
2018 | Evie | Arlo | Short film |
2019 | Tolkien | Young J.R.R. Tolkien |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Jericho | Village Lad | 1 episode |
2019 | Casualty | Toby Williams | 3 episodes |
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | British Independent Film Awards | Most Promising Newcomer | Just Charlie | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (1 November 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External links[]
- Harry Gilby at IMDb
- 2001 births
- Living people
- 21st-century English male actors
- English male film actors
- English male television actors