Mark Stanley

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Mark Stanley
Born
Mark Robert Speight[1]

29 April 1988 (1988-04-29) (age 33)
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present

Mark Robert Speight (born 29 April 1988[citation needed]), known professionally as Mark Stanley is an English actor. He portrayed Grenn in the HBO series Game of Thrones.[2] He is also known for his roles in the films Kajaki[3][4] and Our Kind of Traitor, and the series Dickensian.[5]

Early life and education[]

Stanley was born in Leeds. He attended Allerton High School and Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, where he began acting.[6] He later graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.[7][8]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2013 How I Live Now Chasing Man
2014 Mr. Turner Clarkson Stanfield
Kajaki Tug
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Knight of Ren[9]
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Ollie
2017 Euphoria Brian
Dark River Joe Bell[10]
2019 Hellboy Arthur
Run Finnie
2020 Sulphur and White David Tait

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2011–14 Game of Thrones Grenn 22 episodes
2015–16 Dickensian Bill Sikes 14 episodes
2017 Broken PC Andrew Powell 5 episodes
Love, Lies & Records James 6 episodes
Little Women Professor Bhaer 1 episode
2018 The Little Drummer Girl Arthur A. Halloran 1 episode
2019–20 Criminal: United Kingdom Hugo 4 episodes
2019 Sanditon Lord Babington 8 episodes
Elizabeth Is Missing Frank Jefford TV film
2020 White House Farm Colin Caffell TV mini-series
2020 Honour[11] DS Andy Craig TV mini-series - 2 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Henry VIII Miniseries[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ Rochenda Sandall (5 March 2019). "Delighted to share the news that the feature fim RUN will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in April! It's beautiful story telling and Starring my one and only Mark Speight". Retrieved 5 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Mark Stanley on Grenn's Spin-off Show & Table-Reading with Ygritte". Flicks and the City. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. ^ "'It's utterly British' - an interview with the men behind new war movie Kajaki". WOW247. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Game of Thrones' Mark Stanley and War Hero 'Tug' Hartley Talk Kilo Two Bravo". Dork Shelf. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ^ Wallis, Sara (19 December 2015). "Dickensian unites author's best-loved characters for epic period soap". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. ^ Smith, Stephanie (1 June 2021). "These are the Channel 5 TV Anne Boleyn locations filmed across Yorkshire from Bolton Castle to Castle Howard". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 June 2021.(subscription required)
  7. ^ "Mark Stanley". Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Archived 23 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "We Chat To Yorkshire Actor, Mark Stanley About His Latest Role In Dark River". Northern Life Magazine. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  9. ^ Robinson, Joanna. "24 Delightful Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cameos You Might Have Missed". HWD. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  10. ^ Barrie, Thomas (27 February 2018). ""In this film, we've got a lot to contend with": Mark Stanley on Dark River". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Meet the cast of Honour". Radio Times.
  12. ^ Rosseinsky, Katie (28 May 2021). "Anne Boleyn's Mark Stanley on moving on from museum piece period dramas and how to empathise with Henry VIII". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  13. ^ Ravindran, Manori (13 November 2020). "Jodie Turner-Smith's Anne Boleyn Drama Sets 'Game of Thrones' Star Mark Stanley as Henry VIII (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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