Sebastian Armesto

Sebastian Armesto
Born
Sebastian File Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto

(1982-06-03) 3 June 1982 (age 42)
England
EducationEton College
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto.

Career

Television and film

Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series The Tudors. He starred in the 2008 ITV drama series The Palace as the King's carefree younger brother Prince George.[1] He then played the character of Edmund Sparkler in the 2008 BBC version of Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit. In the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Armesto played the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. He played the poet and playwright Ben Jonson in Roland Emmerich's film Anonymous. In 2015 he played Lieutenant Dopheld Mitaka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[2] He also played Tankard in the Poldark series in 2016 (seven episodes).

Armesto has also been in two stories of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who ("Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways", 2005) and Comte Louis de Provence in Marie Antoinette.

In March 2019, Armesto joined Cursed, a Netflix original television series based on a reimaging of the Arthurian legend, in the role of Uther Pendragon.[3] The first season was released on 17 July 2020.

Theatre

Armesto has acted in theatre productions in Britain, including three shows at the National Theatre and one at the Royal Court. He also writes and directs theatre with company Simple 8. His productions include directing and adapting Les Enfants du Paradis.[4][5][6] He co-wrote and directed a play based on William Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty[7] and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick.[8]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 A Feast at Midnight Oberoi
2004 Hawking Robert Silkin Television film
2006 Marie Antoinette Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence
Dear Steven Spielberg Lawyer 6 Short film
2007 Blood Monkey Josh Dawson Direct-to-video
2008 We Call Her Daisy Daniel Short film
Loser's Anonymous Edward Direct-to-video
2009 Bright Star Mr. Haslam
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides King Ferdinand
Anonymous Ben Jonson
2013 Complicit Gareth Television film
Dead Cat Michael
Alpha: Omega Lilith Short film
2014 Copenhagen Jeremy
He Took His Skin Off for Me Him Short film
2015 Coalition George Osborne Television film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lieutenant Mitaka
2016 For Grace The Filmmaker
2017 Tulip Fever Eduart Asmus
The Mercy Nelson Messina
2018 The Dead Ones Jono Short film
Brothers of Italy Major Stuart Short film
2021 Free Fall Freddie Short film
TBA † Savage House Hans Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Famous Five Cecil Dearlove Episode: "Five Go Off to Camp"
2005 The Bill Tim Salcedo Episode: "Abuse in Kind"
Doctor Who Broff Episode: "Bad Wolf"
The Virgin Queen Charles Blount Miniseries; 2 episodes
2006 The Impressionists Art Critic / Young Man in Exhibition Miniseries; 2 episodes
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Honorius Episode: "The Fall of Rome"
2007 The Tudors Charles V Episode: "Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!"
2008 The Palace Prince George Series regular; 8 episodes
Little Dorrit Edmund Sparkler Series regular; 12 episodes
2011 Zen Silvio Miletti Episode: "Ratking"
2012 Parade's End Ruggles Miniseries; 2 episodes
2015 Toast of London Daz Klondyke Episode: "Global Warming"
2016 Murder Dominic Cotterall Episode: "Lost Weekend"
New Blood Louis Wesley Episode: "Case 2"
Poldark Tankard Recurring role; 7 episodes
Close to the Enemy Alex Lombard Series regular; 7 episodes
2017 Apple Tree Yard Laurence Episode: "Episode 3"
Broadchurch Clive Lucas Series regular; 8 episodes
2018 The Terror Charles Des Voeux Series regular; 9 episodes
Harlots Justice Josiah Hunt Series regular; 8 episodes
2019 Silent Witness DI Neil Taramelli Episode: "To Brighton, To Brighton"
Gold Digger Patrick Miniseries; 6 episodes
2020 Cursed Uther Pendragon Series regular; 9 episodes
2023 A Small Light Max Stoppelman Miniseries; 4 episodes

References

  1. ^ Banks-Smith, Nancy (15 January 2008). "G2: Last night's TV: The Palace is not only tosh – it will never top the antics of the real royal family". The Guardian. p. 31.
  2. ^ "Lieutenant Mitaka". www.starwars.com.
  3. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (4 March 2019). "'Cursed': Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgard, Lily Newmark & More Join Arthurian Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ McGinn, Caroline (26 May 2011). "Theatre – Psycho's progress; Adam Brace and Sebastian Armesto visit the London roots of their Hogarth-inspired drama with Caroline McGinn. Portrait Rob Greig". Time Out.
  5. ^ "Les Enfants". The Times. 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  6. ^ Taylor, Paul (29 December 2006). "Les Enfants Du Paradis, Arcola Theatre, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ Mountford, Fiona (31 May 2011). "Wild Times and Rich Promise". London Evening Standard.
  8. ^ Pringle, Stewart (14 February 2013). "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari". Time Out. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

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