Art Parkinson (born 19 October 2001) is an Irish actor from

Moville Moville (; ) is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end. Locatio ...

Inishowen Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfort ...

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrcon ...

, in

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. He began his professional acting career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as Rickon Stark on the HBO series ''

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'' (2011–2013; 2016), and Kubo in the film '' Kubo and the Two Strings'' (2016).

Personal life

Parkinson was raised in

, a coastal town on the

Peninsula in the north of

in Ireland. His mother, Movania, also an actor, runs a local drama school which Art and his two older brothers, Pearce and Padhraig, attended from a very young age. His two older brothers have also acted in several Irish and British television productions. He is

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, having been educated through the

Irish language Irish (Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

at both primary school level and latterly at Coláiste Chineal Eoghain. He was selected as Ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia in 2017.

Career

Parkinson played the role of 'Young Kenneth' in the movie ''

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''. He also appeared in the Irish horror film '' Dark Touch''. In July 2014, Parkinson was cast in the 2014 American

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epic action '' Dracula Untold'' directed by Gary Shore. On 6 October 2014, Parkinson confirmed that his character and Natalia Tena's character Osha would not be returning for the fifth season of ''Game of Thrones''. Parkinson also starred in the Hollywood movie '' San Andreas'' (2015) as Ollie, a ten-year-old boy caught up in a massive earthquake in California.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parkinson, Art 2001 births Living people 21st-century Irish male actors Male actors from County Donegal Irish male child actors Irish male film actors Irish male television actors