Gethin David L. Anthony (born 9 October 1983) is an English television and film actor best known for his role as

Renly Baratheon Renly Baratheon is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''. Introduced in 1996's ''A Game of Thrones'', Renly is ...

in ''

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'' from 2011 to 2012.

Early life and education

Anthony was born in

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, Warwickshire. He attended Ashton Hayes Primary School in

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, Cheshire, Christ Church Primary School in

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, and the

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. He received a scholarship for a summer programme at the

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from July to August 2004. Anthony went on to study

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, appeared in numerous student productions (notably in the title role of

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at the

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), and was President of the

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, before training at

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Career

Anthony played Grigory in ''

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'' at the

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from November 2012 to March 2013. He had guest roles in the series ''

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'' and '' Doctors'', and played William in the 2014 film ''

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''. His most notable roles are

in the HBO series ''

'' and

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in the

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series ''

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''. In 2017, he voiced the character of Gil Brodie in the video game '' Mass Effect: Andromeda'', and appeared in a play ''

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'' at Southwark Playhouse in London with

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and

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Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

Stage

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/Latitude's ''Carrot'' as Alex *Theatre Royal Northampton's '' In Praise of Love'' as Joey *High Tide/ Old Vic Tunnels's ''Ditch'' as James *Birmingham Rep Theatre's '' Cling to Me Like Ivy'' as Patrick *

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's ''What Fatima Did'' as George * The Old Red Lion's ''Fairytale'' *

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's ''Death of Cool'' as Richie *

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's ''24 Hour Plays'' * Old Fire Station's ''Some Voices'' as Ray *

's ''

'' as Cyrano *

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's ''

'' as Grigoriy Otrepyev, later Dmitriy, the Pretender

Audio

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's ''Small Acts of Kindness'' as Charlie *BBC Radio 4's ''Severed Threads'' as Jones *Radio Static's '' The Minister of Chance'' as Sutu * BBC's ''Legsy Gets a Break'' as John *

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's ''The Year of

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'' as Mr Strand

References

External links

*
Interview with Shadowlocked.com
* Living people 1983 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English male film actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors Male actors from Warwickshire People from Stratford-upon-Avon {{England-actor-stub