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Mark Stanley

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For persons of a similar name, see Mark Stanley (disambiguation).

Mark Stanley
Born
Mark Robert Speight

Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2010–present
PartnerRochenda Sandall

Mark Robert Speight, known professionally as Mark Stanley, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in Game of Thrones,[1] Dickensian,[2] and as Rob Hepworth in the third series of BBC drama Happy Valley.

Early life and education

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Mark Robert Speight[3] was born in Leeds. He attended Allerton High School and Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, where he began acting.[4] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.[5][6]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

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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[7]
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Ollie
2017 Euphoria Brian
Dark River Joe Bell[8]
2019 Hellboy Arthur
Run Finnie
2020 Sulphur and White David Tait
2023 The Settlers Alexander MacLennan

Television

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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 and Records James 6 episodes
Little Women Professor Bhaer 1 episode
2018 The Little Drummer Girl Arthur A. Halloran 1 episode
2019–20 Criminal: UK DC Hugo Duffy 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[9] DS Andy Craig TV mini-series; 2 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Henry VIII Miniseries[10][11]
2021 The Bay Warren Pryce Series 3
2022-2024 Trigger Point DI Thom Youngblood 12 episodes
2022 The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe Mark Darwin Miniseries; 4 episodes
2023 Happy Valley Rob Hepworth Series 3; 6 episodes
2023 The Reckoning Dan Davies Mini-series; 4 episodes
TBA † Adolescence Paul Barlow Post-production
TBA Under Salt Marsh TBA Upcoming TV series

References

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  1. ^ "Mark Stanley on Grenn's Spin-off Show & Table-Reading with Ygritte". Flicks and the City. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ Wallis, Sara (19 December 2015). "Dickensian unites author's best-loved characters for epic period soap". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "Mark Stanley". Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Archived 23 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "We Chat To Yorkshire Actor, Mark Stanley About His Latest Role In Dark River". Northern Life Magazine. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. ^ Robinson, Joanna (21 December 2015). "24 Delightful Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cameos You Might Have Missed". HWD. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Meet the cast of Honour". Radio Times.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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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