Sebastian Armesto

British actor

Sebastian Armesto
Born	Sebastian File Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (1982-06-03) 3 June 1982 (age 41) England
Education	Eton College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–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 (7 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 re-imaging 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]

Partial filmography

A Feast at Midnight (1995) .... Oberoi
Hawking (2004) .... Robert Silkin
The Bill (2005, TV Series) .... Tim Salcedo
Doctor Who (2005, TV Series) .... Broff
The Virgin Queen (2005, TV Mini-Series) .... Charles Blount
The Impressionists (2006, TV Mini-Series) .... Art Critic
Marie Antoinette (2006) .... Comte de Provence
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006, TV Mini-Series) .... Honorius
Dear Steven Spielberg (2006, Short) .... Lawyer 6
The Tudors (2007, TV Series) .... Charles V
Blood Monkey (2007, Short) .... Josh Dawson
The Palace (2008, TV Mini-Series) .... Prince George
Loser's Anonymous (2008) .... Edward
Little Dorrit (2008, TV Series) .... Edmund Sparkler
Bright Star (2009) .... Mr. Haslam
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) .... Ferdinand VI of Spain
Anonymous (2011) .... Ben Jonson
Dead Cat (2013) .... Michael
Copenhagen (2014) .... Jeremy
Coalition (2015, Channel 4 TV movie) .... George Osborne
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) .... Lieutenant Dopheld Mitaka
For Grace (2016) .... The Filmmaker
Poldark (2016, TV Series) .... Tankard
Close to the Enemy (2016, BBC2 TV miniseries written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff) .... Alex Lombard
Broadchurch (2017, TV Series) .... Clive Lucas
Tulip Fever (2017) .... Eduart Asmus
The Mercy (2018) .... Nelson Messina
The Terror (2018, TV Series) .... 2nd Mate Charles Frederick Des Voeux
Harlots (2018, TV Series) .... Josiah Hunt
Silent Witness (2019, TV Series) .... DI Taramelli
Gold Digger (2019, TV Mini-Series) .... Patrick Day
Cursed (2020, Web TV Series) .... Uther Pendragon
A Small Light (2023, TV Miniseries) .... Max Stoppelman

References

^ 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.
^ "Lieutenant Mitaka". www.starwars.com.
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (4 March 2019). "'Cursed': Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgard, Lily Newmark & More Join Arthurian Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ 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.
^ "Les Enfants". The Times. 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ Mountford, Fiona (31 May 2011). "Wild Times and Rich Promise". London Evening Standard.
^ Pringle, Stewart (14 February 2013). "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari". Time Out. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2023.