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House Of The Dragon
''House of the Dragon'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy drama (film and television), drama television series created by George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal for HBO. A prequel to ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), it is the second TV show in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' franchise. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik served as the showrunners for the first season. Based on Martin's 2018 novel ''Fire & Blood (novel), Fire & Blood'', the series is set about 100 years after the Westeros, Seven Kingdoms are united by the Targaryen Conquest, nearly 200 years before the events of ''Game of Thrones'', and 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen. Featuring an ensemble cast, the show portrays the events leading up to the beginning of the decline of House Targaryen, a devastating war of succession known as the "Dance of the Dragons". ''House of the Dragon'' received a straight-to-series order in October 2019, with casting beginning in July 2020 and principal photography starti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue ("cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, suspense action, and action come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Best
Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series ''Nurse Jackie'' (2009–13), First Lady Dolley Madison in the ''American Experience'' television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries ''The Honourable Woman'' (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film ''The King's Speech''. Best won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in ''Hedda Gabler''. She made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'', winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and receiving the first of two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; the second was for the revival of ''The Homecoming'' in 2008. She returned to Broadway in the 2015 revival of ''Old Times''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi (, fa, رامین جوادی; born 19 July 1974) is an Iran, Iranian and Germans, German film score, score composer. He is known for his scores for the 2008 Marvel film ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man'' and the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', for which he was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2009, 2018 and 2020. He is also the composer for the HBO ''Game of Thrones'' prequel series, ''House of the Dragon'' (2022—present). He has scored films such as ''Clash of the Titans (2010 film), Clash of the Titans'', ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'', ''Warcraft (film), Warcraft'', ''A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film), A Wrinkle in Time'' and ''Eternals (film), Eternals'', television series including ''Prison Break'', ''Person of Interest (TV series), Person of Interest'', ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan'', and ''Westworld (TV series), Westworld'', and video games such as ''Medal of Honor (2010 video game), Medal of Honor'', ''Gears of War 4'', and ''Gears 5''. He won two cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethany Antonia
Bethany Antonia (born 25 December 1997) is an English actress. As of 2022 she plays Lady Baela Targaryen in the HBO ''fantasy'' series ''House of the Dragon''. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC iPlayer teen series '' Get Even'' (2020), the Netflix crime drama ''Stay Close'' (2021), and the ITV biopic '' Nolly'' (2023). Her films include ''Pin Cushion'' (2017). Early life Born in Quinton, Birmingham, Antonia is of mixed English and Jamaican descent. When she was six, her family moved to a small coastal town in the southwestern Charente-Maritime region of France, before returning to Birmingham when she was eleven. She attended Perryfields High School and then Birmingham Ormiston Academy for sixth form, where she studied musical theatre. At 14, she began training at First Act Workshop. She also spent many years training with Adage Dance studio in Selly Oak, Spotlight Stage School in Solihull, and with the British Youth Music Theatre. Career Antonia began her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewan Mitchell
Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the ITV period drama ''The Halcyon'' (2017), the medieval series ''The Last Kingdom'' (2017–2022), the BBC war drama '' World on Fire'' (2019–), and the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–). He has also appeared in the ITV crime thriller ''Trigger Point'' (2022) and Claire Denis' film '' High Life'' (2018). Early life Mitchell was born and raised in Derby. He trained at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham. Career Mitchell began his acting career in 2015, upon graduating high school, starring in the short films ''Stereotype'' and ''Fire''. He later starred in the films ''Just Charlie'' (2017) by Rebekah Fortune and '' High Life'' (2018) by Claire Denis. In 2022, he was cast in an Amazon Prime Video original film, Emerald Fennell's ''Saltburn''. On television, Mitchell made his debut in the 2017 ITV period drama ''The Halcyon'' as Billy Taylor. He had his breakout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Glynn-Carney
Tom Glynn-Carney (born 7 February 1995) is an English actor and singer. He has appeared in Christopher Nolan's war film ''Dunkirk'' (2017), ''Tolkien'', '' The King'', and ''Rialto'' (2019), and as King Aegon II Targaryen in ''House of the Dragon'' (2022). Glynn-Carney is also the lead singer of the indie band, Sleep Walking Animals. Life and career Glynn-Carney studied at Canon Slade School in Bolton, and went on to study Musical Theatre in Pendleton College of Performing Arts, receiving a triple distinction star in performing arts, the highest possible grade for a vocational qualification. He then attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied acting. While studying, he participated in professional stage adaptations of ''Peter Pan'' and ''Macbeth''. His first experience on television was in 2013 when he had a role in two episodes of ''Casualty''. He secured a lead role in the BBC military drama ''The Last Post'', launched as part of the new season Autum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Collett
Harry Collett (born 2004) is a British actor. He began his career as a child actor on the West End. He went on to play Oliver Hide in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' (2016–2022), Tommy Stubbins in the film '' Dolittle'' (2020), and Jacaerys Velaryon in the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022). Early life From Havering, Collett attended Coopers' Company and Coborn School for his secondary education, completing Year 11 in 2020. Career Collett began his career in the West End productions of ''Billy Elliot the Musical'' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, ''Matilda The Musical'' at the Cambridge Theatre as Eric, and ''Elf'' at the Dominion Theatre as Michael. Collett made his television debut in a 2014 episode of BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' as Seb Durante. That same year, he played a younger version of Michael Bublé in the music video for Bublé and Idina Menzel's cover of "Baby, It's Cold Outside". The following year, Collett made a guest appearance in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivia Cooke
Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. In television, she has starred as Emma Decody in the thriller '' Bates Motel'' (2013–2017), Becky Sharp in the period drama '' Vanity Fair'' (2018), and Alicent Hightower in the fantasy drama ''House of the Dragon'' (2022–present). In film, Cooke has starred in the horror film ''Ouija'' (2014), the comedy-drama film ''Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'' (2015), the thriller ''Thoroughbreds'' (2017), the science fiction film ''Ready Player One'' (2018), and the drama ''Sound of Metal'' (2020). Early life Olivia Kate Cooke was born on 27 December 1993 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, to sales representative Lindsay Wilde and retired police officer John Cooke. Her parents divorced when she was a child, and she and her sister lived with their mother. She started acting when she was eight years old at the Oldham Theatre Workshop, an after-school drama programme in her hometown. She attended Royton and Crompton Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Hall (actor)
Jefferson Hall (born 6 December 1977) is an English actor. He has played the roles of Hugh of the Vale in ''Game of Thrones'', Varg in ''Wizards vs Aliens'' on CBBC, Torstein in ''Vikings'' and as Aaron Korey in ''Halloween''. He was credited as Robert Hall in his earlier roles. In 2022, he was cast as twins Jason Lannister and Tyland Lannister in the ''Game of Thrones'' prequel series, ''House of the Dragon''. History Jefferson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ... in London. He has had a varied TV and film career. Filmography Film Television References External links * Photo on Emma mini-series site, Jefferson Hall as 'Martin'blog on Game of Thrones Site {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Jefferson English male fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Needham
Matthew George Timothy Needham (born 13 April 1984) is a British actor. He has worked on stage and screen, appearing in television series such as ''Casualty'', '' Endeavour'', and ''Sanditon''. For his performance in the play ''Britannicus'', he was nominated the 2011 Ian Charleson Award. As of 2022, Needham portrays Larys Strong on the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon''. His performance in the series has received critical acclaim. Early life He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2007. Career Needham has performed on stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, and Shakespeare's Globe. He was nominated for the 2011 Ian Charleson Award. In 2015, Needham starred in the short film '' Stutterer'', written and directed by Benjamin Cleary and produced by Serena Armitage and Shan Christopher Ogilvie. The film won Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham McTavish
Graham McTavish (born 4 January 1961) is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Dwalin in ''The Hobbit'' film trilogy, Vlad Dracula Țepeș in the Netflix animated franchise ''Castlevania'', Loki in various Marvel animated projects, William Munny, the Saint of Killers in the AMC series ''Preacher'', and as Dougal MacKenzie and William Buccleigh MacKenzie in the Starz series '' Outlander.'' He is also known for his roles in the video game franchise ''Uncharted'' as the main antagonist Zoran Lazarević in '' Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'' and Charlie Cutter in '' Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception''. In 2020, McTavish and ''Outlander'' co-star Sam Heughan co-wrote ''Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other'', which hit No. 1 on the ''New York Times''' Best Seller Lists for hardcover nonfiction and for combined print and e-book nonfiction. Early life McTavish was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is the son of Alec and Ellen McTavish. The famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Carey
Emily Joanna Carey (born 30 April 2003) is an English actor. She began her career as a child actor on stage and in the BBC One soap opera ''Casualty'' (2014–2017, 2021). She went on to play young versions of characters, such as Diana Prince in ''Wonder Woman'' (2017), Lara Croft in ''Tomb Raider'' (2018), and Alicent Hightower in the HBO fantasy series ''House of the Dragon'' (2022). She also appeared in BBC iPlayer teen series '' Get Even'' (2020). Early life Carey was born in the London Borough of Barnet. Her family is in the theatre industry. When Carey was as young as three she would help her grandmother, a former West End wardrobe mistress, pair socks backstage. She was scouted by an agent when she was eight. She was invited by Michael Xavier, whom she met through ''The Sound of Music'', to take weekend acting classes at his MX Masterclass, of which she is now a patron. Career Carey began her career in 2013 in the West End production of ''Shrek The Musical'' at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
