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series '' True Detective: Night Country'' (2024).

Early life

Finn Bennett was born in 1999 at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, London, the son of

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, an Irish novelist and screenwriter, and

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, a British journalist. He also has Belgian heritage through his maternal grandmother Annette Duvivier. Bennett attended school in London, and on Saturdays went took drama classes at

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. Instead of going on to university, he had various jobs until booking '' Domina''.

Career

Bennett began his career as a child actor, making his television debut in a 2010 episode of the

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detective drama '' Foyle's War'' as a young version of Andrew Scott's character. This was followed by a 2013 guest appearance in the Channel 4 crime drama '' Top Boy''. He appeared in the 2015 BBC One television film adaptation of

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's memoir ''Cider with Rosie''. He had a recurring role as Ewen in the first series of ''

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'' in 2017. The following year, he played Simon Warner in the Channel 4 crime drama '' Kiri'' and made a guest appearance in an episode the

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comedy-drama ''

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''. In 2019, Bennett made his feature film debut with a small role in William Nicholson's drama ''

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''. Bennett returned to television in 2021 when he portrayed Marcellus in the Sky Atlantic series '' Domina''. That same year, he appeared in the horror film '' A Banquet''. In September 2022, Bennett was cast as Peter Prior on the fourth season of the HBO anthology series ''

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'', subtitled ''Night Country'', which premiered on 14 January 2024. In March 2024, he was cast in the Netflix series '' Black Doves'' and in Alex Garland's film '' Warfare''. On 18 June 2024, it was confirmed that Bennett would join the cast of ''

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'' as Aerion Targaryen.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* 1999 births 21st-century British actors 21st-century Irish actors Actors from the London Borough of Hackney British male television actors English people of Belgian descent English people of Irish descent Irish male television actors Living people Male actors from London British male film actors Irish male film actors Date of birth missing (living people) {{UK-actor-stub