Frederick Nicholas Thorp (born 7 March 1994) is a British actor. He starred in the action film ''

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'' (2017), as well as the

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series ''

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'' (2018) and '' Fate: The Winx Saga'' (2021–2022).

Early life

Thorp was born in Kensington and Chelsea, London to Nick Thorp and Antonia Manley. He has an older sister, Ophelia. Thorp attended

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and later

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with fellow actor

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. He spent the summer of 2013 in

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taking classes with the

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. That autumn, he began his studies in Psychology at the

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, where he participated in theatre through EUTCo.

Career

In 2016, he played his first role, Tommy, in the film ''To Dream''. Thorp has been nominated in 2017 at British Urban Film Festival as the ''best emerging male actor''."Nominees and Winners". British Urban Film Festival. In 2017, he plays Garrett Foster, a car thieve, in

. The scenes were filmed in

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. Since 2021, he plays Riven, in the television series of Fate: The Winx Saga. During the second season, Riven shows a more sensitive side, while in the first season he was more delinquent. Thorp stated that he liked playing the ''bad boy'' because he can act in a way that he may never do in real life. Thorp has said that the audience can relate to his character's bisexuality. The series has been cancelled after two seasons. In 2022, he plays Michael, a mountaineer, who quit his job, to go on a journey climb mountains in the film

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. Thorp also had to climb real rock faces on the Eiger, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc mountains for the film.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorp, Freddie Living people 1994 births Alumni of the University of Exeter Male actors from London People educated at Summer Fields School Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Portman family