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'' from 2011 to 2012.

Early life and education

Anthony was born in

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, Warwickshire. He attended Ashton Hayes Primary School in Ashton Hayes, Cheshire, Christ Church Primary School in New Malden, and the

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in Kingston-Upon-Thames. He received a scholarship for a summer programme at the

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in London from July to August 2004. Anthony went on to study

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at Oxford University's Balliol College, appeared in numerous student productions (notably in the title role of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Oxford Playhouse), and was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, before training at

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Career

Anthony played Grigory in ''

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'' at the

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from November 2012 to March 2013. He had guest roles in the series '' Ten Days to War'' and ''

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'', and played William in the 2014 film '' Copenhagen''. His most notable roles are Renly Baratheon in the

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series ''

'' and

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in the NBC series ''

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''. In 2017, he voiced the character of Gil Brodie in the video game '' Mass Effect: Andromeda'', and appeared in a play '' A Lie of the Mind'' at Southwark Playhouse in London with

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and

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Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

Stage

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/Latitude's ''Carrot'' as Alex *Theatre Royal Northampton's '' In Praise of Love'' as Joey *High Tide/ Old Vic Tunnels's ''Ditch'' as James *Birmingham Rep Theatre's '' Cling to Me Like Ivy'' as Patrick * Hampstead Theatre's ''What Fatima Did'' as George * The Old Red Lion's ''Fairytale'' * Tristan Bates Theatre's ''Death of Cool'' as Richie * Old Vic's ''24 Hour Plays'' * Old Fire Station's ''Some Voices'' as Ray * Oxford Playhouse's '' Cyrano de Bergerac'' as

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* Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon's ''

'' as Grigoriy Otrepyev, later Dmitriy, the Pretender

Audio

* BBC Radio 4's ''Small Acts of Kindness'' as Charlie *BBC Radio 4's ''Severed Threads'' as Jones *Radio Static's ''

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'' as Sutu * BBC's ''Legsy Gets a Break'' as John *

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's ''The Year of

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'' as Mr Strand

References

External links

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Interview with Shadowlocked.com
* Living people 1983 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art English male film actors English male radio actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male video game actors English male voice actors Male actors from Warwickshire People from Stratford-upon-Avon {{England-actor-stub