Trystan Gravelle (born 4 May 1981) is a

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theatre, film and television

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Life and career

Gravelle was born in the Welsh village of

Trimsaran Trimsaran is a community and former mining village which lies on the B4308 between Llanelli and Kidwelly, in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire. Trimsaran is six miles (10 km) from Llanelli, and from Carmarthen. It is close to Burry Port ...

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. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Y Strade. He was a member of the Llanelli Youth Theatre between 1997 and 1999 before becoming a student at the

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. After graduation from RADA, Gravelle joined the

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. In 2010 he performed D.C. Moore's monologue Honest at the

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at Milne's Bar as part of the Assembly programme. In 2011 he appeared opposite

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and

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in the feature film ''

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'', which contests the authorship of

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's plays, as

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. Gravelle missed attending the film's London premiere due to starring in a London production of Mike Bartlett's National Theatre production '' 13''. In 2012 he joined the main cast of the ITV period drama series ''

Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/ WGBH for broadcast on IT ...

'' as Victor Colleano, assistant manager of the department store's restaurant. In the summer of 2012 he was named one of the 'Stars of Tomorrow' by ''

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''. Gravelle filmed ''Mr Selfridge'' between April and October, and the series débuted in the United Kingdom in January 2013. In 2016 Gravelle played the young Paul Finchley in the Channel 4 drama ''

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''. In 2018 Gravelle played the vampire, Baldwin Montclair, in the Sky One Production ''

A Discovery of Witches ''A Discovery of Witches'' is a 2011 historical-fantasy novel and the debut novel by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It follows Diana Bishop, a history of science professor at Yale University, as she embraces her magical blood after finding ...

''. In 2022, he played Pharazôn in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' series on

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. Co-star

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mentioned enjoying speaking in

on-set with Gravelle and

Owain Arthur Owain Arthur (born 5 March 1983) is a Welsh actor, who rose to fame playing ''Francis Henshall'' in The National Theatre's production of ''One Man, Two Guvnors'' at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. His early years were spent in Bangor, Wales, fil ...

Selected credits

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gravelle, Trystan Living people Welsh male film actors Welsh male stage actors Welsh male television actors People from Carmarthenshire Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1981 births