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Rupert Vansittart

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Rupert Vansittart
Rupert Nicholas Vansittart is an English character actor. He has appeared in a variety of roles in film, television, stage and radio, often playing comic characters. He is best known for his role as Lord Ashfordly in the ITV drama Heartbeat and for playing Lord Yohn Royce in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2014-2019).
BornFebruary 10, 1958
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Paola Dionisotti, Aidan Gillen, and Rupert Vansittart in Game of Thrones (2011)
Rupert Vansittart and Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones (2011)
Aidan Gillen and Rupert Vansittart in Game of Thrones (2011)
Rupert Vansittart in Game of Thrones (2011)
Rupert Vansittart in Game of Thrones (2011)
Rupert Vansittart and Lino Facioli in Game of Thrones (2011)
Alex Ferns, Rupert Vansittart, and Kyle Soller in Andor (2022)
Rupert Vansittart, Ben Bailey Smith, and Kyle Soller in Andor (2022)
Aidan Gillen, Rupert Vansittart, and Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones (2011)
Aidan Gillen, Rupert Vansittart, and Sophie Turner in Game of Thrones (2011)
Rupert Vansittart in Doctor Who (2005)
Rupert Vansittart in Midsomer Murders (1997)

Known for

Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)
Braveheart
8.4
  • Lord Bottoms
  • 1995
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson in The Remains of the Day (1993)
The Remains of the Day
7.8
  • Sir Geoffrey Wren
  • 1993
Game of Thrones (2011)
Game of Thrones
9.2
TV Series
  • Yohn Royce
Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Simon Callow, John Hannah, and Charlotte Coleman in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral
7.1
  • George the Boor at The Boatman - Wedding One
  • 1994

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  • Unsinkable
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
  • A Test Title: Part 1
    • In Production
  • Joanna Scanlan, Bradley Walsh, Lydia Page, Sabrina Bartlett, and Liam Middleton in The Larkins (2021)
    The Larkins
  • Stellan Skarsgård, Forest Whitaker, Alex Ferns, Diego Luna, Genevieve O'Reilly, Joplin Sibtain, Elizabeth Dulau, Denise Gough, Noof Ousellam, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, and Wilf Scolding in Andor (2022)
    Andor
  • Caroline Catz and Martin Clunes in Doc Martin (2004)
    Doc Martin
  • Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack (2019)
    Gentleman Jack
  • Jonathan Bailey, Charithra Chandran, and Simone Ashley in Capital R Rake (2022)
    Bridgerton
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
  • Olivia Williams, Anna Devlin, Eleanor Tomlinson, Laura Donnelly, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, and Ann Skelly in The Nevers (2021)
    The Nevers
  • Dominic Cooper in Spy City (2020)
    Spy City
  • Greg Kinnear, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Keira Knightley, Lesley Manville, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jessie Buckley in Misbehaviour (2020)
    Misbehaviour
  • Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
    The Crown
  • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Nikesh Patel in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
    Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
  • Perdita Weeks and Gareth David-Lloyd in Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey (2019)
    Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
    • (voice)
  • Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, and John Hannah in One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019)
    One Red Nose and a Wedding
  • Outlander (2014)
    Outlander

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    • February 10, 1958
    • Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK
    • Emma Vansittart1987 - present (2 children)
  • Other works
    1999: played Mr. Thorogood in radio play "The Weekend Starts Here", written by Bill Matthews (Radio 4, six episodes).

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    1999: opened the Summer Fete of the St. Lawrence CE School, Lechlade.
    • He often plays upper-class Englishmen, frequently aristocrats

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