Sebastian Armesto is an English film and theatre actor, director and producer.
Wiki/Biography
Sebastian Armesto was born as “Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernandez-Garcia Armesto” on Thursday, June 3, 1982 (2020 age 38) in England, United Kingdom. He lived briefly in Providence, Rhode Island. His star sign is Gemini. He attended Eton College in Windsor, England.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 8″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: Black
Family and Race
His father, Felipe Fernández-Armesto, was a historian.
Sebastian Armesto’s father
His mother’s name is Lesley Patricia Hook. He has a brother named Federico David Fermin Arturo Armesto who is also a film producer.
Sebastian Armesto and his brothers
Profession
In the theater
Armesto has appeared in British theatre productions, including three at the National Theatre and one at the Royal Court Theatre, in King Lear, Cursed with Despair, A Woman Killed by Kindness, Fly Me to the Moon, Wallenstein, Alaska and The Taming of the Shrew.
Sebastian Armesto, King Lear
Movie
Sebastian Armesto made his British film debut in the 1994 film Midnight Feast, playing the role of “Oberoi”.
Sebastian Armesto, Midnight Feast (1994)
He made his American film debut in Marie Antoinette (2006), playing the role of “Louis de Provence”.
Sebastian Armesto, Marie Antoinette (2006)
He has appeared in the American and British films Bright Star (2009), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Anonymous (2011), Dead Cat (2013), Copenhagen (2014), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), For Grace (2016), Tulip Fever (2017) and Just Mercy (2017).
television
Sebastian made his television screen debut in the British television series The Famous Five (1994) as “Cecil Dearlove”.
He has appeared in British TV series: The Bill (2005), Doctor Who (2005), The Virgin Queen (2006), Impressions (2006), Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006), The Tudors (2007), The Palace (2008), Little Dorrit (2008), Zen (2011), Parade’s End (2012), London Toast (2015), Murder (2016), Poldark (2016), Apple Tree Yard (2017), Broadchurch (2017), Silent Witness (2019) and Gold Diggers (2019). He made his American TV debut as Silvio Miletti in The Masterpiece (2011).
He has appeared in the American TV series Parade’s End (2012), The Trouble (2018), Harlots (2018) and Cursed (2020).
Other works
He was the first assistant director on the short film The Last Bite in 2012. In 2016, he directed, edited and produced the British feature film For Grace.
Facts/Trivia
- He has also appeared in short films: Dear Steven Spielberg (2006), We Called Her Daisy (2008), Alpha:Omega (2013), He Shed His Skin for Me (2014), The Dead (2018), The Italian Brothers (2018) and Free Falling.
- He also writes and directs plays for the theatre group Simple 8.
- His credits include directing and adapting the play Children of Heaven. He has also co-written and directed a play based on William Hogarth’s print series The Four Stages of Cruelty and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby Dick.
- In 2011, he was awarded the Ian Charleson Award for his role as Wendell in the play A Woman Killed by Kindness.
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