Bertie Carvel
Biography
Bertie Carvel is a British actor born on September 6, 1977, in Marylebone, London, England. He studied English at the University of Sussex and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2003. Carvel has appeared in numerous stage productions in the UK and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards, one for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and one for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. Carvel has 34 known credits in his acting career.
Career overview
Bertie Carvel is a British actor who has had a successful career in theatre. He was born on September 6, 1977, in Marylebone, London, England. Carvel studied English at the University of Sussex and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2003. He began his professional acting career in the theatre after graduating from RADA.
Carvel has appeared in numerous stage productions, both in the UK and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards for his performances, one for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and another for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He has also won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his role in Ink.
Carvel has a significant body of work in the theatre, with over 34 known credits to his name. He has established himself as a talented and versatile actor, capable of taking on a wide range of roles in various productions.
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- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026) as Prince Baelor 'Breakspear' Targaryen
- Harry Potter (2026) as Cornelius Fudge
- Walking with Dinosaurs (2025) as Self - Presenter (voice)
- Dalgliesh (2021) as Adam Dalgliesh
- Dalgliesh (2021) Director
- Dalgliesh (2021) Executive Producer
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Banquo
- The Pale Horse (2020) as Zachariah Osborne
- The Sister (2020) as Bob
- Baghdad Central (2020) as Frank Temple
- Big Cats (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- Revolting Rhymes (2017) as Prince / Mirror / Huntsman / Dwarf (voice)
- The Crown (2016) as Tony Blair
- The Crown (2016) as Robin Day
- Revolting Rhymes (2016) as Prince / Mirror / Huntsman / Dwarf
- Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People (2016) as Narrator (voice)
- Doctor Foster (2015) as Simon Foster
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015) as Jonathan Strange
- Coalition (2015) as Nick Clegg
- Babylon (2014) as Finn Kirkwood
- The Wrong Mans (2013) as Nathan Cross
- Les Misérables (2012) as Bamatabois
- Restless (2012) as Mason Harding
- The Crimson Petal and the White (2011) as Ashwell
- Hidden (2011) as Alexander Wentworth
- Sherlock (2010) as Seb Wilkes
- Just William (2010) as Uncle Neville
- John Adams (2008) as Lord Carmarthen
- Primeval (2007) as Ryan Mason
- Doctor Who (2005) as Mysterious Man
- Bombshell (2005) as Lieutenant Roddy Frost
- Beethoven (2005) as Ferdinand Ries
- The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon (2005) as Mitchell
- Hawking (2004) as George Ellis
- Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004) as Max Mallowan
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Dr Dench
- Holby City (1999) as Martin Phillips
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Justin Hooper