Chris Reilly
| Chris Reilly | |
|---|---|
| Born | Glasgow |
| Residence | London |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Website |
www |
Chris Reilly is a Scottish character actor.
Career
Reilly began acting at the age of 31. Spotlight, the standard resource used by UK agents and casting directors, lists Reilly as having 49 professional credits[1] since 2009, the year of his graduation from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.[2]
IMDb credits him 14 times with multiple roles in Game of Thrones (the only actor to play more than one scripted role in the series) and Lead or regular parts in many British TV shows shown domestically and worldwide.
Including Recurring or Regular roles in: Atlantis BBC, Game of Thrones HBO, Silent Witness BBC, Homefront ITV, Eastenders BBC, and Doctors BBC.
And lead guest roles : Our World War BBC, and Shetland BBC.
Reilly has second billing in British Independent film (Allies – 2014) by Happy Hour Films[3] – a Bristol-based production company and distributed in the UK and the US (Feb 2015) By EOne, and a supporting role in Working Title's studio film Everest (2015), as Klev Schoening, alongside Jake Gyllenhall and Kiera Knightley in the true story of the 1996 disaster (Klev was the nephew of mountaineer Pete Schoening), and the third film in the Hobbit series (The Battle of the Five Armies – 2014) as "Dwarf Lieutenant".
He began his professional career at the age of 31 after attending RWCMD, a music conservatoire and drama school in Cardiff Wales before which he ran a homeless service in Glasgow.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Xanadu | Window Cleaner | |
| 2014 | Allies | Sergeant Harry McBain | |
| 2014 | The Devil Went Down to Islington | Terry | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Dwarf Lieutenant | |
| 2015 | Everest | Klev Schoening |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 2011 | Doctors | Ed Harman | |
| 2012 | EastEnders | Andy | |
| 2012 | Homefront | Sergeant Tom Raveley | |
| 2013 | Silent Witness | Sean Nugent | |
| 2014 | Shetland | Alan Isbister | |
| 2012 2014 | Game of Thrones | Morgan Soldier Tom | |
| 2014 | Suspects | Jeff Patterson | |
| 2014 | Our World War | Dodds | |
| 2017 | The Last Post | Sergeant Alex Baxter |
References
- ↑ "Chris Reilly Spotlight". Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Chris Reilly Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama profile". Archived from the original on 4 November 2014.
- ↑ "Happy Hour's First Feature Film, Allies, premieres in Derby".
- ↑ ""Chris Reilly, Actor"".
External links
- Chris Reilly's Spotlight profile
- Chris Reilly on IMDb
- Chris Reilly at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama