Eddie Eyre

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| birth_name = Eddie Wilson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|24|df=y}}{{cite journal|last=Jones|first=Allison|date=6–12 May 2017|title=Superman or super sneak?|journal=Inside Soap|volume=2017|issue=18|pages=42–43|quote='Being at EastEnders is fantastic,' beams the 28-year-old.}}

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| education = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)

| occupation = Actor

| known_for = Game of Thrones
EastEnders

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Eddie Eyre (born Eddie Wilson on 24 July 1988) is a British actor who is known for his role in EastEnders as Josh Hemmings.

Education

Eyre was educated at Abingdon School from 1999 to 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.abingdon.org.uk/oa/theatrical_oas_in_the_news_jan16/|title=Theatrical OAs|publisher=Abingdon School|access-date=2017-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111203644/https://www.abingdon.org.uk/oa/theatrical_oas_in_the_news_jan16/|archive-date=2019-11-11|url-status=dead}} He was trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career

Eyre's stage career began at The Old Vic, where he took part in the 24 Hour Plays,{{cite web|url=http://oldvictheatre-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/File/1677.pdf| title=Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays Programme 2012}} an event hosted by Kevin Spacey that has included actors such as Lily Cole, Catherine Tate, Douglas Booth and Kaya Scodelario.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/nov/26/old-vic-24-hour-plays|title = One day to make a play: The Old Vic challenge| newspaper=The Guardian |date = 26 November 2013 | last1=Saner | first1=Emine }} Eyre's other stage performances include Yakov in Headlong's production of The Seagull, Henry Crawford in the Mansfield Park stage adaptation by Tim Luscombe, produced by the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds,{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/9562796/Mansfield-Park-Theatre-Royal-Bury-St-Edmunds-review.html|title=Mansfield Park, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds - Review| first=Eve|last=Stebbing|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 September 2012}} and the lead role of Detective Sergeant Trotter in the West End production of the world's longest running play The Mousetrap.{{Cite web|url=https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/122894/agatha-christies-the-mousetrap-new-west-end-cast/|title = Agatha Christie's the Mousetrap announces new West End cast|date = 17 December 2015}}

Eyre played Gerold Hightower in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/WatchersOTWall/status/649279034875101184|title=Robert Aramayo joins the cast of Game of Thrones|publisher=Watchers On The Wall|date=30 September 2015}} He joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders as Josh Hemmings, a love interest for Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa), in March 2017 and departed the following February.{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/782213/EastEnders-spoiler-Whitney-Carter-Lauren-Branning-Josh-Hemmings-Steven-Beale-BBC-One-soap|title=EastEnders spoiler Can Whitney Carter STOP Lauren Branning from cheating with Josh?|last=O'Connor|first=Rory|date=21 March 2017|work=Daily Express|accessdate=26 March 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Kilkelly|first1=Daniel|title=EastEnders star Eddie Eyre bows out as he finishes filming his role as Josh Hemmings|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a849585/eastenders-spoilers-eddie-eyre-josh-hemmings-exit/|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=Digital Spy|date=9 February 2018}} In May 2022, he appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Steve Hedges.{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: WHO does Princess Buchanan target? |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-who-does-princess-buchanan-target |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc)}}