Gregg Chillin

{{Short description|British actor and writer (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Gregg Chilingirian

| image =

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| birth_name = Gregg Chilingirian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cambridgeshire, England

| occupation = Actor, writer, director

| years_active = 2001–present

}}

Gregg Chilingirian (born 15 December 1988) better known by his stage name Gregg Chillin, is a British actor, director and writer born in Cambridgeshire.

Early life

Gregg Chilingirian was born in December 1988 in Cambridge to parents of Armenian descent.{{cite news |last=Wagner |first=Curt |date=12 April 2013 |title=Gregg Chillin: The Renaissance rascal of 'Da Vinci's Demons' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-redeye-xpm-2013-04-12-38497638-story.html |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=11 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923235551/https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/ct-redeye-xpm-2013-04-12-38497638-story.html |archive-date=23 September 2018}}

Career

Chillin is notable for his role as ruthless vampire Domenico in SKY, HBO and AMC's A Discovery of Witches.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/discovery-of-witches-domenico-vampire-killer-violent-encounter/ |title=A Discovery of Witches: Domenico's Search for a Vampire Killer Leads to a Violent Encounter |last=Vinney |first=Cynthia |date=13 March 2021 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=13 March 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313230732/https://www.cbr.com/discovery-of-witches-domenico-vampire-killer-violent-encounter/ |archive-date=13 March 2021}}

He has appeared in many television shows over the years, including as Zoroaster da Peretola in David S. Goyer's TV series Da Vinci's Demons.{{cite web|title=Gregg Chillin|url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Gregg-Chillin|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124090702/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Gregg-Chillin|archive-date=24 January 2013|access-date=6 May 2014|work=Monstersandcritics.com}} Owen in the first series of BBC Three's Being Human, BBC One's Inside Men, Waking the Dead and Zen playing the character of Pepe Spadola alongside Rufus Sewell.

He provided the voice of Ron Weasley in several of the Harry Potter video games.{{cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Gregg-Chillin/ |title=Gregg Chillin |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=6 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326025954/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Gregg-Chillin/ |archive-date=26 March 2017}}

Chillin made his stage debut at the Royal National Theatre playing Mark in Dennis Kelly's DNA in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://hal-for-king.blogspot.de/2008/03/dna-by-dennis-kelly.html |title=Oh, for the breath to utter what is like thee! |work=Hal-for-king.blogspot.de |date=29 March 2008 |access-date=11 May 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://celebrity.ms/details/star/35543/gregg-chillin |title=Gregg Chillin - Actor |work=Celebrity.ms |access-date=11 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512231259/http://celebrity.ms/details/star/35543/gregg-chillin |archive-date=12 May 2014 }}

Chillin played Lord Ingtar Shinowa in The Wheel of Time.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-wheel-of-time-uno-masema-ingtar-amalisa-agelmar-casting/ |title=The Wheel of Time Casts Uno, Masema, Ingtar and More for Season 2 |last=Jacobs |first=Mira |date=8 December 2021 |website=Comic Book Resources |access-date=8 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208062531/https://www.cbr.com/the-wheel-of-time-uno-masema-ingtar-amalisa-agelmar-casting/ |archive-date=8 December 2021}}

In 2023, he made his debut as a director with the eleven-minute short film George, for which he also wrote the screenplay and starred in one of the main roles, that of the eponymous George.{{Cite web |title=George |url=https://slickfilms.co.uk/portfolio-item/george/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Slick Films |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/chris-overton-rachel-shenton-slate-production-company-slick-films-1235441414/|title=Oscar-Winning Duo Chris Overton And Rachel Shenton Set Slate At Production Company Slick Films|first=Zac|last=Ntim|date=19 July 2023}}{{Cite web |title=George Review {{!}} Film Reviews |url=https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/george |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=UK Film Review |language=en}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2002

| {{ill|Epstein's Night|de|Epsteins Nacht}}

| Jochen Epstein

|

2003

| Little Wolf's Book of Badness

| Sanjay (voice)

|

2006

| A Good Year

| Hip Hopper #1

|

rowspan="2"|2010

| 4.3.2.1.

| Manuel

|

Huge

| Kayvan

|

2011

| Freddy Frogface

| Victor (voice)

|

2012

| Twenty8k

| Ricky

|

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2001

| The Green-Eyed Monster

| Renato

| Television film

2002

| The Queen's Nose

| Jack

| 6 episodes

2003

| Star

| Mitch

|

2004

| The Mysti Show

| Rob

| 2 episodes

2004, 2006

| The Bill

| Trey Harper / Michael Holmes

| 2 episodes

2005

| If...

| Mickey

| Episode: "If... TV Goes Down the Tube"

2006

| Jackanory

| Prince Sohrab

| Episode: "The Magician of Samarkand"

rowspan="2"|2007

| Holby City

| Satnam Patel

| Episode: "Close Relations"

Nearly Famous

| Ash Chopra

| 6 episodes

2008

| Waking the Dead

| Nabil

| Episode: "Sins: Part 1"

2009

| Being Human

| Owen

| 5 episodes

2010

| Pulse

| Rafee Hussein

| Television film

2011

| Aurelio Zen

| Pepe Spadola

| Episode: "Vendetta"

rowspan="3"|2012

| Inside Men

| Riaz

| 4 episodes

Kidnap and Ransom

| Mahvir Mehta

| 3 episodes

Leaving

| Jonah

| 3 episodes

2013

| The Last Witch

| Daniel Herrick

| Television film

2013–2015

| Da Vinci's Demons

| Zoroaster

| 27 episodes

2016

| Scott & Bailey

| SCAS Neil Simpson

| 3 episodes

2017

| Still Star-Crossed

| Mercutio

| Episode: "In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene"

2018

| Dark Heart

| Dr. Luke Paul

| 3 episodes

2018–2022

| A Discovery of Witches

| Domenico Michele

| 20 episodes

2019

| Queens of Mystery

| Tobias Young

| 2 episodes

2020

| Absentia

| Mubin

| 2 episodes

2021

| The One

| Nick Gedny

| 7 episodes

2022

| Harmonica

| Shavi

| 5 episodes

rowspan="2"|2023

| The Wheel of Time

| Lord Ingtar Shinowa

| 6 episodes

COBRA

| Nate Stevens

| 6 episodes

=Video games=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2001

| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

| Ron Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Raymond

|

2002

| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

| Ron Weasley

|

2004

| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

| Ron Weasley

|

2005

| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

| Ron Weasley

|

2007

| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

| Gang Member #1, Ravenclaw Students

|

2011

| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

| Additional voices

|

2012

| Harry Potter for Kinect

| Ron Weasley

|

2019

| Anthem

| Trooper Remnant

|

=Theme park=

class="wikitable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2005

| SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D

| American Extra

|

References

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