Robert Aramayo
{{short description|English actor (b. 1992)}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Aramayo
| birth_name = Robert Michael Aramayo
| image = Robert Aramayo LotR-TRoP Asia Premiere 2022.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Aramayo in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|11|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
| education = Juilliard School {{small|(BFA)}}
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 2012–present
}}
Robert Michael Aramayo (born 6 November 1992) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh 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}} In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries Behind Her Eyes. Since 2022, he has played Elrond in the Amazon series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Life and career
Aramayo's acting career began at the age of seven when he played the role of Bugsy Malone in a primary school production. When he was ten he joined the Hull Truck Youth Theatre, performing in about three plays a year.{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-teenager-wins-place-legendary-New-York/story-11947861-detail/story.html|title=Hull teenager wins place at legendary New York Juilliard 'Fame' acting school|work=Hull Daily Mail|date=14 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003065704/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-teenager-wins-place-legendary-New-York/story-11947861-detail/story.html|archivedate=3 October 2015|df=dmy-all}} His older sister Laura also began an acting career at the Hull Truck Youth Theatre and studied drama at the Oxford School of Drama in Oxford.{{cite news|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Globe-trotting-siblings-reunite-new-drama/story-19624449-detail/story.html|title=Globe-trotting siblings reunite in new drama|last=Ramsey|first=Will|work=Hull Daily Mail|date=7 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
He attended Hull's Wyke College and in 2011 won a place at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. His performance in a Juilliard production of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange as Alex, the lead character, earned him his first film role in the Italian-American production Lost in Florence.{{cite web|url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-actor-Rob-Aramayo-appears-film-Tourist/story-23043312-detail/story.html|title=Hull actor Rob Aramayo appears in first film The Tourist after success at Juilliard School where Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx learned their trade|newspaper=Hull Daily Mail|date=4 October 2014|accessdate=20 October 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010045524/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-actor-Rob-Aramayo-appears-film-Tourist/story-23043312-detail/story.html|archivedate=10 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}
From 2016 to 2017 he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.
Aramayo played the role of mechanical engineer and Harley-Davidson co-founder William S. Harley in the Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, which premiered September 5–7, 2016, on Discovery. Also that year, he appeared in the Tom Ford film Nocturnal Animals.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/lewis-and-clark-hbo-miniseries-cast-casey-affleck-matthias-schoenaerts-1201419511/|title=HBO Miniseries 'Lewis And Clark' Adds To Cast|publisher=Deadline|date=1 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/robert-aramayo-game-of-thrones-nocturnal-animals-1201550645/|title=Robert Aramayo Nabs Roles In 'Game Of Thrones', 'Nocturnal Animals'|publisher=Deadline|date=30 September 2015}} He has a role in the HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark.
He appeared in The Empty Man, directed by David Prior,{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/game-thrones-actor-robert-aramayo-922853|title='Game of Thrones' Actor Robert Aramayo Joins Fox's Supernatural Thriller 'Empty Man' (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Borys|last=Kit|date=29 August 2016|accessdate=5 July 2018}} The Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber directed by Henry Dunham,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/james-badge-dale-incident-at-sparrow-creek-lumber-1202712851/|title=James Badge Dale to Star in Drama 'Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber'|website=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=28 February 2018|accessdate=5 July 2018}} and Eternal Beauty, directed by Craig Roberts.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/game-of-thrones-robert-aramayo-craig-roberts-1202864217/|title='Game of Thrones' Actor Robert Aramayo to Star in 'Eternal Beauty' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=2 July 2018|accessdate=5 July 2018}}
In August 2019, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast on the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/netflix-behind-her-eyes-eve-hewson-simona-brown-the-crown-1203296630/|title=Netflix's 'Behind Her Eyes,' From 'The Crown' Producers, Sets Cast|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|work=Variety|date=8 August 2019|access-date=8 August 2019}}
On 7 January 2020, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast as a character referred to as "Beldor", later revealed to be Elrond in Amazon's television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/robert-aramayo-cast-the-lord-of-the-rings-amazon-tv-series-game-of-thrones-alum-cast-1202823073/|title='The Lord Of the Rings': Robert Aramayo To Star In Amazon TV Series|first1=Nellie|last1=Andreeva|date=7 January 2020}}
Personal life
Born in England, the son of Michael Aramayo and Lisa (née Dawson), he is of Basque descent.Adolfo Jesús (5 September 2022): [https://www.rockandpop.cl/2022/09/te-diste-cuenta-robert-aramayo-el-actor-de-los-anillos-del-poder-que-estuvo-en-game-of-thrones/ «¿Te diste cuenta? El actor de Los Anillos del Poder que estuvo en Game of Thrones»], Rock & Pop. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director(s) ! Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| 18 Actors | Hooligan | Max Woertendyke |
| rowspan=2| 2016
| Steve "Turk" Adams | Tom Ford | Credited as Rob Aramayo |
| Can't Come Closer
| Dante | Gilles Geary | Short film |
| 2017
| Sal | Evan Oppenheimer | Credited as Rob Aramayo |
| rowspan=2| 2018
| Tray | |
| The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
| Keating | Henry Dunham | |
| rowspan=3| 2019
| Jimmy | Sonejuhi Sinha | |
| Exit Plan
| Ari | Jonas Alexander Arnby | |
| Eternal Beauty
| Johnny | Voice |
| rowspan=2| 2020
| Daniel | Gerard Bush & | |
| The Empty Man
| Garrett | |
| 2021
| Sgt. Maj. Atkins | |
| 2023
| Alfred Péron | |
| 2024
| Lilies Not for Me | Philip Fairfax | Will Seefried | |
| rowspan=2|TBA
| I Swear | In production |
| Palestine 36
| | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Network ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016 |
| 2016–2017
| Young Ned Stark | HBO | 4 episodes |
| 2019
| rowspan=2| Netflix | 1 episode |
| 2021
| Rob Hoyle | Miniseries |
| 2022–present
| The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Elrond | 12 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|7075019|Robert Aramayo}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150315021106/http://4yr.juilliard.edu/uploads/resume/robert%20aramayo.pdf Juilliard School résumé]
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Category:English male film actors
Category:English people of Spanish descent
Category:21st-century English male actors