Turlough Convery
{{Short description|Irish actor (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Turlough Convery
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|3|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Northern Ireland
| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = Guildford School of Acting
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| years_active = 2013–present
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Turlough Convery (born 18 March 1991) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Bear in series 3 of the BBC Three series Killing Eve, as Liam in My Mad Fat Diary, and as Arthur Parker in the ITV series Sanditon.{{cite web|url=https://gsauk.org/alumni/turlough-convery|title=Turlough Convery|website=Guildford School of Acting|access-date=20 September 2020}} Convery has been married to his long-term partner Francesca since 2018.
He has appeared in films such as Ready Player One and has appeared in television series such as Netflix Resident Evil. Other notable roles include Channel 4 series Fresh Meat, 2019 psychological horror film Saint Maud, 2021 film Belfast, 2014 Black Mirror episode 'White Christmas', BBC One series Poldark, and 2018 miniseries Les Misérables.{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/photo-gallery/46869776/image/46869774/New-Turlough-Convery/amp|title=New: Turlough Convery|date=3 January 2020}}
Early life and education
Born on 18 March 1991, Convery grew up in Northern Ireland and attended Rockport School in Holywood where he excelled at Drama. He later attended sixth form at Our Lady and St Patrick's College in Belfast, where he received a number of drama prizes. He trained in Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, where he won the 2013 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3r2zFHcvCJ1X3CYWjDvBtHC/turlough-convery-theatre|title=The Arts Show, 2012/2013 - Turlough Convery (Theatre)|work=BBC Two}}{{Cite web|url=https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/turlough-convery/umc.cpc.5bj03scttwa4r4htfqlq5t312|title=Turlough Convery|work=Apple TV}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Rollo | |
| 2016
| Thomas (Butler) | |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire | Walter |
| The Current War
| Rough Looking Man | |
| 2018
| Chief Oology Expert | |
| 2019
| Christian | |
| 2020
| Pixie | Mickey O'Brien | |
| 2021
| Belfast | Minister | |
| 2023
| Wake Up | Kevin | |
| 2024
| Hakon |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2013
| Diarmuid | Episode 3.4 |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Siblings | Tom Flack | Episode #1.3 |
| Black Mirror
| Stingray | Episode: "White Christmas" |
| 2014–2015
| Liam | 8 episodes |
| 2014–2016
| Lovesick | McNeish | 2 episodes |
| 2015
| River | Frankie Stevenson | 6 episodes |
| 2016
| Policeman | Episode #2.3 |
| 2016–2018
| Poldark | Tom Harry | 15 episodes |
| 2018
| Declan | TV film |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Grantaire | 3 episodes |
| Temple
| Simon Reynolds | 3 episodes |
| 2019–2023
| Sanditon | Arthur Parker | 19 episodes |
| 2020
| Bear | 7 episodes |
| 2021
| 2 episodes |
| 2022
| Richard Baxter | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2024
|2 episodes |
| Slow Horses
|Dancer Blaine |2 episodes |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|6100857}}
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Category:21st-century male actors from Northern Ireland
Category:Alumni of the Guildford School of Acting
Category:People educated at Rockport School
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