Wilf Scolding
{{short description|British actor (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Wilf scolding 2021 1.jpg
| caption = Scolding at the 2021 German Comic Con
| birth_name = Wilfred John Scolding
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cambridge, England
| alma_mater = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
| occupation = Actor
| education = Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset
| years_active = 2012–present
}}
Wilfred John Scolding (born 25 April 1990) is a British actor. On television, he is known for his role in the BBC One drama The Passing Bells (2014) and the Netflix series The One (2021). His films include Bees Make Honey (2017).
Early life
Scolding was born in Cambridge. He attended Kingswood School in Bath.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk/news/2019-01-21/Kingswood-Welcomes-Former-Student-And-Actor-Wilf-Scolding-Back-To-School|title=Kingswood Welcomes Former Student And Actor Wilf Scolding Back To School|website=Kingswood School|date=21 January 2019|accessdate=18 October 2023}} He went on to train at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2013/10/08/from-rwcmd-to-the-national/|title=From RWCMD to The RNT|website=#RWCMD|date=8 October 2013|accessdate=18 October 2023}}
Career
Upon graduating from drama school in 2013, Scolding made his professional stage debut in Strange Interlude at the National Theatre. He had his first major television role as Freddie in the 2014 BBC One war miniseries The Passing Bells.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5cMNPphb5SMMG9CkL6zGCDn/freddie|title=The Passing Bells - Freddie|website=BBC One|accessdate=18 October 2023}} This was followed by further stage roles in the English Touring Theatre production of Arcadia,{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Dakota-Blue-Richards-to-Lead-ARCADIA-UK-Tour-Full-Cast-Announced-20141217|title=Dakota Blue Richards to Lead ARCADIA UK Tour; Full Cast Announced!|website=BroadwayWorld|first=Tyler|last=Peterson|date=17 December 2014|accessdate=18 October 2023}} The Win Bin at the Old Red Lion, The Glass Menagerie at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in 2015, and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Theatre Royal, Bath in 2016.
In 2017, Scolding made his feature film debut in Bees Make Honey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sknr.net/2018/07/10/wilf-scolding-talks-bees-make-honey/|title=Wilf Scolding Talks Bees Make Honey|website=Skewed & Reviewed|first=Gaby|last=Colageo|date=10 July 2018|accessdate=18 October 2023}} As predicted by fans of the series in advance,{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a835305/game-of-thrones-theory-rhaegar-targaryen-actor-wilf-scolding-guess/|title=Game of Thrones fans think they've worked out who's playing Rhaegar Targaryen|journal=Digital Spy|first=Megan|last=Davies|date=10 August 2017|accessdate=18 October 2023}} Scolding guest starred as Prince Rhaegar Targaryen opposite Aisling Franciosi as Lyanna Stark in a season 7 flashback of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.{{Cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2017/08/29/who-is-wilf-scolding-rhaegar-targaryen-game-of-thrones/|title=Wilf Scolding: 5 Things To Know About The Actor Playing Rhaegar On 'Game Of Thrones|website=Hollywood Life|first=Avery|last=Thompson|date=29 August 2017|accessdate=18 October 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://celebmix.com/exclusive-interview-wilf-scolding/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Wilf Scolding|website=CelebMix|first=Katrina|last=Rees|date=26 September 2017|accessdate=18 October 2023}} Also in 2017, Scolding began voicing Christopher Carter in the BBC Radio 4 audio soap opera The Archers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4TlTc1vLCnC9PY2xvndnX7W/christopher-carter|title=The Archers - Christopher Carter|website=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=18 October 2023}} He has worked extensively with Big Finish Productions on a number of Doctor Who and original audio dramas.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/contributors/v/Wilf-Scolding-3725|title=Wilf Scolding - Contributions|website=Big Finish|accessdate=18 October 2023}}
Scolding starred as John Martin alongside Peter Capaldi in the 2019 BBC television film adaptation of Martin's Close. He also appeared in the BBC One drama Mrs Wilson, and on stage in The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse and The Sweet Science of Bruising at Wilton's Music Hall. He had a main role as Ethan in the 2021 Netflix science fiction series The One.{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1409593/the-one-cast-wilf-scolding-actor-ethan-netflix|title=The One cast: Who is Wilf Scolding? Meet actor behind Ethan|journal=Daily Express|first=Hayley|last=Anderson|date=14 March 2021|accessdate=18 October 2023}} In 2023, Scolding joined the cast of Cabaret at the Playhouse Theatre on the West End as Ernst Ludwig{{Cite web|url=https://theatrefan.co.uk/nic-myers-wilf-scolding-jessica-kirton-more-announced-for-west-end-production-of-cabaret/|title=Nic Myers, Wilf Scolding, Jessica Kirton & more announced for West End production of Cabaret|website=Theatre Fan|first=Shaun|last=Tossell|date=15 August 2023|accessdate=18 October 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://kitkat.club/cabaret-london/cast-creative/wilf-scolding/|title=Wilf Scolding - Cabaret|website=Kit Kat Club|accessdate=18 October 2023}} and played Captain Vanis Tigo in the Disney+ series Andor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/the-archers-cast-actors/|title=The Archers cast: Meet the main stars of the BBC Radio 4 soap|journal=Radio Times|first=Stefania|last=Sarrubba|date=17 February 2023|accessdate=18 October 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2017
| Inspector Shoerope | |
| 2022
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Frank Doyle (Workman) | |
| 2023
| Johan | |
| TBA
| | Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Skins | Bruno | Episode: "Everyone"Doctors |
| rowspan="3" | 2014
| Doctors | Jared Kilkenny | Episode: "The Boy Narcissus" |
| The Passing Bells
| Freddie | Miniseries |
| Borgia
| Anton van Lalaing | Episode: "1506" |
| 2016
| Six Wives with Lucy Worsley | Episode: "Divorced, Beheaded, Survived" |
| 2017
| Rhaegar Targaryen | Episode: "The Dragon and the Wolf" |
| 2018
| Mike Shannon | 1 episode |
| 2019
| John Martin | Television film |
| 2021
| The One | Ethan | Main role |
| 2022
| Andor | Captain Vanis Tigo | 5 episodes |
| 2023
| Hilda | Phinium (voice) | Episode: "The Fairy Isle" |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| FIFA 19 | Terry Williams | |
| Battlefield V
| Additional voices | |
| 2020
| Various | |
| 2022
| Castavere Dunnow | English version |
| 2023
| Additional voices | English version |
| 2024
| Imperial Agent (Male) | Starting with Update 7.5 "Desperate Defiance"https://forums.swtor.com/topic/935259-game-update-75-desperate-defiance-coming-may-29th/#comment-9815981 |
| 2025 |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2013
| Gordon Evans | National Theatre, London |
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| Arcadia | Septimus Hodge | Theatre Royal, Brighton / UK tour |
| The Win Bin
| Knock | Old Red Lion Theatre, London |
| The Glass Menagerie
| Jim |
| 2016
| Demetrius |
| 2018
| Prince of Wales | Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham |
| 2019
| The Sweet Science of Bruising | Gabriel Lamb | Wilton's Music Hall, London |
| 2023
| Cabaret | Ernst Ludwig | Playhouse Theatre, London |
Audio
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| The Confessions of Dorian Gray | Various | Big Finish Original |
| 2014
| Clayton Grange | Danny |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Aliens Among Us | Personal trainer | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Superiority Complex" |
| The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield
| Mogron / Radio | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes |
| 2017–present
| Christopher Carter | BBC Radio 4 |
| rowspan="5" | 2018
| Cicero | Piso | Big Finish Original |
| Torchwood
| Alejandro / Courtier | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes |
| Low
| Brian Eno |
| Class
| Chris | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Now You Know..." |
| The War Master
| First Soldier | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Sins of the Father" |
| 2019
| Puckoon | | BBC Radio 4 |
| rowspan="5" | 2020
| The Sins of Captain John | King Charles II / Tom | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes |
| ATA Girl 2
| Henry Lloyd | Big Finish Original |
| Doctor Who: Main Range
| Charles Crookshap | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Thin Time" |
| Time Lord Victorious
| Groth | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Mutually Assured Destruction" |
| The Congress of Rough Riders
| Narrator | Penguin Audio, novel by John Boyne |
| rowspan="3" | 2022
| Gallifrey: Time War | Various | Big Finish Productions, 3 episodes |
| The Lost Stories
| Jassic / Guard | Big Finish Productions, episode: "Mind of the Hodiac" |
| UNIT: Brave New World
| Roman Krojač / Professor Ian Fenning | Big Finish Productions, 2 episodes |
| 2023
| Doctor Who: Redacted | Drone | Big Finish Productions, 4 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6251140}}
- [https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/wilf-scolding/ Wilf Scolding] at Conway van Gelder Grant
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Category:Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors