Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. He is best known for his roles as Predators in the Alien vs. Predator film series, Sheikh Suleiman in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, The Last Engineer in Prometheus, as well as various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
Career Raised in Brighton, Whyte began his career as a professional basketball player with clubs in several countries, including FC Porto where he was a Portuguese champion in 1996–97, and culminating in a six-year spell with the Newcastle Eagles.Ian Whyte, DaveOwenBasketball He also collected 80 caps for the England national team.
After his retirement from basketball in 2003 he began his second career as a stuntman and actor.
Whyte is best known for portraying Predators in the movies Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, in particular Wolf in the latter.
In 2010, Whyte played Sheikh Sulieman in Clash of the Titans.
Whyte portrayed one of the "Engineer" aliens seen in Ridley Scott's 2012 science fiction film, Prometheus.
He has portrayed various characters requiring a physically tall actor in the HBO series Game of Thrones, including White Walkers in season 1 and season 2 and a giant in the opening episode of season 3. For these roles he was unrecognisable under make-up and computer effects. In season 2, he also had a speaking role as Gregor Clegane. In season 5 and season 6, Whyte portrayed the giant Wun Wun. He later played a giant wight in episode 3 of Season 8.
Personal life Whyte was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. He is tall. Whyte is married to Amy Whyte and has one son.
Filmography + List of acting performances in film and television Year Film/Television show Role Notes 2004 Alien vs. Predator ScarCelticChopperAncient Predator 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Olympe Maxime with Frances de la Tour 2007 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Wolf 2009 Solomon Kane The Devil's Reaper 2009 Dragonball Evolution Oozaru 2010 Outcast The Beast 2010 Clash of the Titans Sheikh Suleiman 2011–2019 Game of Thrones White Walker Episodes "Winter Is Coming", "The Night Lands" Gregor Clegane Episodes "Garden of Bones", "A Man Without Honor", "The Prince of Winterfell" Dongo the Doomed Episodes "Valar Dohaeris", "The Watchers on the Wall", "The Children" Wun Weg Wun Dar Wun Episodes "Hardhome", "The Dance of Dragons", "Home", "The Broken Man", "Battle of the Bastards" Giant Wights Episodes "Dragonstone", "The Dragon and the Wolf", "The Long Night" 2012 Prometheus Last Engineer 2013 Don't Move The Demon Short film 2013 The Beachcomber Cluny Barr 2013 Harrigan Ronnie 2014 Blood Moon Skinwalker 2014 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power Prince Duan 2014 Hercules Bessi Warrior Leader 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Crusher Roodown, Bollie Prindel Also Peter Mayhew's stunt double 2016Rogue OneMoroff 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Bollie Prindel 2020The ReckoningLucifer 2021The IrregularsPlague Doctor 2022 The Northman The Mound Dweller 2022 AndorVetch 2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Garraka (puppeteer)
See also List of tallest people
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