Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto (born 3 June 1982) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto.
Career
Television and film Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series The Tudors. He starred in the 2008 ITV drama series The Palace as the King's carefree younger brother Prince George. He then played the character of Edmund Sparkler in the 2008 BBC version of Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit. In the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Armesto played the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. He played the poet and playwright Ben Jonson in Roland Emmerich's film Anonymous. In 2015 he played Lieutenant Dopheld Mitaka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He also played Tankard in the Poldark series in 2016 (seven episodes).
Armesto has also been in two stories of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who ("Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways", 2005) and Comte Louis de Provence in Marie Antoinette.
In March 2019, Armesto joined Cursed, a Netflix original television series based on a reimaging of the Arthurian legend, in the role of Uther Pendragon. The first season was released on 17 July 2020.
Theatre Armesto has acted in theatre productions in Britain, including three shows at the National Theatre and one at the Royal Court. He also writes and directs theatre with company Simple 8. His productions include directing and adapting Les Enfants du Paradis. He co-wrote and directed a play based on William Hogarth's The Four Stages of Cruelty and new versions of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Moby-Dick.
Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 1994 A Feast at Midnight Oberoi 2004 Hawking Robert Silkin Television film2006 Marie Antoinette Louis Stanislas, Count of Provence Dear Steven Spielberg Lawyer 6 Short film 2007 Blood Monkey Josh Dawson Direct-to-video2008 We Call Her Daisy Daniel Short film Loser's Anonymous Edward Direct-to-video 2009 Bright Star Mr. Haslam2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides King Ferdinand Anonymous Ben Jonson2013 Complicit Gareth Television film Dead Cat Michael Alpha: Omega Lilith Short film2014 Copenhagen Jeremy He Took His Skin Off for Me Him Short film2015 Coalition George Osborne Television film Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lieutenant Mitaka 2016 For Grace The Filmmaker2017 Tulip Fever Eduart Asmus The Mercy Nelson Messina2018 The Dead Ones Jono Short film Brothers of Italy Major Stuart Short film 2021 Free Fall Freddie Short film TBA Savage House Hans Post-production2026 The Man with the Plan Charles Dickens
Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 The Famous Five Cecil Dearlove Episode: "Five Go Off to Camp"2005 The Bill Tim Salcedo Episode: "Abuse in Kind" Doctor Who Broff Episode: "Bad Wolf" The Virgin Queen Charles Blount Miniseries; 2 episodes2006 The Impressionists Art Critic / Young Man in Exhibition Miniseries; 2 episodes Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Honorius Episode: "The Fall of Rome" 2007 The Tudors Charles V Episode: "Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!"2008 The Palace Prince George Series regular; 8 episodes Little Dorrit Edmund Sparkler Series regular; 12 episodes 2011 Zen Silvio Miletti Episode: "Ratking" 2012 Parade's End Ruggles Miniseries; 2 episodes 2015 Toast of London Daz Klondyke Episode: "Global Warming"2016 Murder Dominic Cotterall Episode: "Lost Weekend" New Blood Louis Wesley Episode: "Case 2" Poldark Tankard Recurring role; 7 episodes Close to the Enemy Alex Lombard Series regular; 7 episodes2017 Apple Tree Yard Laurence Episode: "Episode 3" Broadchurch Clive Lucas Series regular; 8 episodes2018 The Terror Charles Des Voeux Series regular; 9 episodes Harlots Justice Josiah Hunt Series regular; 8 episodes2019 Silent Witness DI Neil Taramelli Episode: "To Brighton, To Brighton" Gold Digger Patrick Miniseries; 6 episodes 2020 Cursed Uther Pendragon Series regular; 9 episodes 2023 A Small Light Max Stoppelman Miniseries; 4 episodes2026Kill JackieTBA
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