Harry Lloyd - wikipedia Harry Lloyd For other people with the same name, see Harold Lloyd ( disambiguation ). Harry Lloyd Lloyd in March 2010 Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd ( 1983 - 11 - 17 ) 17 November 1983 ( age 34 ) London, England Occupation Actor Years active 1999 -- present Relatives Charles Dickens ( great - great - great - grandfather ) Captain Peter Dickens ( maternal grandfather ) Henry Blagrove ( great - grandfather ) Family Dickens Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd ( born 17 November 1983 ) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Will Scarlet in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood, Jeremy Baines in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes `` Human Nature '' and `` The Family of Blood '', and Viserys Targaryen in the first season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. He has also appeared on stage, and in films including The Theory of Everything and Anthropoid. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 2.1 Film 2.2 Shorts 2.3 Television 2.4 Stage 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Life and career Lloyd was born in London, the son of Marion Evelyn ( née Dickens ), a children 's publisher, and Jonathan Lloyd, who heads a literary agency. He is a great - great - great - grandson of Victorian writer Charles Dickens through his mother, who is the daughter of Captain Peter Dickens, RN. One of his maternal great - grandfathers was Rear - Admiral Henry Blagrove. He is a cousin of biographer and writer Lucinda Hawksley, and actor and performer Gerald Dickens. Lloyd was educated at Eton College and, while there, made his television debut at the age of 16 as James Steerforth in the BBC 's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield opposite Daniel Radcliffe. In 2002, he was cast as young Rivers in Goodbye Mr Chips. He went on to study English at Christ Church, Oxford, where he joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society and appeared in several plays like Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Comedy of Errors. He toured Japan with The Comedy of Errors for the society 's 2005 summer tour, starring alongside Felicity Jones. He left the University of Oxford in 2005, graduating with an upper second - class degree. In 2007, Lloyd made his professional stage debut at the Trafalgar Studios in A Gaggle of Saints, one of three short plays that make up Neil LaBute 's Bash, for which he received many positive reviews. He played Jeremy Baines, a student whose mind is taken over by a species of aliens called the Family of Blood, in the Doctor Who episodes `` Human Nature '' and `` The Family of Blood ''. He was suggested as a possible candidate to play the Doctor when David Tennant left the role. In 2011, Lloyd appeared as Viserys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He also appeared in the BBC comedy Taking The Flak, and as Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations. He had small roles in Jane Eyre and The Iron Lady, and starred as the son of a gangster in The Fear, which aired on Channel 4 in December 2012. In 2012, he appeared as Sir Edmund Mortimer in the BBC television film The Hollow Crown : Henry IV, Part 1, and he played Ferdinand, The Duke of Calabria, in The Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic in London. He took on his first leading role in the feature film Closer to the Moon, released in 2014. Lloyd also appeared as Stephen Hawking 's fictionalized roommate Brian in the Best Picture - nominated film The Theory of Everything, alongside Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne and Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones. In 2015, Lloyd co-created the web series Supreme Tweeter, in which he stars as a fictionalized version of himself. The following year he played Adolf Opálka in the epic war film Anthropoid, also starring Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy. He also appeared in the ITV series Marcella. He returned to the stage for the production Good Canary at the Rose Theatre, which was directed by John Malkovich in the role of the protagonist. In 2017, he filmed for the part of Peter Quayle in the science fiction thriller series Counterpart with J.K. Simmons, and starred as young Joe Castleman in the film The Wife, an adaptation of the book by Meg Wolitzer, opposite Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce. Filmography Film Year Title Role Director 2011 Jane Eyre Richard Mason Cary Fukunaga The Iron Lady Young Denis Thatcher Phyllida Lloyd 2013 Closer to the Moon Virgil Nae Caranfil 2014 Big Significant Things Craig Harrison Bryan Reisberg The Riot Club Lord Riot Lone Scherfig The Theory of Everything Brian James Marsh 2015 Narcopolis Ben Grieves Justin Trefgarne The Show Geoffrey James Alexandrou 2016 Anthropoid Adolf Opálka Sean Ellis 2017 The Wife Young Joe Castleman Björn Runge 2018 Philophobia Mr Jackson Guy Davies Shorts Year Title Role Director 2009 Oscar & Jim Gerry Iain Weatherby 2011 The Half - Light Second Man Prasanna Puwanarajah 2013 Desire Chris Leon Ockenden Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 David Copperfield Young James Steerforth Television film 2002 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Young Rivers Television film 2005 Murder Investigation Team Matt Pattinson Series 2, Episode 1 The Bill Matt Richie Episode 377 2006 Holby City Damon Hughes Episode : `` Flight of the Bumblebee '' Vital Signs Jason Bradley 5 episodes Genie in the House Nev Episode : `` Puppy Love '' 2006 -- 2007 Robin Hood Will Scarlett 26 episodes 2007 Doctor Who Jeremy Baines 2 episodes 2008 Heroes and Villains Lucas Episode : `` Richard the Lionheart '' The Devil 's Whore Prince Rupert of the Rhine Series 1, Episode 1 2009 Lewis Peter Episode : `` Counter Culture Blues '' Taking the Flak Alexander Taylor - Pierce 5 episodes 2011 Game of Thrones Viserys Targaryen 5 episodes Nominated -- Scream Award for Best Ensemble Great Expectations Herbert Pocket Miniseries ; 2 episodes 2012 The Hollow Crown : Henry IV, Part 1 Sir Edmund Mortimer Television film The Fear Matty Beckett Miniseries ; 4 episodes Nominated -- British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor 2014 Manhattan Paul Crosley 23 episodes 2015 Wolf Hall Lord Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Miniseries ; 3 episodes 2016 Marcella Henry Gibson 8 episodes 2017 -- present Counterpart Peter Quayle Stage Year Title Role Notes 2003 Kiss of the Spider Woman Valentin Arregui Paz Oxford University Dramatic Society 2005 The Comedy of Errors Antipholus of Syracuse Oxford University Dramatic Society 2008 The Sea Willy Carson Theatre Royal Haymarket 2009 A View from the Bridge Rodolpho Duke of York 's Theatre The Little Dog Laughed Alex Garrick Theatre 2012 The Duchess of Malfi Duke Ferdinand The Old Vic 2014 Notes From Underground Underground Man Various in Paris ; Print Room Coronet in London 2016 Good Canary Jack Rose Theatre See also Dickens family References Jump up ^ `` Gemma Arterton, Rupert Friend, Tamsin Greig and Harry Lloyd were Fresh off Stage ''. BBC Radio 1. BBC News. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` A Tale of Two ''. People. 53 ( 16 ). 24 April 2000. ^ Jump up to : `` The boy with Dickens in his blood ''. London Evening Standard. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013. Jump up ^ Royal Navy ( RN ) Officers 1939 - 1945 Retrieved 26 October 2014. Jump up ^ Great, Great, Great Expectations ; Dickens ' descendant to star in TV drama TheFreeLibrary.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014. ^ Jump up to : Alice Jones ( 14 April 2011 ). `` Harry Lloyd : The man who would be king ''. The Independent. Retrieved 23 April 2013. Jump up ^ `` Eton spawns a new breed of stage and screen luminaries ''. The Guardian. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013. Jump up ^ Koenig, Rhoda ( 13 January 2007 ). `` Bash, Trafalgar Studios, London -- IWitness, Finborough, London -- Postcards from God, Jermyn Theatre, London ''. The Independent. Jump up ^ The violent faces of faith Theatre. This is London ( 12 January 2007 ). Jump up ^ Shuttleworth, Ian. ( 11 January 2007 ) / Arts & Weekend -- Bash, Trafalgar Studio 2, London. Financial Times. Jump up ^ Chilling glimpses of nastiness -- Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. Jump up ^ NEWS NEW DOCTOR WHO UNVEILED Music, movie & Entertainment News Jump up ^ `` Game of Thrones ' Harry Lloyd : Viserys ' Wig Is the Secret to Waking the Dragon ''. tvguide.com. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Game Of Thrones Season 2 : Samwell Tarly is `` going to change '' ``. scifinow.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` George RR Martin 's Live Journal ''. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009. Jump up ^ `` ' Misfits ' star for new Channel 4 drama ''. digitalspy.com. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.supremetweeter.com/about-1/ Jump up ^ `` Interview : Harry Lloyd Talks Game of Thrones & Supreme Tweeter ''. denofgeek.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016. 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Question: who played viserys targaryen in game of thrones
Answer: Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd