# Ryan Gage

Ryan Gage (born 17 January 1983) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television, films, and video games.
On television, he is best known for his roles as King Louis XIII in the BBC series The Musketeers and Ted Bundy in the TV film Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay. In the cinema, he played the Master of Laketown's deputy Alfrid Lickspittle in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and Ted Bundy again (identified as him in the cast list) in the film Angel of Decay, which earned him a Best Actor Award at the British Independent Film Festival in 2016. In video games, Gage has portrayed Charibert in the Final Fantasy XIV expansion pack Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. In theatre, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company on plays such as Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth.

## Early life

Gage was born in Coventry. He attended BRIT School and went on to train at the Drama Centre London.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Company |
| 2017 | The Miser | Cléante | Sean Foley | Mark Goucher Productions/Garrick Theatre |
| 2013 | American Justice | Fenton | Lisa Forrell | Playground Studios/Arts Theatre |
| | Ghost Stories | Simon Rifkind | "Andy Nyman", "Jeremy Dyson", and Sean Holmes | Duke of York, "Lyric Hammersmith", and "Liverpool Everyman" |
| | The Laws of War | Soldier | Jeremy Herrin | Royal Court Theatre |
| | Wages of Thin | Inspector One | Prasanna Puwanarajah, Trevor Griffith | Old Red Lion |
| | Quadrophenia | Ace Face | Tom Critchley, Che Walker | |
| | Artist Descending a Staircase | Martello | Micheal Gieleta, Tom Stoppard | Old Red Lion |
| | Hamlet | Osric and Player Queen | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Albert | Cressida Brown | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Flute | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | God in Ruins | Brian Junior and The Homeless Soldier | Anthony Neilson | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Love's Labour's Lost | Lord | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Macbeth | Soldier | Conal Morrison | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Macbeth | Donalbain and Young Steward | Silvio Pucuretti | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Indian Boy | Sparks | Rebecca Gatewood | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| | Promises and Lies | Cuddles | Jonathan Church | The Birmingham Repertory Theatre |
| 2006 | Spring Awakening | Melchoir Gabor | Aoifie Smyth | The Union Theatre |
| | Wolves and Sheep | Apollonius and Goretsky | Caroline Lynch | Pleasence Theatre |

## TV and filmography
### Feature films and shorts

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Young Thief | Danny Cannon | Uncredited role |
| 2007 | Outlaw | Manning's Lawyer | Nick Love | |
| 2007 | Brixton 85 | Drunk Man | Tom Greene | Short Movie |
| | Alone Together | Oscar | Daniel Gage | Credited as co-director with Daniel Gage and the film as a "Gage Family" short |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Alfrid Lickspittle | Peter Jackson | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Alfrid Lickspittle | Peter Jackson | |
| 2015 | Scottish Mussel | Ramsey | Talulah Riley | |
| 2016 | Angel of Decay | Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list) | Jamie Crawford | 112 minutes Movie version |
| 2016 | 100 Streets | Vincent | Jim O'Hanlon | |
| | Days in Between | Sean | Tom Greene | |
| | Headphones | Barry | Tom Shkolnik | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Episode(s) |
| 1999 | The Bill | Carl Buxton | Ep.:"Love and War: Part 1" (Season 15, episode 64) |
| 2006 | Hustle | Billy | Ep.: "Price for Fame" (Season 3, episode 1) |
| 2009 | Holby City | Russell Cobden | Ep.: "The Honeymoon's Over" (Season 11, episode 35) |
| 2010 | Doctors | Nathan Hadler | Ep.: "A Taste of Freedom" (Season 11, episode 183) |
| 2011 | Hollyoaks | Johnny | Eps.: 1.3073 and 1.3075 |
| 2014–2016 | The Musketeers | King Louis XIII | All episodes except "The Return" (Season 2, episode 5) and "We Are the Garrison" (Season 3, episode 10) |
| 2017 | Red Dwarf | Adolf Hitler | Ep.: Cured (Season 12, episode 1) |
| 2019 | Endeavour | Ludo Talenti | Ep.: "Oracle" (Season 7, episode 1), Ep.: "Raga" (Season 7, episode 2), Ep.: "Zenana" (Season 7, episode 3) |
| 2022 | Father Brown | Finbar Finch | Ep.: "The Enigma of Antigonish" (Season 9, episode 9") |
| 2023 | Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story | George, Prince of Wales | Eps.: 1, 5 & 6 |

### Direct-to-video and television films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Osric and Player Queen | Gregory Doran | |
| 2013 | Murder on the Home Front | Danny Hastings | | |
| 2015 | Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay | Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list) | Jamie Crawford | TV miniseries of 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Gamechangers | Journalist / Presenter / Crowd (voice) | Owen Harris | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Voice Director |
| 2014 | Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward | Charibert | Matt Delamere |
| 2015 | Bloodborne | Micolash – Host of the Nightmare / Mob A | |
| 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | Wedge, Irvithe, Eulmoran Adjutant, Aenc Thon | |