Ed Speleers

**Ed Speleers** (born April 7, 1988) is an British actor. He portrays Rhys Montrose/Rhys Montrose (Joe's mind) on *You*.

## Early life

Speleers was born at St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex. His parents divorced when he was three years old. His mother, Gill, lives in Spain; his father, John, is a financial consultant and lives in London. He has two older half-brothers. In 2006, he left Eastbourne College to play Eragon. Before starring in the film Eragon, he had already auditioned for a series of roles, such as Pedro Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - which he lost to William Moseley. For Eragon, he defeated around 180,000 candidates.

## Career

Before Eragon, Speleers appeared in school productions such as A Midsummer Night's Dream when he was 10, Peter Pan, A Streetcar Named Desire, Richard III and Hamlet. While at Eastbourne College, Speleers wrote a play, Retribution, with his friend Rob Curran, which investigated the themes of child abuse and pedophilia. Speleers also acted in a short film by Charlie Bleakley called Metropolis.

He then landed the lead role in 20th Century Fox's film version of Eragon in 2006. In 2008, he appeared in the British primetime series Echo Beach as Jimmy Penwarden. In 2010, Speleers played the role of Jason Grint in the fantasy adventure film, Witchville, a made-for-television film based on sorcery in a medieval feudal time period.

In mid-2010, Speleers was cast as one of the lead roles in the British thriller A Lonely Place to Die, directed by Julian Gilbey, a feature film starring Melissa George, Sean Harris and Eamonn Walker, released in September 2011 in Britain. Brittany. He has acted in some short films Deathless as John Ray, The Ride as Student and Turncoat as Nathan Reece.

In 2012, Speleers was part of the horror comedy Love Bite, in the main role of Jamie, with Jessica Szohr and Timothy Spall, a production that was well regarded by critics, regarding the cast, production and script. He was also cast in the film Dead Man at Deptford, based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess, and in the Golden Globe-winning series Downton Abbey, where he played the regular role of Jimmy Kent.

He had a starring role as Sam in the thriller film Plastic, written and directed by Julian Gilbey for Gateway Films. The production filmed in Britain, Miami and Brunei beginning in January 2013. On March 12, 2014, it was reported that Speleers was among five actors considered for a lead role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the role was never confirmed.

In 2015, Speleers played the role of Edward Seymour in the historical drama miniseries Wolf Hall. He had a starring role in the horror film Howl as a disaffected young ticket collector. Your character, Joe, is supervising the last train out of London one dark and stormy night when the train is surprised by a werewolf attack. He starred in the BBC One show Partners in Crime, where he played the role of Carl Denim. He played the role of Greg in the British film Remainder, directed by Omer Fast.

In 2016, he played the role of Slean in ITV's British epic drama television series Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. He had a supporting role in the fantasy adventure film Alice Through the Looking Glass, directed by James Bobin. The following year he starred in the biographical romance film Breathe, alongside Andrew Garfield.

In 2018, Ed Speleers was confirmed in the renowned British TV period series, Outlander, where his first major villain Stephen Bonnet, an Irish pirate, plays. The series is written by Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica) based on the fantasy and adventure books by Diana Gabaldon. In February 2018, the British portal Screen Daily confirmed the production of the feature film, Zoo. The dark comedy film, starring Speleers and produced by Alexander Brondsted, narrates the difficult process of reconciling a couple in crisis, during a pandemic. of zombies. On August 21, 2018, Speleers premiered the play Rain Man, playing the ambitious character, Charlie Babbitt. The play is based on the film of the same name, produced by MGM, and earned Speleers a tour of the United Kingdom.

In 2017, Speleers was producer of Barnaby Blackburn's short film Wale.