Harry Lloyd Biography

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 HBO series Game of Thrones.

He is the great-great-great-grandson of author Charles Dickens.

Early life

Lloyd was born in London, the son of Marion Evelyn (ne Dickens), a children's publisher, and Jonathan Lloyd, who heads a literary agency. He is a great-great-great-grandson of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens through his mother, who is the daughter of Captain Peter Dickens, RN. His maternal great-grandfather was Rear-Admiral Henry Blagrove. He is the 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. He left the University of Oxford in 2005, graduating with an upper second-class degree.

Career

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 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.

Personal life

Lloyd was in a relationship with actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw until 2012.

Lloyd's work has gathered him a fanbase and a small number of unofficial websites run by fans, although he has stated that he is not affiliated with any site because he does not "ever want to become public property". He has been in a relationship for 3 years with his colleague and productrice Jayne Hong. Together they adopted a dog, Zoe.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	David Copperfield	Young Steerforth
2002	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Young Rivers
2009	Oscar & Jim	Gerry	Short film
2011	The Half-Light	Second man	Short film
2011	Jane Eyre	Richard Mason
2011	The Iron Lady	Young Denis Thatcher
2012	The Hollow Crown: Henry IV, Part 1	Mortimer
2014	Closer to the Moon	Virgil
2014	The Theory of Everything	Brian
2014	The Riot Club	Lord Ryot
2014	Big Significant Things	Craig Harrison
2015	The Show	Geoffrey	post-production
2015	Narcopolis	Ben Grieves
2015	Anthropoid	Adolf Oplka	post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Murder Investigation Team	Matt Pattinson	Series 2, Episode 1
2005	The Bill	Matt Richie	Episode 377
2006	Holby City	Damon Hughes	Episode: "Flight of the Bumblebee"
2006	Vital Signs	Jason Bradley	5 episodes
2006	Genie in the House	Nev	Episode: "Puppy Love"
20062007	Robin Hood	Will Scarlett	26 episodes
2007	Doctor Who	Jeremy Baines / "Son of Mine"	2 episodes: Human Nature/The Family of Blood
2008	Heroes and Villains	Lucas	Episode: "Richard the Lionheart"
2008	The Devil's Whore	Prince Rupert	Series 1, Episode 1
2009	Lewis	Peter	Episode: "Counter Culture Blues"
2009	Taking the Flak	Alexander Taylor-Pierce	5 episodes
2011	Game of Thrones	Viserys Targaryen	5 episodes Nominated Scream Award for Best Ensemble
2011	Great Expectations	Herbert Pocket
2012	The Fear	Matty Beckett	4 episodes Nominated British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014	Manhattan	Paul Crosley
2015	Wolf Hall	Lord Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
2016	Marcella	Henry Gibson

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Valentin	Oxford University Dramatic Society
?	The Comedy of Errors	Antipholus of Syracuse	Oxford University Dramatic Society
2008	The Sea	Willy Carson	Theatre Royal Haymarket
2010	The Little Dog Laughed	Alex	Garrick Theatre
2009	A View From the Bridge	Rodolpho	Duke of York's Theatre
2012	The Duchess of Malfi	Ferdinand	The Old Vic
2014	Note for Underground	Man	Coronet Cinema
2016	Good Canary	Jack	Rose Theatre

See also

• Dickens family