Sebastian Armesto


Sebastian Felipe Xavier Fernández-Garcia Armesto is a British film, television and theatre actor. He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto. He was educated at Eton College.

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 ' 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 '.
Armesto has also been in two stories of the British sci-fi series Doctor Who ("Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways" and Comte Louis de Provence in Marie Antoinette.

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.

Partial filmography