Sebastian Croft


Sebastian Theodore Kemble Croft is a BAFTA nominated actor of English and Greek descent, prominent for TV roles in Game of Thrones and Penny Dreadful and the feature films, and Wonderwell. In 2019 Croft was nominated for a BAFTA award in the "Young Performer" category for his role as "Atti" in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.

Career

Musical theatre

Croft made his first West End stage appearance in 2010 in Sam Mendes' production of Oliver!. In 2011 he was cast as "Gavroche" in Les Misérables. Croft was later hand picked by producer Cameron Mackintosh to return to Oliver! this time playing the title role in the UK touring company for eighteen months. In 2013 Croft played "Tommy" in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda. His final musical performance as a juvenile was in the title role of the world premiere production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. Prominent musical theatre workshops include: I Can't Sing, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Bumblescratch, Danny Hero and The Braille Legacy. Prominent one night concerts and performances include: Rags: The Musical and A Charity Concert With Emeli Sande and Laura Wright. In June 2016 Croft appeared in the West End Live presentation of Bumblescratch in Trafalgar Square.

Television

In 2016 Croft appeared in the TV series, Houdini and Doyle, Penny Dreadful. Croft rose to prominence portraying the role of a young Eddard Stark in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Music video

At Christmas 2014, Croft was featured in the Michael Bublé and Idina Menzel music video of the classic 1940s Frank Loesser song "Baby It's Cold Outside" with the song climbing to No. 1 on Billboard's weekly Adult Contemporary chart for the week ending 20 December 2014, spending a total of three weeks on top.

Film

Croft plays the roles of "Young Robert Pulaski" in the film Music, War and Love, "Young David Logan" in The Hippopotamus, "Danielle" in Wonderwell, which costars Carrie Fisher and Rita Ora, Peter van Daan in Where Is Anne Frank? and "Atti" in . In 2019 Croft was nominated for a BAFTA award in the "Young Performer" category for his role as "Atti" in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.

Stage (non-musical)

In 2014, Croft's vocals were featured in the National Theatre Live's production of Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston. Croft workshopped the play Emil and The Detectives in the title role of "Emil Tischbein". In 2016 Croft was cast in the role of "Prince Arthur" in Sir Trevor Nunn's production of Shakespeare's King John for which Croft received high praise from the national press.

Filmography

Film

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Music videos