Art Parkinson

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Art Parkinson
Born (2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 22)
Moville, County Donegal, Ireland
Education Gaelic Language School
Occupation Actor, student
Years active 2008–present

Art Parkinson (born 19 October 2001) is an Irish actor, based in Moville, County Donegal. He began his professional acting career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as Rickon Stark on the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Personal life

Parkinson is bilingual, having been educated at a Gaelic language school.[1] His mother, Movania, is an actress who also runs a drama school which Art and his two older brothers, Pearce and Padhraig, have attended from a very young age. His two older brothers have also acted in several Irish and British television productions.[2][3] While Parkinson is not working, he enjoys playing football with his school friends at Moville's Gaelscoil Cois Feabhail.[4] During an interview with Flicks and the City, Parkinson also mentioned that he was not allowed by his parents to watch Game of Thrones due to its R18 content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him.[5] In a later interview published in the New Zealand Herald on 7 April 2015, Parkinson admitted that he was put-off watching Game of Thrones after seeing a three-year old child getting his throat slit in one episode.[6]

Career

Parkinson played the role of 'Young Kenneth' in the movie Freakdog.[7] He also appeared in the Irish horror film Dark Touch.[3] In July 2014, Parkinson was cast in the 2014 American dark fantasy epic action Dracula Untold directed by Gary Shore.[8] On 6 October 2014, Parkinson confirmed that his character and Natalia Tena's character Osha would not be returning for the fifth Season of Game of Thrones.[5] Parkinson also starred in the Hollywood movie San Andreas (2015) as Ollie, a ten-year -old boy caught up in a massive earthquake in California.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Freakdog Young Kenneth
2013 Dark Touch Peter
2014 The Anomaly Alex
2014 Shooting for Socrates Tommy
2014 Dracula Untold Ingeras
2014 Love, Rosie Gary Dunn
2015 San Andreas Ollie
2016 Kubo and the Two Strings Kubo (voice)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2011–13;
2016–present
Game of Thrones Rickon Stark Recurring Role (Seasons 1-3,6)

References

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