Ralph Ineson
| Ralph Ineson | |
|---|---|
 Ineson in 2011 | |
| Born |
15 December 1969 Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 6'3" (1.91m) |
| Spouse(s) | Ali Milner Ineson |
| Children | Luc Ineson (16) and Becky Ineson (12) |
Ralph Michael Ineson (born 15 December 1969) is an English actor, best known as Dagmer Cleftjaw in Game of Thrones, Amycus Carrow in the last three Harry Potter films and Chris Finch in the BBC series The Office.[1]
Early life
Ineson was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at Woodleigh School, North Yorkshire and Pocklington School.[2]Ineson also attended school with retired Captain Ian More of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In the early 1990s, after studying Theatre Studies at Lancaster University, he was a teacher at York Sixth Form College, where he was also a cricket coach.
Career
Television
He played the recurring character Chris Finch in the BBC comedy The Office. He starred as Donald Bamford in the sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart, as Zack in the soap opera Coronation Street, and played ex-soldier "Sam Walker" in the first series of Spooks. He played Luke Mullen in the BBC Drama Playing the Field. He had a minor part in episode four of the first series of BBC drama This Life. He starred in Suburban Shootout, which aired on Paramount Comedy and Five. He played Frank Monk in series 7 of Waking The Dead in the episode, "Wounds". He played Dagmer Cleftjaw in the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones. He also appeared in an Imperial Leather advert as a fireman.
Ineson had a minor role in the fifth and sixth series of BBC drama Waterloo Road in 2009 playing the role of Jon Fry. He had a small role in an episode of Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, as Paul, a buttock-kissing masseur, in the series 4 episode "Something Happened". In the 2012 ITV Titanic mini-series he played Steward Hart. In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series The Crown.
Film
Ineson's Hollywood film credits include First Knight, From Hell, Shopping (1994) he played Dix Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll and a brief role in The Damned United. He played Amycus Carrow, a Death Eater, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. He also appeared in the 2008 film Cass, as Sergeant Mullins.
In 2014, he appeared in the Marvel Studios film Guardians of the Galaxy.[3][4] In 2015, he had a small role in the spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, playing a policeman that interviews Eggsy.
He played Wlliam alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Kate Dickie in Robert Eggers's critically acclaimed debut film The Witch, which saw Eggers win Best Director at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
Voice work
Ineson has used his distinctive Yorkshire accent in a variety of voice over work. He has narrated TV programmes Licence to Drill, Salvage Hunters on the Discovery Channel, the 2010 Sky TV series Inside Gatwick, the BBC1 series Claimed and Shamed.
In the 2012–13 BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the ten Martin Beck police novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, Ineson played policeman Gunvald Larsson.
In 2013 he voiced the Channel 4 series Skint which followed the lives of British families from underprivileged backgrounds. In 2015, he narrated Countryside 999 on BBC One. He narrated the BBC One documentary Series Gears and Tears which follows the characters of British BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Cars.
TV adverts that have used his voice include: lastminute.com, Dacia cars, Gaviscon and Wickes.[5] He also did the Sky Bet adverts during Sky Sports football coverage. Ineson gave his voice and likeness for the infamous pirate Charles Vane in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
Personal life
He is a supporter of Leeds United.[6] He has been married since 1993 to Ali Ineson, editor of make-up artist magazine Warpaint.
References
- ↑ "BBC - Comedy: The Office - Character Profile - Finchy". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Woodleigh School". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Ralph Ineson on Twitter". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Drama Scene on Twitter". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ Robertson, Edward (18 March 2010). "Lastminute.com launches summer TV ad campaign". Travel Weekly. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ↑ Taylor, Alastair (9 August 2008). "We all loathe Leeds United!". The Sun. Retrieved 2009-05-18.