Harry Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. He played Will Scarlet in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood which began in 2006. Most recently he starred in 2011's Game of Thrones as Viserys Targaryen, rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
Lloyd was born in London, England; and is the great-great-great-grandson of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens (his mother, children's publisher Marion Dicken...
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Harry Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. He played Will Scarlet in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood which began in 2006. Most recently he starred in 2011's Game of Thrones as Viserys Targaryen, rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.
Lloyd was born in London, England; and is the great-great-great-grandson of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens (his mother, children's publisher Marion Dickens, is the daughter of Captain Peter Dickens, RN). His father, Jonathan Lloyd, heads a literary agency. 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 TV debut at the age of 16 as James Steerforth in the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield. In 2002 he was cast as young Rivers in Goodbye Mr Chips. Lloyd went on to study English at Christ Church, Oxford, where he joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society appearing in...
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