Occupation Actor Height 2.16 m Role Actor | Name Ian Whyte Years active 2004–present | |
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Born 17 September 1971 (age 52) ( 1971-09-17 ) Bangor, North Wales, UK Movies and TV shows Similar People Conan Stevens, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, Michael J Bassett, Kevin Peter Hall, D B Weiss | ||
Ian whyte actor
Ian Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player.
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Career
Whyte began his career a professional basketball player for the Newcastle Eagles. After his retirement from basketball he began his second career as a stuntman and actor.
Whyte is best known for portraying Predators in the movies Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
Whyte portrayed one of the "Engineer" aliens seen in Ridley Scott's 2012 science fiction film, Prometheus.
In 2010, Whyte played Sheikh Sulieman in Clash of the Titans.
He has portrayed various characters requiring a physically tall actor in the HBO series Game of Thrones, including White Walkers in season 1 and season 2 and a giant in the opening episode of season 3. For these roles he was unrecognisable under make-up and computer effects. In season 2, he also had a speaking role as Ser Gregor Clegane. In season 5 and season 6, Whyte portrayed the giant Wun Wun.
Personal life
Whyte was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. He is 7 ft 1 in (216 cm) tall. Whyte is married to Amy, a business development manager for the Gordon Brown Law Firm. They have one son.