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Alma mater
  
Rose Bruford College

Role
  
Film actor

Occupation
  
Actor

Spouse
  
Maggie Pugh

Years active
  
1976–present

Education
  
Rose Bruford College

Name
  
Robert Pugh


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Born
  
1950
Cilfynydd, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, [UK

TV shows
  
The Shadow Line, Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, In a Land of Plenty, The Lakes, Accused, Justice

Movies
  
Master and Commander: The Far S, The Ghost Writer, The Last Legion, Robin Hood, Plots with a View

Similar People
  
Doug Lefler, Jimmy McGovern, Marc Evans, Nick Hurran, Norman J Warren

Profiles

Twitter

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Robert Pugh (born 1950) is a Welsh actor, who played Craster in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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Life and career

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Pugh was born in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and grew up in Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd. He decided to become an actor after watching "From Russia with Love" at a cinema in Treforrest with a cousin and declaring his intentions to become an actor. A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976.

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He appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama Longford and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering from an 18-year coma.

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In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part Doctor Who story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood". In 2011 Pugh became Judge Patrick Coburn on Justice. He portrayed Welsh leader Owen Glendower in the 2012 BBC adaptation of Henry IV, Part I.

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2012 saw Pugh join HBO's Game of Thrones as Craster. In 2013 he portrayed Baron Rivers on The White Queen. He played Jack Reynolds on Doctor Foster. In 2016 Pugh joined the cast of Mr Selfridge as Lord Wynstay.

Film

  • Inseminoid (1981) as Roy
  • Nighthawks (1981) as Kenna
  • Britannia Hospital (1982) as Picket
  • Giro City (1982) as John Williams
  • Milwr Bychan (1984) as RSM
  • The Angry Earth (1989) as Emlyn
  • Old Scores (1991) as Bleddyn Morgan
  • Priest (1994) as Mr Unsworth
  • The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) as Williams the Petroleum
  • The Near Room (1995) as Eddie Harte
  • Different for Girls (1996) as DS Cole
  • The Tichbourne Claimant (1998) as The Claimant
  • The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000) as Handycott
  • Enigma (2001) as Skynner
  • Happy Now (2001) as Hank Thomas
  • The Intended (2002) as Le Blanc
  • Undertaking Betty (2002) as Hugh Rhys-Jones
  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) as John Allen
  • Kinky Boots (2005) as Harold Price
  • Kingdom of Heaven (2005) as Godfrey's Elder Brother (director's cut)
  • The Last Legion (2007) as Kustennin
  • Goodnight Irene (2008) as Alex
  • The Ghost Writer (2010) as Richard Rycart
  • Robin Hood (2010) as Baron Baldwin
  • West Is West (2010) as Mr Jordan
  • Hunky Dory (2012) as Headmaster
  • Love Bite (2012) as Sergent Rooney
  • Metamorphosis (2012) as Mr Samsa
  • The Thirteenth Tale (2013)
  • Colette (2018)

    • Television

  • Survivors: "Mad Dogs" (1977)
  • Danger UXB (1979)
  • The Bill: Woodentop (1983)
  • Amy (1984)
  • Brookside (1985)
  • Casualty (1986, 1987)
  • Inspector Morse: "Absolute Conviction" (1992)
  • Telltale (1993) as Billy Hodge
  • Resort to Murder (1995)
  • The Bill: "Powerless" (1995)
  • Drovers' Gold (1997)
  • Dangerfield: "Inappropriate Adults" (1997)
  • The Lakes (1997–99)
  • Silent Witness (1999)
  • French and Saunders: "Witless Silence" (1999)
  • Sword of Honour (2001) as Brigadier Ritchie-Hook
  • In A Land Of Plenty (2001)
  • Plots with a View (2002)
  • Clocking Off (2002)
  • Prime Suspect: "The Last Witness" (2003)
  • Hustle (2004)
  • New Tricks (2005)
  • Agatha Christie's Marple: "A Murder is Announced" (2005)
  • Shameless (2005)
  • Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial as Hermann Göring (2006)
  • Longford (2006)
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot: "Cards on the Table" (2006)
  • Torchwood: "Adrift" (2008)
  • Into the Storm (2009)
  • Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood" (2010)
  • Justice: "1.5" (2011)
  • The Shadow Line (2011) as Bob Foster
  • Midsomer Murders: "The Sleeper Under the Hill" (2011) as Caradoc Singer (2011)
  • Game of Thrones as Craster (2012–2013)
  • Henry IV, Part I (2012) as Glendower
  • Murder: Joint Venture (2013) as DI Sheehy
  • The White Queen (2013) as Baron Rivers
  • Inspector George Gently: "Gently Between The Lines" (2014) as Chief Lewington
  • Undeniable: (2014) as Pete
  • Common (2014) as Detective Inspector Hastings
  • Atlantis (2014) as Lord Sarpedon
  • Doctor Foster (2015) as Jack Reynolds
  • Mr Selfridge (2016) as Lord Wynnstay
  • Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016) as DCI Nick Ephgrave

    • References

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