Frank Stephenson Dillane ( born 21 April 1991 ) [ 1 ] is an english actor and musician, known for his depicting of Nick Clark on Fear the Walking Dead ( 2015–2018 ), and for playing 16-year-old Tom Riddle in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ( 2009 ). He besides appeared as Henry Coffin in the film In the Heart of the Sea ( 2015 ) .

early animation and kin [edit ]

Dillane was born in London, England. He spent function of his childhood in Brixton, before moving to Forest Row in East Sussex, where he grew up in a creative environment. His beget, Naomi Wirthner, is british and Afro-Jamaican. [ citation needed ] Wirthner manages a dramaturgy company called The Barebones Project. [ 2 ] His father, Stephen Dillane, is an actor who has starred in numerous movies and television receiver series ( for example, Game of Thrones and The Tunnel ), [ 3 ] and was awarded a BAFTA television Award for Best Actor on Television in 2009. [ citation needed ] After passing his A-level examinations, Dillane was accepted to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art [ 4 ] ( RADA ) and graduated in 2013, with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. [ 5 ]

Acting career [edit ]

Dillane has acted in film, on stage, and on television. He made his film introduction at his father ‘s side as an excess in Welcome to Sarajevo ( 1997 ) when he was six years of historic period. He became more widely known when he portrayed Tom Riddle ( a adolescent Lord Voldemort ) in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ( 2009 ). [ 6 ] Dillane played James Papadopoulos in the independent movie Papadopoulos & Sons ( directed by Marcus Markou ) in 2011. [ 7 ] After Dillane was cast, his beget decided to rearrange his own filming schedule to play Harry Papadopoulos ( James ‘ dad ). Stephen Dillane declared it was rare to have the opportunity “ to work with your children after they left home ”. [ 8 ] [ better source needed ]
In July 2013, Dillane played in Candida at Theatre Royal, Bath, directed by Simon Godwin. [ 9 ] In 2014, Dillane played the function of Keyes in Viena and the Fantomes, directed by Gerardo Naranjo ; Dakota Fanning besides starred in the film. [ 10 ] besides in 2014, Dillane was cast in an adaptation of Peter Goldsworthy ‘s best-selling fresh Maestro, to be directed by Catherine Jarvis. [ 11 ]

Dillane starred as Nick Clark, a “ bushy recuperate addict ”, [ 12 ] in the horror drama serial Fear the Walking Dead from its introduction in 2015 until its one-fourth season. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The function was a break function for Dillane, [ 15 ] [ 5 ] who was a winnow favored on the prove. [ 16 ] In 2016, he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Younger Actor in a Television Series for his work on Fear the Walking Dead. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Dillane played Owen Coffin in In the Heart of the Sea ( 2015 ). [ 19 ] [ 20 ] This venture – drama film directed by Ron Howard is based on Nathaniel Philbrick ‘s non-fiction bible of the like appoint about the dip of the american english whale transport Essex in 1820, an event that inspired the novel Moby-Dick. [ 5 ] Dillane portrayed Shugs in the Netflix series Sense8, [ 21 ] directed by the Wachowskis. [ 5 ]

Dillane appeared aboard Beanie Feldstein and Alfie Allen in How to Build a Girl ( 2019 ), directed by Coky Giedroyc. [ 22 ]

Filmography [edit ]

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