Guy Oliver-Watts

Oliver-Watts began his career as a musician, and in 1980 was one of the lead singers trialled by English pop band Duran Duran in their early years.[1] In 1988, he appeared as a 'young reporter' in the British Television film Across the Lake.[2]

In 1990, Oliver-Watts played the protagonist Craig in the comedy Ladies' Night at the Theatre Royal, Brighton.[3] In 1991, he played Marcus in the British-American film Twenty-One.[4] In 1992, he played Benedick in the fourth series of British mystery drama Agatha Christie's Poirot.[5] In 1993, he appeared in the fourth series of British sitcom The Upper Hand.[6] In the same year, he played the protagonist Joe Soap in the pop musical Hot Stuff at the Cambridge Theatre in the West End.[7] In 1995, he played John Orvel in the second series of British mystery drama Cadfael.[8] In the same year, he played Lightborn in Edward II at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre.[9] In 1996, he played Paul Cranshaw in the third series of British police drama Wycliffe.[6] In the same year, he played Tony Bishop in the fourth series of British police drama Pie in the Sky.[10] Also in the same year, he played Endesleigh in the British crime drama Sharman.[2] In 1999, he played Guy in British TV film Hunting Venus.[11]

In 2000, Oliver-Watts voiced Harry in the BAFTA-nominated animated short Six of One.[11] In the same year, he played Kevin North in the seventeenth series of British police drama The Bill.[2] In 2003, he again appeared in The Bill, this time playing Mark Jordan in its nineteenth series.[2] In the same year, he played Algernon Moncrieff in Aquila Theatre's production of The Importance of Being Earnest at Baruch College in New York.[12][13] He then played both Puck and Egeus in A Midsummer Night's Dream on a theatrical tour with Aquila which included Chicago and Colorado.[14][15] In 2006, he played a pathologist in the British film Provoked.[16] In 2008, he played Charles Dickens in the British documentary drama Passage.[17][18] In 2009, he voiced Helghast in Sony computer game Killzone 2.[19]

In 2011, Oliver-Watts again voiced Helghast in the sequel to Killzone 2, Killzone 3.[20] In the same year, he played Carl in the British short film Unwatchable.[21] In 2013, he appeared as Miles in British soap opera Emmerdale.[22] In 2014, he played George Wilde in the Oscar-nominated British drama film The Theory of Everything.[2][23] In the same year, he played Nick Terrigan in the sixteenth series of British medical soap opera Doctors.[24] In 2016, he played Sir James Hayter in the first series of British historical drama Victoria.[25] In the same year, he played Brigadier Baxter in the second series of British war drama Our Girl.[26][27] Also in 2016, he played 'Father' in the British short film The Border.[28] He played a Lannister general in Game of Thrones.[29] In 2019, he played recurring character Sobell in the BBC drama series Summer of Rockets.[30]