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Harry Gilby is an English actor, best known for playing a young J. R. R. Tolkien in the film Tolkien (2019) and Æthelstan in the fifth series of The Last Kingdom (2022).

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Harry Gilby
Born	(2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 (age 21) Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present
Parent(s)	Neil Gilby Helen Gilby

Early life

Harry Gilby was born in Nottingham, England in 2001 to parents Neil and Helen Gilby. He attended Sutton Bonington primary school before joining Trent College when he was 11. He began training at the Television Workshop in Nottingham when he was 12. Gilby played Nathan in the original cast of The Full Monty at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End.

Career

Gilby made his acting debut in 2016, when he played a village lad in an episode of Jericho. In 2017 he starred in the film Just Charlie, playing Charlie Lyndsay, a transgender girl with a special talent for playing football. He was nominated for Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards 2017 for his performance in Just Charlie.[1] In 2018, he played Arlo in the short film Evie. In 2019, he played a young version of author J. R. R. Tolkien in Tolkien. He has also appeared in three episodes of Casualty as Toby Williams, a young boy dying of leukemia. In 2022, he played Æthelstan in the fifth series of The Last Kingdom.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Just Charlie	Charlie Lyndsay
2018	Evie	Arlo	Short film
2019	Tolkien	Young J.R.R. Tolkien

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Jericho	Village Lad	1 episode
2019	Casualty	Toby Williams	3 episodes
2022	The Last Kingdom	Æthelstan	Main role; 10 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	British Independent Film Awards	Most Promising Newcomer	Just Charlie	Nominated

References

External links

• Harry Gilby at IMDb

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