Sebastian Croft

Biography

Sebastian Croft (known to his friends as Bash) is a young English actor, best known for his portrayal of the Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones (2011) and most recently for playing the lead role in Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019). He made his first professional appearance on stage age 7, in a touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, having been spotted whilst training at Stagecoach in Oxfordshire. The following year he made his West End debut aged 8 in the Sam Mendes production of Oliver at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. From here Sebastian had a series of stage roles, playing Gavroche in Les Misérables in 2011, along side Matt Lucas and Alfie Boe. For the next eighteen months he toured the UK in the title role of Oliver for Cameron Mackintosh, and then went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in the award winning West End production of Matilda. In 2014 his vocals were used during the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston; and Sebastian's final musical theatre production as a juvenile was in the lead role of Adrian Mole at the Leicester Curve for the world premier of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole The Musical. Sebastian's first screen appearance came in 2014 in the video to Michael Bublé and Idina Menzel's Baby It's Cold Outside, which reached number one in the US billboard charts. He was signed to Curtis Brown in early 2015 and since then has has filmed Season Three of Penny Dreadful (2014) for Sky Atlantic and Showtime; he appeared in Houdini and Doyle (2016) for ITV and Fox; I'll Find You (2019), a feature film shot on location in Poland, alongside Stellan Skarsgård and Adelaide Clemens; and The Hippopotamus (2017) by Stephen Fry. He is best known for his appearance in Season Six of Game of Thrones (2011) playing the role of Young Ned Stark. In June 2016, Sebastian appeared in Sir Trevor Nunn's production of King John at the Rose Theatre in Kingston where he played Prince Arthur to critical acclaim. In 2017, Sebastian filmed Wonderwell (2019) alongside Carrie Fisher and Rita Ora, which is due for release in 2019. In 2018 he made the animation film Where Is Anne Frank in the role of Peter van Daan, and also shot Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (2019) on location in the UK and Bulgaria, in the lead character Atti. This is due for release in cinemas in multiple markets in July 2019. Alongside his acting career, Sebastian is studying for A Levels in English, Philosophy and Film, and has also written and recorded many of his own songs.