Background
He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
He is the son of the historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
He was educated at Eton College.
Television and film Armesto played Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in the series The Tudors. He starred in the 2008 Independent Television drama series The Palace as the King"s carefree younger brother Prince George. He then played the character of Edmund Sparkler in the 2008 British Broadcasting Corporation version of Charles Dickens" novel Little Dorrit.
In the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Armesto played the Spanish King Ferdinand VI. He plays the poet and playwright Ben Jonson in Roland Emmerich’s feature film Anonymous.
Armesto has acted in high-profile theatre productions in Britain, including three shows at the National and one at the Royal Court.