Robert Pugh

Background

Pugh was born on October 11, 1950, in the Tynte, Mountain Ash and grew up in Cilfynydd, near Pontypridd.

Education

Pugh decided to become an actor after watching From Russia with Love at a cinema in Treforest with a cousin. A few years later he took night courses at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in North London, before being accepted at Rose Bruford College, where he graduated in 1976.

Career

Pugh appeared as Harold Wilson in the 2005 Channel 4 drama Longford and as Hermann Göring in the 2006 BBC drama-documentary Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial. In 2007, he co-starred alongside Genevieve O'Reilly and Geraldine James in the ITV1 drama The Time of Your Life, in which he played a father whose 36-year-old daughter is recovering from an 18-year coma. In his early career, he frequently appeared in Welsh television and films, for example as Edgar Evans in the 1984 TV film Terra Nova, and as a soldier in Karl Francis's Milwr Bychan (1987). Even in more recent years, he has often portrayed Welsh characters, such as Owain Glyndwr in the 2012 BBC adaptation of Henry IV, Part I.

In 2010, Pugh appeared as Tony in the two-part Doctor Who story comprising the episodes "The Hungry Earth" and "Cold Blood". He had a leading role in a 2008 episode of Torchwood, another BBC Wales production.

In 2011 Pugh became Judge Patrick Coburn in Justice. The following year he joined HBO's Game of Thrones in the recurring role of Craster. In 2013 he portrayed Baron Rivers in The White Queen. Pugh played Jack Reynolds in Doctor Foster, and in 2016 joined the cast of Mr Selfridge as Lord Wynstay, another Welsh character.

Achievements

• Robert Pugh is a popular Hollywood Actor, who is famous for his roles in movies like The Ghost Writer and Robin Hood (2010).

Works

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• TV series

  • Game of Thrones

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    2012

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches

Weight: 75 KG

Hair color: gray

Eye color: blue