Sebastian Croft

Sebastian "Bash" Croft (born 16 December 2001[1]) is a British actor. He began his career as a child actor on stage before making his television debut as Young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones (2016). He earned a BAFTA Children's Award nomination for his role as Atti in Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019).[2][3]

Sebastian Croft
Croft presenting at the BAFTA Craft Awards in 2022
Born
Sebastian Theodore Kemble Croft

(2001-12-16) 16 December 2001
Oxford, England
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Croft's voice work includes the film Where is Anne Frank (2021) and "Ice", an installment of the Netflix anthology Love, Death & Robots (2021). In 2022, he starred in the Netflix adaptation of Heartstopper as Ben Hope.

Early life

Croft was born in Oxford to an English father and a Greek Cypriot mother. He began taking acting classes at the Abingdon-on-Thames branch of Stagecoach when he was 7.[4] He attended the Dragon School for preparatory school[5] and St Edward's School, Oxford for GCSEs.[6][7] He completed A Levels in English, Philosophy, and Film.[8]

Career

Theatre

Croft made his first West End stage appearance in 2010 in Sam Mendes' production of Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).[9] In 2011 he was cast as "Gavroche" in Les Misérables (Queen's Theatre). Croft was later hand picked by producer Cameron Mackintosh to return to Oliver! this time playing the title role in the UK touring company for eighteen months. In 2013 Croft played "Tommy" in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda (Cambridge Theatre).[10] His final musical performance as a juvenile was in the title role of the world premiere production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (Leicester Curve). Prominent musical theatre workshops include: I Can't Sing, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Bumblescratch,[11] Danny Hero and The Braille Legacy.[12] Prominent one night concerts and performances include: Rags: The Musical (Lyric Theatre)[13] and A Charity Concert With Emeli Sande and Laura Wright. In June 2016 Croft appeared in the West End Live presentation of Bumblescratch in Trafalgar Square.[14]

In 2014, Croft's vocals were featured in the National Theatre Live's production of Coriolanus (Donmar Warehouse) with Tom Hiddleston.[10] Croft workshopped the play Emil and The Detectives (National Theatre) in the title role of "Emil Tischbein". In 2016 Croft was cast in the role of "Prince Arthur" in Sir Trevor Nunn's production of Shakespeare's King John (Rose Theatre)[15] for which Croft received high praise from the national press.[16]

Television and film

In 2016 Croft appeared in the ITV and Fox series Houdini and Doyle and the Sky Atlantic and Showtime series Penny Dreadful. Croft rose to prominence portraying the role of a young Eddard Stark (portrayed by Sean Bean as an adult) in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Croft made his feature film debut in 2017 as a Young David Logan in The Hippopotamus. He appeared in the 2019 films Music, War and Love and Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans as Young Robert Pulaski and Atti respectively, the latter of which earned him a BAFTA Children's Award nomination in the Young Performer category.[2]

In 2021, Croft voiced Peter van Daan in the animated fantasy film Where Is Anne Frank, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. He lent his voice to Volume II of the Netflix animated anthology Love, Death & Robots in the Creative Arts Emmy Award-winning episode "Ice". Croft and Ty Tennant were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine respectively in season 3 of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol.[17]

In April 2021, it was announced Croft would play Benjamin "Ben" Hope in the 2022 Netflix series Heartstopper, an adaptation of the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman.[18]

Personal life

Croft revealed in an interview that he has dyslexia.[19]

Filmography

Film
Title Year Role Director Notes Ref(s)
The Hippopotamus 2017 Young David Logan John Jencks
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans 2019 Atti Dominic Brigstocke Received BAFTA nomination for role of "Atti")[2]
I'll Find You Young Robert Pulaski Martha Coolidge Formerly titled Music, War and Love [20]
Where Is Anne Frank 2021 Peter van Daan Voice role
School's Out Forever Pugh
Wonderwell TBA Daniele Vlad Marsavin Post-production
Dampyr TBA Yuri Riccardo Chemello Post-production [21]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television
Title Year Role Network Notes Ref(s)
Houdini & Doyle 2016 Newsie FOX Episode: "Spring-Heel'd Jack"
Game of Thrones 2016 Young Eddard Stark HBO 2 episodes
Penny Dreadful 2016 Boy Familiar Showtime 4 episodes
Love, Death & Robots 2021 Fletcher Netflix Episode: "Ice"
Doom Patrol 2021 Charles Rowland HBO Max Episode: "Dead Patrol"
Heartstopper 2022 Benjamin "Ben" Hope Netflix

Music videos
Song Year Artist Notes Ref(s)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" 2014 Michael Bublé & Idina Menzel [22]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2019 British Academy Children's Awards Young Performer Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Nominated [2]

References
  1. "Sebastian Croft (@SebastianCroft) / Twitter Bio". Twitter. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  2. "Children's Awards Nominations 2019". BAFTA.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  3. "Childrens BAFTA Nominations Announced". Televisual.com. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. Radisevic, Dijana (5 August 2015). "Meet Sebastian Croft". Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. "Sebastian Goes Back to School". Dragon School. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  6. "Teddies and the Creative Industries". St Edward's Oxford. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. Keown, Callum (15 July 2017). "Can Oxford's last Game of Thrones link survive the next series?". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  8. "Sebastian Croft". Storm Management. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  9. "Sebastian Croft – Oliver!". Oliverthemusical.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  10. "Sebastian Croft – Matilda and Coriolanus". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016.
  11. Bumblescratch The Musical EPK. YouTube. 21 May 2013.
  12. "Sebastian Croft". Curtis Brown. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  13. "Rags the Musical in Concert – Lyric Theatre". Musicaltheatrereview.com.
  14. "Bumblescratch at West End Live". YouTube. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  15. "Cast announced for Sir Trevor Nunn's King John in Kingston". Kingston Guardian.
  16. Cavendish, Dominic; "Game of Thrones' Sebastian Croft saves this King John", The Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2016.
  17. Eclarinal, Aeron Mer (15 April 2021). "Doom Patrol Season 3: Sebastian Croft & Ty Tennant Cast as Dead Boy Detectives (Exclusive)". thedirect.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  18. Kanter, Jake (26 April 2021). "Netflix Rounds Out Cast For 'Heartstopper' With 'What If?' Star Yasmin Finney & Seven Others". Deadline. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. Rounds, Alex. "Interview: Horrible Histories' Sebastian Croft". The Light Cambridge. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  20. "I'LL FIND YOU". illfindyoufilm.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  21. "Movie Adaptation of 'Dampyr' Comic Sets Cast, Starts Production (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  22. "Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. 20 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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