Freddie Thorp

Frederick Nicholas Thorp (born 7 March 1994) is a British actor. He starred in the action film Overdrive (2017), as well as the Netflix series Safe (2018) and Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–2022).^[1]

Freddie Thorp
Born	Frederick Nicholas Thorp (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 31) Kensington and Chelsea, London, England
Alma mater	University of Exeter
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Notable work	Fate: The Winx Saga Overdrive To Dream Summit Fever

Early life

Thorp was born in Kensington and Chelsea, London, to Nick Thorp and Antonia Manley.^[2] He has an older sister, Ophelia.

Thorp attended Summer Fields School in Oxford^[3] and later Eton College with fellow actor Jonah Hauer-King. He spent the summer of 2013 in New York City taking classes with the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.^[4] That autumn, he began his studies in psychology at the University of Exeter,^[5] where he participated in theatre through EUTCo.^[6]

Career

In 2016, he played his first role, Tommy, in the film To Dream.^[7] In 2017, Thorp was nominated at the British Urban Film Festival as the best emerging male actor.^[8][9]

In 2017, he played Garrett Foster,^[10] a car thief, in Overdrive. The scenes were filmed in Marseille, France.^[11]

In 2021–22, he played Riven, in the television series of Fate: The Winx Saga. During the second season, Riven shows a more sensitive side, while in the first season he was more delinquent. Thorp stated that he liked playing the bad boy because he can act in a way that he may never do in real life. Thorp has said that the audience can relate to his character's bisexuality.^[12] The series was cancelled after two seasons.^[13]

In 2022, he played Michael, a mountaineer, who quits his job to go on a journey climbing mountains in the film Summit Fever. Thorp also had to climb real rock faces on the Eiger, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc mountains for the film.^[14][15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Head Hunter	Terry Medina
	To Dream	Tommy
2017	Overdrive	Garrett Foster
2022	Summit Fever	Michael
2024	Strictly Confidential	James

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Doctors	Stuart Willis	Episode: "Plus One"
	The Advocate	Tommy Reese	Television film
2018	A Discovery of Witches	Matthieu Beny	1 episode[16]
	Safe	Chris Chahal	Main role[17]
2021–2022	Fate: The Winx Saga	Riven	Main role[16]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	No Quarter	Arlo	Network Theatre, London

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	British Urban Film Festival	BUFF Male Emerging Talent	To Dream	Nominated	[9]