Mark Stanley

For persons of a similar name, see Mark Stanley (disambiguation).

Mark Robert Speight, known professionally as Mark Stanley, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in Game of Thrones,^[1] Dickensian,^[2] and as Rob Hepworth in the third series of BBC drama Happy Valley.

Mark Stanley
Born	Mark Robert Speight Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present

Early life and education

Mark Robert Speight^[3] was born in Leeds. He attended Allerton High School and Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, where he began acting.^[4] He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.^[5][6]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role
2013	How I Live Now	Chasing Man
2014	Mr. Turner	Clarkson Stanfield
	Kajaki	Tug
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Knight of Ren[7]
2016	Our Kind of Traitor	Ollie
2017	Euphoria	Brian
	Dark River	Joe Bell[8]
2019	Hellboy	Arthur
	Run	Finnie
2020	Sulphur and White	David Tait
2023	The Settlers	Alexander MacLennan
	My Mother's Wedding	Charlie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–14	Game of Thrones	Grenn	22 episodes
2015–16	Dickensian	Bill Sikes	14 episodes
2017	Broken	PC Andrew Powell	5 episodes
	Love, Lies and Records	James	6 episodes
	Little Women	Professor Bhaer	1 episode
2018	The Little Drummer Girl	Arthur A. Halloran	1 episode
2019–20	Criminal: UK	DC Hugo Duffy	4 episodes
2019	Sanditon	Lord Babington	8 episodes
	Elizabeth Is Missing	Frank Jefford	TV film
2020	White House Farm	Colin Caffell	TV mini-series
2020	Honour[9]	DS Andy Craig	TV mini-series; 2 episodes
2021	Anne Boleyn	Henry VIII	Mini-series[10][11]
2021	The Bay	Warren Pryce	Series 3
2022–2024	Trigger Point	DI Thom Youngblood	12 episodes
2022	The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe	Mark Darwin	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2023	Happy Valley	Rob Hepworth	Series 3; 6 episodes
2023	The Reckoning	Dan Davies	Mini-series; 4 episodes
2025	Adolescence	Paul Barlow	Mini-series; "Episode 1"
2025	A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story[citation needed]	Desmond Cussen	Historical drama
TBA	Under Salt Marsh	TBA	Upcoming TV series