| Robert Aramayo | |
| Birth Name: | Robert Michael Aramayo |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 2012–present |
Robert Michael Aramayo (born 6 November 1992) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2017, he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.[1] In 2021, he starred in the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries Behind Her Eyes. Since 2022, he has played Elrond in the Amazon series .
Aramayo's acting career began at the age of seven when he played the role of Bugsy Malone in a primary school production. When he was ten he joined the Hull Truck Youth Theatre, performing in about three plays a year.[2] His older sister Laura also began an acting career at the Hull Truck Youth Theatre and studied drama at the Oxford School of Drama in Oxford.[3]
He attended Hull's Wyke College and in 2011 won a place at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City. His performance in a Juilliard production of Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange as Alex, the lead character, earned him his first film role in the Italian-American production Lost in Florence.[4]
From 2016 to 2017 he played the role of young Eddard Stark in the sixth and seventh season of the HBO series Game of Thrones.[1]
Aramayo played the role of mechanical engineer and Harley-Davidson co-founder William S. Harley in the Discovery Channel miniseries Harley and the Davidsons, which premiered September 5–7, 2016, on Discovery. Also that year, he appeared in the Tom Ford film Nocturnal Animals.[5] [6] He has a role in the HBO miniseries Lewis and Clark.
He appeared in The Empty Man, directed by David Prior,[7] The Incident at Sparrow Creek Lumber directed by Henry Dunham,[8] and Eternal Beauty, directed by Craig Roberts.[9]
In August 2019, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast on the Netflix psychological thriller miniseries, Behind Her Eyes.[10]
On 7 January 2020, it was announced that Aramayo had been cast as a character referred to as "Beldor", later revealed to be Elrond in Amazon's television series .[11]
Born in England, the son of Michael Aramayo and Lisa (née Dawson), he is of Basque descent.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 Actors | Hooligan | Max Woertendyke | Short film |
| 2016 | Nocturnal Animals | Steve "Turk" Adams | Tom Ford | Credited as Rob Aramayo |
| Can't Come Closer | Dante | Gilles Geary | Short film | |
| 2017 | Lost in Florence | Sal | Evan Oppenheimer | Credited as Rob Aramayo |
| 2018 | Galveston | Tray | Mélanie Laurent | |
| The Standoff at Sparrow Creek | Keating | Henry Dunham | ||
| 2019 | Stray Dolls | Jimmy | Sonejuhi Sinha | |
| Exit Plan | Ari | Jonas Alexander Arnby | ||
| Eternal Beauty | Johnny | Craig Roberts | Voice | |
| 2020 | Antebellum | Daniel | Gerard Bush &<br>Christopher Renz | |
| The Empty Man | Garrett | David Prior | ||
| 2021 | The King's Man | Sgt. Maj. Atkins | Matthew Vaughn | |
| 2023 | Dance First | Alfred Péron | James Marsh | |
| 2024 | Lilies Not for Me | Will Seefried | Completed | |
| I Swear | John Davidson | Kirk Jones | In production | |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Harley and the Davidsons | William S. Harley | Discovery Channel | Miniseries |
| 2016–2017 | Game of Thrones | Young Ned Stark | HBO | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Mindhunter | Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. | Netflix | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Behind Her Eyes | Rob Hoyle | Miniseries | |
| 2022–present | Elrond | Amazon Prime Video | 12 episodes | |