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Ryan Gage
Birth Name:Ryan James Gage
Birth Date:1983 1, df=y
Birth Place:Coventry, England
Alma Mater:Drama Centre London
Occupation:Actor, voice actor
Years Active:1995–present
Agent:United Agents[1]

Ryan Gage (born 17 January 1983)[2] is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television, films, and video games.

On television, he is best known for his roles as King Louis XIII in the BBC series The Musketeers and Ted Bundy in the TV film Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay. In the cinema, he played the Master of Laketown's deputy Alfrid Lickspittle in and , and Ted Bundy again (identified as him in the cast list) in the film Angel of Decay, which earned him a Best Actor Award at the British Independent Film Festival in 2016. In video games, Gage has portrayed Charibert in the Final Fantasy XIV expansion pack . In theatre, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company on plays such as Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth.[1]

Early life

Gage was born in Coventry. He attended BRIT School and went on to train at the Drama Centre London.[3] [4]

Theatre

YearTitleRole DirectorCompany Source
The Miser Cléante Sean Foley Mark Goucher Productions/Garrick Theatre  
American Justice Fenton Lisa Forrell Playground Studios/Arts Theatre
Ghost Stories Simon Rifkind "Andy Nyman", "Jeremy Dyson", and Sean Holmes Duke of York, "Lyric Hammersmith", and "Liverpool Everyman"
The Laws of War Soldier Jeremy Herrin Royal Court Theatre  
Wages of Thin Inspector One Prasanna Puwanarajah, Trevor Griffith Old Red Lion  
Quadrophenia Ace Face Tom Critchley, Che Walker  
Artist Descending a Staircase Martello Micheal Gieleta, Tom Stoppard Old Red Lion  
Hamlet Osric and Player Queen Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Albert Cressida Brown Royal Shakespeare Company  
A Midsummer Night's Dream Flute Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company  
God in Ruins Brian Junior and The Homeless Soldier Anthony Neilson Royal Shakespeare Company  
Love's Labour's Lost Lord Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company  
Macbeth Soldier Conal Morrison Royal Shakespeare Company  
Macbeth Donalbain and Young Steward Silvio Pucuretti Royal Shakespeare Company  
Indian Boy Sparks Rebecca Gatewood Royal Shakespeare Company  
Promises and Lies Cuddles Jonathan Church The Birmingham Repertory Theatre  
Spring Awakening Melchoir Gabor Aoifie Smyth The Union Theatre [5]  
Wolves and Sheep Apollonius and Goretsky Caroline Lynch Pleasence Theatre  

TV and filmography

Feature films and shorts

Year TitleRoleDirector Notes Source
Judge Dredd Young Thief Uncredited role
Outlaw Manning's Lawyer  
Brixton 85 Drunk Man Tom Greene Short Movie  
Alone Together Oscar Daniel Gage Credited as co-director with Daniel Gage and the film as a "Gage Family" short [6]  
Alfrid Lickspittle  
Alfrid Lickspittle [7]
Scottish Mussel Ramsey  
Angel of Decay Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list) Jamie Crawford 112 minutes Movie version
100 Streets Vincent Jim O'Hanlon  
Days in Between Sean Tom Greene  
Headphones Barry Tom Shkolnik  

Television series

Year TitleRole Episode(s) Source
The Bill Carl Buxton Ep.:"Love and War: Part 1" (Season 15, episode 64)
Hustle Billy Ep.: "Price for Fame" (Season 3, episode 1)
Holby City Russell Cobden Ep.: "The Honeymoon's Over" (Season 11, episode 35)
Doctors Nathan Hadler Ep.: "A Taste of Freedom" (Season 11, episode 183)
Hollyoaks Johnny Eps.: 1.3073 and 1.3075
2014–2016 The Musketeers King Louis XIIIAll episodes except "The Return" (Season 2, episode 5) and "We Are the Garrison" (Season 3, episode 10)[8]
2017 Red Dwarf Adolf HitlerEp.: Cured (Season 12, episode 1)
2019 Ludo Talenti Ep.: "Oracle" (Season 7, episode 1), Ep.: "Raga" (Season 7, episode 2), Ep.: "Zenana" (Season 7, episode 3)
2022 Finbar FinchEp.: "The Enigma of Antigonish" (Season 9, episode 9")
2023George, Prince of WalesEps.: 1, 5 & 6

Direct-to-video and television films

Year TitleRoleDirectorNotes Source
Hamlet Osric and Player Queen Gregory Doran
Murder on the Home Front Danny Hastings  
Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay Ted Bundy (identified as "Him" in the cast list) Jamie Crawford TV miniseries of 3 episodes  
The Gamechangers Journalist / Presenter / Crowd (voice) Owen Harris  

Video games

Year TitleRole Voice DirectorNotes Source
Charibert Matt Delamere [9]  
BloodborneMicolash – Host of the Nightmare / Mob A
Wedge, Irvithe, Eulmoran Adjutant, Aenc Thon [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ryan Gage: United Agents (Page Profile) . 19 August 2016.
  2. Web site: Rose . Mike . 17 January 2023. Today's famous birthdays list for January 17, 2023 includes celebrities James Earl Jones, Jim Carrey. 17 January 2023 . Cleveland.com.
  3. Web site: Happy Birthday, Ryan Gage!. Middle Earth News. Evie. Bowman. 17 January 2014. 22 May 2024.
  4. Web site: We Talk to Actor Ryan Gage about Fulfilling His Dream of Being in Red Dwarf and Playing a Wrong'un in The Hobbit. Screen Mayhem. Hermione. Flavia. 15 October 2017. 22 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Spring Awakening at the Union Theatre . London SE1 Community Website . Mary Couzens . 8 July 2006 . 3 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Duran Darkins CV (pdf) . 1. 19 August 2016.
  7. Web site: 'The Hobbit's' Ryan Gage Does His Best to Survive 'The Battle of the Five Armies'. CBR. 19 December 2014. 22 May 2024.
  8. Web site: Interview with Ryan Gage. BBC Media Centre. 22 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Spotlight: ADAM HOWDEN (Page Profile) . 19 August 2016 .
  10. Web site: Ryan Gage. behindthevoiceactors.com. 1 July 2019.