Art Parkinson

Art Parkinson (born 19 October 2001) is an Irish actor from Moville in Inishowen, County Donegal, in Ulster. He began his professional acting career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as Rickon Stark on the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Kubo in the film Kubo and the Two Strings.

Art Parkinson
Born	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 Moville, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Personal life

Parkinson was raised in Moville, a seaside village on the Inishowen Peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. His mother, Movania, also an actor, runs a local drama school which Art and his two older brothers, Pearce and Padhraig, attended from a very young age. His two older brothers have also acted in several Irish and British television productions.[1][2] During an interview with Flicks and the City, Parkinson also mentioned that he was not allowed by his parents to watch Game of Thrones due to its R18 content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him.[3] In a later interview published in the New Zealand Herald on 7 April 2015, Parkinson admitted that he was put-off watching Game of Thrones after seeing a three-year-old child getting his throat slit in one episode.[4]

He is bilingual, having been educated through the Irish language at both primary school level and latterly at Coláiste Chineal Eoghain.[5] He was selected as Ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia in 2017. [6][7]

Career

Parkinson played the role of 'Young Kenneth' in the movie Freakdog.[8] He also appeared in the Irish horror film Dark Touch.[2] In July 2014, Parkinson was cast in the 2014 American dark fantasy epic action Dracula Untold directed by Gary Shore.[9] On 6 October 2014, Parkinson confirmed that his character and Natalia Tena's character Osha would not be returning for the fifth season of Game of Thrones.[3] Parkinson also starred in the Hollywood movie San Andreas (2015) as Ollie, a ten-year-old boy caught up in a massive earthquake in California.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes	Ref(s)
2008	Freakdog	Young Kenneth	Paddy Breathnach		[10]
2013	Dark Touch	Peter	Marina de Van		[11]
2014	The Anomaly	Alex	Noel Clarke		[12]
	Shooting for Socrates	Tommy	James Erskine		[13]
	Dracula Untold	Îngeraș	Gary Shore		[14]
	Love, Rosie	Gary Dunne	Christian Ditter		[15]
2015	San Andreas	Ollie Taylor	Brad Peyton		[16]
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Kubo	Travis Knight	Voice	[17]
2017	I Kill Giants	Dave	Anders Walter
	Zoo	Tom Hall	Colin McIvor		[18]
2018	The Belly of the Whale	Martin Lanks	Morgan Bushe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref(s)
2011–13; 2016	Game of Thrones	Rickon Stark	HBO	14 episodes	[19]
2019	The Bay	Rob Armstrong	ITV	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production	Kubo and the Two Strings	Nominated	[20]
2017	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film		Won
		Breakthrough Voice Actor of the Year		Nominated
		Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Feature Film		Nominated
2017	Online Film & Television Association	Best Voice-Over Performance		Nominated

References

1. "Art Parkinson ~ Rickon Stark". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
2. "Game of Thrones' Art Parkinson taking movie and television worlds by storm". Derry Journal. 5 April 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
3. "Art Parkinson Confirms Rickon, Osha Still AWOL". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
4. "Game of Thrones' too gory for Art Parkinson". The New Zealand Herald. Australian Associated Press. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
5. "Stark fight for Irish language school to stay". The Sunday Times. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
6. "Big Excitement a Coláiste Chineál Eoghain for Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017". Donegal Daily. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
7. "Seachtain na Gaeilge le Energia is launched by Star-Studded Line Up". Conradh na Gaeilge. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
8. "MOVIE REVIEW: DRACULA UNTOLD". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
9. "'Les Miserables,' 'Game of Thrones' Actors Join Universal's 'Dracula' (Exclusive)". Retrieved 17 November 2014.
10. Hutch, Eleanore (19 March 2014). "ARTistic ability: Young Donegal actor Art Parkinson cast in action flick with The Rock". Evoke. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
11. "Dark Touch". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
12. Guy Lodge, "Film Review: 'The Anomaly': Derivative and incomprehensible, Noel Clarke's shoestring sci-fi actioner doesn't live up to its title", Variety, 17 June 2014.
13. Felperin, Leslie (4 June 2014). "Shooting for Socrates review – football soothes tension in 80s Northern Ireland". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
14. Kit, Borys (26 July 2013). "'Les Miserables,' 'Game of Thrones' Actors Join Universal's 'Dracula'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
15. Bradley, Bill (9 May 2016). "'Game of Thrones' Star Art Parkinson Shoots Down Shaggydog Theory". HuffPost. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
16. McNary, Dave (14 March 2014). "Young 'Game of Thrones' Actor Joins 'San Andreas'". Variety. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
17. Ford, Rebecca (22 December 2014). "Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, Rooney Mara Join Voice Cast for 'Kubo and the Two Strings'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
18. Wiseman, Andreas (11 May 2016). "'Game of Thrones' star to lead family-adventure 'Zoo'". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
19. "Game of Thrones: Cast". HBO. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
20. "'Zootopia' and 'Kubo' Lead Annie Awards Nominations; 'Game of Thrones' and 'Civil War' Land Nods". Collider. 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

External links

• Art Parkinson on IMDb