Art Parkinson is a young Irish actor who is best known for his “Rickon Stark” role in the popular television series Game of Thrones. He is also known for his film roles in “Kubo” and “The Two Strings”.
Parkinson began as a child actor. By the age of seven, he had already started to take on roles for film productions. His first movie role was his role as Young Kenneth in the horror movie Freakdog in 2008, and similarly, he played the role of Peter in the Irish horror movie Dark Touch. One could assume that the young Irish actor has a sense of horror and quite intense movies. In 2014 he was cast for Gary Shore’s dark fantasy epic Dracula Untold. Parkinson played the (main) role of Ollie. His role was that of a ten-year-old boy who is hit by a major earthquake in California. While playing the intense role, Art acted side by side with one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors and former professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as “The Rock”. The A-actor profile did not intimidate him, so he describes his experience with him as amazing, funny, and enlightening. He also worked with Paul Giamatti when he was working on a project in the United States.
He has starred in other films such as Anomaly, Shooting for Socrates, Zoo, San Andreas, and Love, Rosie. Art Parkinson was the voice of Kubo in Travis Knight’s Kubo and the Two Strings, where he worked alongside award-winning actors such as Matthew McConaughey and Charlize Theron. His role in the film earned him an Annie Award nomination for the best dubbing actor in 2016.
Parkinson’s fame came with his first and only television role to date in the HBO series Game of Thrones. In the role of Rickon Stark, Parkinson served as a sibling of Arya Stark, who was played brilliantly by Maisie Williams. The brilliant voice actor joined the Game of Thrones team in 2011. After 14 episodes, it was announced that he would not be returning for season 5 alongside Natalie Tena, who played the role of Osha.
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Art Parkinson Bio, Age
The Game of Thrones’ Star was born on 19 October 2001 in Moville, County Donegal, Ireland. Art Parkinson was born into a Christian and art-loving family. His mother, Movania, is an actress. Not many details are known about his father. He also has two older brothers with whom he attended an acting school run by their mother. Apparently, the three brothers had a similar interest in acting. Just as Parkinson made his own professional progress in the world of acting, so did his older brothers – Pearce and Padraig. They are well known for their roles in numerous Irish-British television productions. Although they admit that they are a little envious of Art’s big breakthrough with the play of thrones and the big projects that followed, they still love him and could not be prouder of him.
Art Parkinson was a student of Gaelscoil Cois Feabhail in Moville. While he completed his primary school education there, he was known as a football lover. Even after school the bilingual actor still loves to play football. Later he attended St. Gabriel’s High School.
Parkinson is a down-to-earth person who serves cake and coffee in his family café in Londonderry. According to his mother, the GOT actor, who is the youngest of her children, loves helping out in the store when he’s not touring the world and acting with his older Hollywood colleagues. She happily admits that Parkinson’s does not let his charming and humble moments in real life be overshadowed by his highlights.
We can say that the family of Art Parkinson’s is the typical one we encounter regularly. In the course of an interview, the actor revealed that although he was in the cast of Game of Thrones, his parents won’t let him watch the show because of its R18 content. He is only allowed to watch episodes that concern him. He personally told of his disgust at having seen a scene in the series where a 3-year-old child’s throat was slit.
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Body Measurement
Weight: 88 lbs (40 kg)
Height: 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
Net Worth: $500, 000
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown