Turlough Convery

Turlough Convery (born 18 March 1991) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his role as Bear in series 3 of the BBC America series Killing Eve, his role in My Mad Fat Diary as Liam, and in the ITV series Sanditon as Arthur Parker.[1] Convery has been married to his long-term partner Francesca since 2018.

He has appeared in films such as Ready Player One and has appeared in television series such as Netflix Resident Evil. Other notable roles include Channel 4 series Fresh Meat, 2019 psychological horror film Saint Maud, 2021 film Belfast, 2014 Black Mirror episode 'White Christmas', BBC One series Poldark, and 2018 miniseries Les Misérables.[2]

Early life and education

Born 18th March 1991, Convery grew up in Northern Ireland and attended Rockport School in Holywood where he excelled at Drama. He later attended sixth form at Our Lady and St Patrick's College in Belfast, where he received a number of drama prizes. He trained in Musical Theatre at the Guildford School of Acting, where he won the 2013 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award.[3][4]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2015 MindGamers Rollo
2016 A Quiet Passion Thomas (Butler)
2017 Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire Walter Direct-to-video
2017 The Current War Rough Looking Man
2018 Ready Player One Chief Oology Expert
2018 Doing Money Declan TV movie
2019 Saint Maud Christian
2020 Pixie Mickey O'Brien
2021 Belfast Minister

TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Fresh Meat Diarmuid Episode 3.4
2014–2015 My Mad Fat Diary Liam 8 episodes
2014 Siblings Tom Flack Episode 1.3
2014–2016 Lovesick McNeish 2 episodes
2014 Black Mirror Stingray Christmas special episode White Christmas
2015 River Frankie Stevenson 6 episodes
2016 Hoff the Record Policeman Episode 2.3
2016–2018 Poldark Tom Harry 15 episodes
2019 Les Misérables Grantaire 3 episodes
2019–present Sanditon Arthur Parker Main cast
2019 Temple Simon Reynolds 3 episodes
2020 Killing Eve Bear 7 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Henry Norris 2 episodes
2022 Resident Evil Richard Baxter 4 episodes

References
  1. "Turlough Convery". Guildford School of Acting. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "New: Turlough Convery". 3 January 2020.
  3. "The Arts Show, 2012/2013 - Turlough Convery (Theatre)". BBC Two.
  4. "Turlough Convery". Apple TV.


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