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Michael Feast

25/11/1946 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

Michael Feast (born 25 November 1946, Brighton, Sussex, England) is an English actor of stage and screen who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He made his professional debut in the original 1968 London production of Hair at the Shaftesbury Theatre, and has since performed extensively at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, and West End, including Macduff in Macbeth on Broadway (2008) and Cosmo Lang in The King's Speech (West End, 2012). He worked several times with John Gielgud, whom he later portrayed in the biographical play Plague Over England. He is also a composer, providing original music for Private Road (1971). He was married to Kathleen Margaret Merrigan; they are now divorced. His notable film credits include Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972) (Richard Harris, John Gielgud), McVicar (1980) (Michael Caine, Roger Daltrey), The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) (Anthony Hopkins, Timothy Spall), Velvet Goldmine (1998) (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor), Sleepy Hollow (1999) (Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci), Penelope (2006) (Christina Ricci, James McAvoy), The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007) (James LeGros, Michaela McManus), and There Be Dragons (2011) (Luke Evans, Sam Worthington). On television he is best known for his role as Andrew Wilson in State of Play (2003) and as Aeron Greyjoy in season 6 of Game of Thrones (2016), with additional appearances in Silent Witness, Vera, and Rebellion (2016).