Ryan Gage (born 17 January 1983) 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 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, 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 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. In theatre, he has worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company on plays such as Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Macbeth.
Early life Gage was born in Coventry. He attended BRIT School and went on to train at the Drama Centre London.
Theatre Year Title Role Director Company 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 Wolves and Sheep Apollonius and Goretsky Caroline Lynch Pleasence Theatre
TV and filmography
Feature films and shorts Year Title Role Director Notes Source Judge Dredd Young Thief Danny Cannon Uncredited role Outlaw Manning's Lawyer Nick Love 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 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Alfrid Lickspittle Peter Jackson The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Alfrid Lickspittle Peter Jackson Scottish Mussel Ramsey Talulah Riley 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 Title Role 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 XIII All episodes except "The Return" (Season 2, episode 5) and "We Are the Garrison" (Season 3, episode 10) 2017 Red Dwarf Adolf Hitler Ep.: Cured (Season 12, episode 1) 2019 Endeavour Ludo Talenti Ep.: "Oracle" (Season 7, episode 1), Ep.: "Raga" (Season 7, episode 2), Ep.: "Zenana" (Season 7, episode 3) 2022 Father Brown Finbar Finch Ep.: "The Enigma of Antigonish" (Season 9, episode 9")2023Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton StoryGeorge, Prince of WalesEps.: 1, 5 & 6 2025 Robin Hood Spragart
Direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Director Notes 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 Title Role Voice Director Notes Source Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Charibert Matt Delamere Bloodborne Micolash – Host of the Nightmare / Mob A Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Wedge, Irvithe, Eulmoran Adjutant, Aenc Thon
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