Ed Skrein

Biography

Edward George Skrein (born March 29, 1983) is an English actor, filmmaker, and rapper. Skrein made his acting debut in Plan B's short film Michelle. He got his first lead role in Plan B's Ill Manors. Skrein portrayed Daario Naharis in the third season of the television series Game of Thrones. However, in the fourth season of the series, he had been replaced by Dutch actor Michiel Huisman. Skrein states that "behind the scenes politics" had forced him to leave the show. In 2014, Skrein was cast in The Transporter: Refueled, replacing Jason Statham as the lead. Though the film was critically panned, his performance was praised. In 2016, Skrein played the lead villain, Ajax, in the blockbuster action film Deadpool.

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Selected Filmography

• Game of Thrones(2011)TV Series · 3 epsas Daario Naharis
• El hormiguero(2006)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Jurassic World Rebirth(2025)as Bobby Atwater
• Love, Death & Robots(2019)TV Series · 1 epas Hilo (voice)
• Deadpool(2016)as Ajax
• Ride or Die(2026)TV Series · 8 epsas Billy Donovan
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil(2019)as Borra
• Alita: Battle Angel(2019)as Zapan
• Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver(2024)as Atticus Noble
• Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire(2023)as Atticus Noble
• Midway(2019)as Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' Best
• The Transporter Refueled(2015)as Frank Martin Jr.
• The Men in Blazers Show(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• If Beale Street Could Talk(2018)as Officer Bell
• All the Light We Cannot See(2023)TV Series · 1 epas Herr Seidler
• The Sweeney(2012)as David
• Naked Singularity(2021)as Craig Bayonne
• Northmen: A Viking Saga(2014)as Hjorr
• Fortitudeas Dudley Clarke
• Tau(2018)as Alex Upton