Miltos Yerolemou

Miltos Yerolemou is a Greek actor born in London, best known for his role as Syrio Forel in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.

Yerolemou has also made appearances in films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Danish Girl.

 

​Yerolemou's first major role was as Syrio Forel in the first season of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. In the series, Yerolemou primarily worked with actress Maisie Williams as Arya Stark, and portrayed a character known as "The First Sword of Braavos." Thus most of his scenes involved sword work. Following his appearance in Game of Thrones, Yerolemou was cast in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as the award-winning film The Danish Girl.

Yerolemou has appeared on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and had a role in a BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.

Yerolemou has also appeared in the BBC One series New Blood and the British-American film Tulip Fever.

Most recently Yerolemou played The Fool in the Talawa Theatre Company and Royal Exchange Manchester co-production of King Lear, with Don Warrington taking on the title role. His performance as very well received, with reviews stating that his "extraordinary despair ... matches [his] brilliant comic timing", that he "manages to provide a key to the entire performance", and "irrepressible".

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Seen in :

 

• 2011 - Game of Thrones as  Syrio Forel

• 2015 - Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens as Bar Patron)

• Etc.

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