Ewan Mitchell

Ewan Robert Mitchell is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the medieval series The Last Kingdom (2017–2022), the BBC war drama World on Fire (2019–2023), and the HBO fantasy series House of the Dragon (2022–). Mitchell has also appeared in the films High Life (2018) and Saltburn (2023).^[2]

Ewan Robert Mitchell
Mitchell in 2024
Born	Ewan Robert Mitchell (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 28) Derby, England[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015 – present

Personal life

Mitchell has stated he grew up in the suburbs^[3] of Derby^[4][5][6] and that he has an older brother.^[7] As his family could not afford drama school fees, Mitchell enrolled at a two-year vocational school before being accepted at 17 to train at the Central Junior Television Workshop in Nottingham.^[8][9][7]

Career

Mitchell began his acting career in 2015, upon graduating high school,^[10] appearing in the short films Stereotype (2015) and Fire (2015) and Wedged (2015). He later had a minor role in the film Just Charlie (2017) and appeared in a supporting role in High Life (2018) also starring Robert Pattinson. In 2023, Mitchell portrayed the character Michael Gavey in the Amazon Prime original hit-film Saltburn alongside Barry Keoghan as well as Jacob Elordi.

On television, Mitchell made his debut in the 2017 ITV period drama The Halcyon as Billy Taylor. His breakout role was in the BBC Two and Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom as Osferth,^[11] a role he played from the second to fifth series. In 2019, he starred as Tom Bennett in the BBC One World War II drama series World on Fire.^[12]

In 2022, Mitchell appeared in the ITV crime thriller Trigger Point as Billy Washington. Later that year, Mitchell starred in HBO's highly anticipated prequel to Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, adapted from George R. R. Martin's book Fire and Blood. He took on the role of Prince Aemond Targaryen, a fierce, hot-tempered and dangerous swordsman, the second son and third child of King Viserys I and Queen Alicent Hightower. He has received international recognition as one of the best castings of the show, his portrayal quickly establishing the character as one of the most compelling.^{[11][13][14][15][16][17]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Stereotype	Scott Bamford	Short film
	Fire	Jack	Short film[18]
2015	Wedged	Joe	Short film
2017	Just Charlie	Jason
2018	High Life	Ettore
2019	Stalker	Poacher	Short film
2023	Saltburn	Michael Gavey

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2017	The Halcyon	Billy Taylor	ITV	Main role
	Grantchester	Abraham	ITV	1 episode
	Doctors	Genyen	BBC One	1 episode ("Free Lunch")
2017–2022	The Last Kingdom	Osferth	BBC Two/Netflix	Main role (series 2–5); 28 episodes[11]
2019–2023	World on Fire	Tom Bennett	BBC One	Main role; 6 episodes
2022	Trigger Point	Billy Washington	ITV/Peacock	3 episodes
2022–	House of the Dragon	Prince Aemond Targaryen	HBO	Main role; 11 episodes[19]

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role
2024	"In the Modern World"	Fontaines D.C.	Martin Lefevre
2025	"It's Amazing To Be Young"