A man can sometimes play a role and make an impression. Such a man is Tom Wlaschiha who plays Jaqen H'ghar in Game of Thrones Season 2. For those of us that love Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) it was wonderful to find she had an equally great Jaqen as an ally of sorts.
So I went out in search of more information about this German actor. I found out that Wlaschiha speaks German, English, French, Russian, and Italian and acts in all those languages. He's been in several English language films and British TV series, including Enemy at the Gates (2001).
Below is a bit of an interview he did for the UK/German film Resistance (2011). A film I haven't seen, but I now hope to check out soon.
Below is the trailer for Resistance (2011) directed by Amit Gupta:
Wlaschiha was born in Saxony and got his acting training at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig and the Conservatoire pour les Arts Liège. In addition to his film and TV work he has a theater career in Germany and is known for his voice work and audiobooks.
A man can have many talents.
Thanks to Getty Images, Wikipedia, Game of Thrones Wiki
Update: German Interview with Tom Wlaschiha about Game of Thrones (with English Subtitles):
For my occasional Voices series I always hope to find a clip of a poetry reading or a clip of an actor's performance that is unexpected and new to me. I don't always succeed in finding the perfect sound bite or clip, but I always find something interesting. In this post I'm featuring three new "discoveries":
Joseph Mawle
The first it turns out I've seen for a few years now, but he's always been one of those wonderful British actors whose performances I've loved but whose name I never memorized before. We've all seen him recently in two wonderful performances as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones (Season 1) and as Jack Firebrace in Birdsong (2012). Joseph Mawle was born in Oxford and left school at 16 to become an actor. He contracted an ear disorder known as labyrinthitis that left him 70 per cent hearing-impaired. Mawle won a scholarship to study at the Bristol Old Vic's theatre school and graduated in 2002. He's appeared in numerous British television productions and has a busy career on stage as well.
Below is a clip of Mawle in a recent TV production of Persuasion (2007) and in a video interview about acting that he did for A-Night-Less-Ordinary project.
The second is an actor I've known and loved mostly for one role, Rifleman Tongue in the British television series Sharpe,based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell. But I recently discovered he is an artist of many gifts. Trussell is also a wonderful writer/playwright.
During his career he's appeared in many films, UK television series, and plays. Trussell's stage career includes appearing in his own play, "Mouse" (2007), at the Edinburgh Festival. He will soon be appearing in the play "6 Actors in Search of a Director" at the Charing Cross Theatre in London.
Below you can listen to Paul Trussell read an excerpt of his own short story The End of Gray's Malaise:
To listen to Trussell read the entire story go to the link below:
The third is a new actor for me, but who played one of the characters I most enjoyed in Being Human Season 4 (2012). Gower played vampire/lawyer Nick Cutler (insert your own lawyer jokes here.) Getting back to voices, I thought his voice has a very interesting quirky quality.
Gower was born in Merseyside (Liverpool). He is a graduate of the Oxford School of Drama (2010). In the UK he is known for a recurring role in the ITV series Monroe and is also a member of a rock band called Emerson.
In the video below we can see and hear Gower playing Frankenstein in a live television broadcast of the new musical, "Frankenstein's Wedding... Live in Leeds" (2011). The show was broadcast live on BBC Three from a set at Kirkstall Abbey.
......and now for The Voice:
Filming for The Hobbit continues in New Zealand and not even a new Video Blog from Peter Jackson lately. I needed a little relief from the drought and my search unearthed the poem below read by Richard Armitage. Back to the Land was written in 1917 by Cyril Bretherton a writer and poet who was a regular contributor to Punch. Most of his work was credited as Algol or CBH. According to AllPoetry.com little is know of his life beyond that.
