Kieran Bew

Acting

Kieran Bew

Born 1980-08-18 · Hartlepool, England, UK

Kieran Bew is an English actor known for his roles in television series such as Da Vinci's Demons, The Street, and Warrior. He has also starred in films such as Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale and Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands. Bew was born in Hartlepool, England, in 1980. He studied drama at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2001. After graduating, he began his acting career in British theatre, appearing in productions such as The Crucible and Richard II. Bew's first major television role came in 2006, when he was cast as Gary Parr in the BAFTA Award-winning series The Street. He went on to star in a number of other television series, including Da Vinci's Demons, The Borgias, and The Musketeers. In 2019, Bew starred in the Cinemax series Warrior, which is based on an original concept by the late Bruce Lee. He played the role of Ah Sahm, a Chinese immigrant who becomes a San Francisco Chinatown gang leader. Bew is also a talented stage actor. He has appeared in productions at the Shakespeare's Globe, the Old Vic, and the Royal National Theatre. Bew is currently filming the upcoming television series House of the Dragon, a prequel to the HBO series Game of Thrones. He will play the role of Hugh Hammer, a knight of the Kingsguard.

Acting credits

Green Street Hooligans poster
7.3

After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

Green Street Hooligans

2005

AVP: Alien vs. Predator poster
6.0

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

Brush with Fate poster
6.0

A mystery hidden for generations. Now the truth will finally be revealed.

Brush with Fate

2003

House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere poster
NR

A special cinematic event celebrating the launch of Season 3 through exclusive public and festival theater screenings. This big-screen release packages the extended premiere episode with behind-the-scenes documentary footage tracking the chaotic clash of dragons over the Gullet.

House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere

2026

King Lear poster
NR

Captured live at the Almeida Theatre in November 2012. An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

King Lear

2012

Slapper poster
3.5

A young boy watches a fight in a crowded bar: a masked man versus the people’s champ. But rather than boxing, this is an adult, brutal version of ‘Slaps’ – slaps that can break a man’s hand. Three years ago, James’ alcoholic father Michael left him and his mother, but promised he’d be back to make them proud – now, James believes the man in the mask is his father, returning as a hero, but things are not what they seem...

Slapper

2008

100 Candles Game: The Last Possession poster
6.3

Influencer bloggers evoke spirit of vanished "black countess" during ritual at her mansion. She disappeared playing dimensional game. Their ritual unleashes otherworldly demons, and survivors must banish them back.

100 Candles Game: The Last Possession

2023

1234 poster
5.4

Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they require additional band members. Step forward the driven (and drinking) guitarist Billy (Kieran Bew) and slightly scatty bassist Emily (Lyndsey Marshal), who has a sideline in making sculpture from hair.

1234

2008

Typist Artist Pirate King poster
6.4

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald) to take her on a road trip back to where her story began – but with so many deviations along the way, will they ever make it?

Typist Artist Pirate King

2023

No artwork available
NR

Micheal and Amanda council their son Luke about his obsession with a girl called Isabella.

Isabella

2018

Absent Now the Dead poster
10.0

The ghost of a soldier from the Trojan War travels through the ruins of the ancient world to confront a council of tyrants who make war on reason. A film dramatizing the ancient relevance of protest over power. Available Now on: watch.eventive.org

Absent Now the Dead

2021