Ross O'Hennessy

Ross O'Hennessy
Born	1974 South Wales, U.K.
Nationality	Welsh
Education	Mountview Theatre School
Occupation	Actor,

Ross O'Hennessy is a Welsh actor. He is best known for his roles in Hollyoaks Later,Da Vinci's Demons,The Musketeers. and playing the blood thirsty Role of Sir Locke in Kurt Sutter's new international television series The Bastard Executioner.

In 2015, he replaced Edward Dogliani as Lord of Bones in Season 5 of the HBO series Game of Thrones. Since appearing in Game of thrones Ross O'Hennessy has been cast to play the viscious character of Carnage Cliff in the feature film adaption of the comic book Accident Man.

O'Hennessy was born into a working class Welsh family but by the age 16 knew he wanted to spend his time acting. At the age of 18 he left wales and moved to London to chase his career. He was extremely lucky to be accepted in to the National Youth Theatre where he was tutored by actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim and performed in Maggie May, The Tempest and Macbeth in London. From these plays Ross won a scholorship from Sir John Mills and The Stage newspaper which enabled him to attend a three-year acting course at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

O'Hennessy picked up a career in the theatre and gained his first appearance at Chichester Festival Theatre in a play called The Visit in which he acted opposite Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall which was directed by Terry Hands. With such a big production came a lot of attention for Ross and so he was asked the join The Royal Shakespeare Company where he performed in As You Like It directed by Steven Pimlott, Three Hours After Marriage directed by Richard Cottrell and Troilus and Cressida directed by Ian Judge.

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