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In April 2021, it was announced Croft would play Benjamin "Ben" Hope in the 2022 Netflix series Heartstopper, an adaptation of the webcomic and graphic novel of the same name by Alice Oseman. Croft and Ty Tennant were cast as the Dead Boy Detectives Charles Rowland and Edwin Paine respectively in season 3 of the DC Universe series Doom Patrol. He lent his voice to Volume II of the Netflix animated anthology Love, Death & Robots in the Creative Arts Emmy Award-winning episode "Ice". In 2021, Croft voiced Peter van Daan in the animated fantasy film Where Is Anne Frank, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
He appeared in the 2019 films Music, War and Love and Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans as Young Robert Pulaski and Atti respectively, the latter of which earned him a BAFTA Children's Award nomination in the Young Performer category. Sebastian Croft at the BFI London July 2019Ĭroft made his feature film debut in 2017 as a Young David Logan in The Hippopotamus. Croft rose to prominence portraying the role of a young Eddard Stark (portrayed by Sean Bean as an adult) in the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones. In 2016 Croft appeared in the ITV and Fox series Houdini and Doyle and the Sky Atlantic and Showtime series Penny Dreadful. In 2016 Croft was cast in the role of Prince Arthur in Sir Trevor Nunn's production of Shakespeare's King John ( Rose Theatre) for which Croft received high praise from the national press. Croft workshopped the play Emil and The Detectives ( National Theatre) in the title role of Emil Tischbein. In 2014, Croft's vocals were featured in the National Theatre Live's production of Coriolanus ( Donmar Warehouse) with Tom Hiddleston. In June 2016 Croft appeared in the West End Live presentation of Bumblescratch in Trafalgar Square. Prominent one night concerts and performances include: Rags: The Musical ( Lyric Theatre) and A Charity Concert With Emeli Sande and Laura Wright. Prominent musical theatre workshops include: I Can't Sing, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Bumblescratch, Danny Hero and The Braille Legacy. His final musical performance as a juvenile was in the title role of the world premiere production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole ( Leicester Curve). In 2013 Croft played Tommy in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Matilda ( Cambridge Theatre). Croft was later hand picked by producer Cameron Mackintosh to return to Oliver! this time playing the title role in the UK touring company for eighteen months. In 2011 he was cast as Gavroche in Les Misérables ( Queen's Theatre). Career Theatre Ĭroft made his first West End stage appearance in 2010 in Sam Mendes' production of Oliver! ( Theatre Royal Drury Lane). He completed A Levels in English, Philosophy, and Film. He attended the Dragon School for preparatory school and St Edward's School, Oxford for GCSEs. He began taking acting classes at the Abingdon-on-Thames branch of Stagecoach when he was 7. Croft was born in Oxford to John Croft, an English businessman, and Doulla Croft, a Greek Cypriot Facebook executive.