Finn Jones Biography

Finn Jones (born Terence Jones; 24 March 1988) is an English actor, best known for his role as Loras Tyrell in the HBO series Game of Thrones. He also stars as Danny Rand/Iron Fist in the Netflix series Marvel's Iron Fist, which is set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Career

Jones trained at The Arts Educational Schools on a three-year acting course. Prior to this he was a Sixth Form student at Hayes School in Bromley.

On October 2009, Jones played Jamie, a young man who found love with Hannah Ashworth in the second series of Hollyoaks Later. Later, he returned to the Hollyoaks village to tie in with Emma Rigby's (Hannah Ashworth) departure in February 2010.

In January 2010, Jones appeared in the 11th series of Doctors. On 1 and 8 April 2010, he appeared in two episodes of The Bill playing Commander Lisa Kennedy's (played by Julie Graham) son Mark Kennedy, who was accused of murder. In the same month he finished filming for a new online drama called The Curfew commissioned by Channel 4 and produced by BAFTA award winning company LittleLoud Productions.

Jones also played Santiago Jones in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures in the story Death of the Doctor alongside Katy Manning as former Doctor Who companion Jo Grant and Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

On 19 June 2010 it was announced that Jones would be appearing in Game of Thrones, the HBO adaptation of George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novel series, as Ser Loras Tyrell. He also had a small role in the 2012 horror film Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines.

In 2014, he has starred in two films, Sleeping Beauty and The Last Showing. It was reported in February 2016, that Jones was cast as Danny Rand/Iron Fist for the Marvel Television/Netflix series, Iron Fist, which will take place within the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. In March 2016, Marvel officially confirmed that Jones was cast as Iron Fist.

Personal life

Jones' birth name is Terence "Terry" Jones. He had to change it to avoid confusion with Terry Jones, a member of Monty Python.

In December 2015, Jones assisted Oxfam campaigners in raising money for their appeal to support Syrian refugees, by singing carols at a shopping centre in Islington. He appeared alongside Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, and later voiced his support for Corbyn in a post on Instagram.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Director	Studio	Status
Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines	2012	Teddy		Fox	Released 23 October
Sleeping Beauty	2014	Barrow		The Asylum	Released 13 May
'	2014	Martin		Sony U.K.	Released 22 August
Leatherface	TBA	TBA		Lionsgate

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Title	Year	Role	Network	Notes
Hollyoaks Later	2009	Jamie	E4	5 episodes
'	2010		CBBC	2 episodes
'	2010		ITV	2 episodes
Hollyoaks	2010	Jamie	Channel 4	9 episodes
Doctors	2010-2011		BBC	2 episodes
Game of Thrones	2011-2016		HBO	21 episodes
Life in Squares	2015		BBC	3 episodes
Iron Fist	2017		Netflix	13 episodes
The Defenders	2017		Netflix	8 episodes