Jerome Flynn
Jerome Patrick Flynn (born 16 March 1963) is a British actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991–1995), Bennet Drake in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–2016), Hector in the Black Mirror episode "Shut Up and Dance" (2016), Banner Creighton in the Paramount+ western series 1923 (2022–2025) and Boris Oliver in L2: Empuraan (2025).
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- Name
- Jerome Flynn
- Birth Name
- Jerome Patrick Flynn
- Born
- 16 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Bromley, Kent, England
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Education
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- acting · music
- Languages
- English
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Jerome Patrick Flynn (born 16 March 1963) is a British actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Bronn in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2011–2019). His other roles include Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series Soldier Soldier (1991–1995), Bennet Drake in the BBC mystery series Ripper Street (2012–2016), Hector in the Black Mirror episode "Shut Up and Dance" (2016), Banner Creighton in the Paramount+ western series 1923 (2022–2025) and Boris Oliver in L2: Empuraan (2025).
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Jerome Flynn (born 1963) is an actor, director and musician, among other activities, of British nationality. The actor was born in Bromley.
Jerome Flynn was educated at Knole Academy and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. The actor is a member of Robson & Jerome. Activity centred on acting and music. Languages used include English.
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Flynn worked across actor, director, film actor, singer and television actor and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 4 catalogued compositions and 1 issued recordings drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Jerome Flynn • Birth Name — Jerome Patrick Flynn • Born — 16 March 1963 • Birthplace — Bromley, Kent, England • Occupation — * Actor • singer • Education — Royal Central School of Speech and Drama • Years Active — 1985–present • Father — Eric Flynn • Relatives — * Daniel Flynn (brother) • Johnny Flynn (half-brother) • Website — jeromeflynn.com
Early life
Early life
Flynn was born on 16 March 1963, in Bromley, Kent, (now part of Greater London). He is the son of actor and singer Eric Flynn, who was born on Hainan Island in China, and drama teacher Fern Flynn. He has a brother, actor Daniel Flynn, a sister; and a half-sister and a half-brother, musician and actor Johnny Flynn, from his father's second marriage.
Career
Career
In 1986, Flynn appeared in the LWT television film London's Burning as firefighter Kenny "Rambo" Baines. When the film spawned a series of the same name in 1988, he was unable to reprise his role due to previous commitments. Also in 1986, he played a minor role as the soldier "Franny" in "The Monocled Mutineer". In 1988 he played the character Freddie in the ITV drama The Fear, which was about the London underworld. He appeared as D.S Eddie Hargreaves for six episodes of the British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) winning police drama, Between The Lines between 1992 and 1994. Flynn portrayed Corporal Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers, alongside Robson Green in the ITV series Soldier Soldier. After Flynn and Green performed Unchained Melody on the programme, ITV was inundated by people looking to buy the song, and the pair were persuaded by record producer Simon Cowell to record it and release it as a single, a double A-side with White Cliffs of Dover. The single was released under the name Robson & Jerome and reached number one in the UK chart in 1995. It stayed at No.1 for 7 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, selling more than 1.9 million copies, and making it the best-selling single of the year, and winning the duo the Music Week Awards in 1996 for best single and best album. The duo had two more number one hits in 1995 and 1996 with "I Believe" and "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" both re-makes of standards, they also produced two number one albums. In 1997, he starred as Eddie Wallis, alongside singing partner Robson Green, in the comedy-drama Ain't Misbehavin. In 1999, Flynn starred in the short-lived police show Badger, played real-life footballer Bobby Charlton in the film Best, played Tommy Cooper in Jus' Like That, a tribute to the late comic, written by John Fisher and directed by Simon Callow. In 2007, Flynn having semi-retired from acting and moved to Pembrokeshire, directed and starred in the low budget film Rude Tales. The film was split into a series of short stories centred in the lead character, Jerome Rude, played by Flynn. In July 2010, after almost 10 years away from acting, it was confirmed that Flynn would be playing the role of Bronn in the HBO television series Game of Thrones. He continued the role for nine years until 2019. Flynn provides the voice of Daniel (the hound) in the children's television show Tommy Zoom. In 2012, Flynn stars alongside Matthew Macfadyen in four series of Ripper Street for the BBC. In 2016, Flynn appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In 2017, he was the voice of Dr. Gachet in the film Loving Vincent. In 2019, in an interview, Flynn revealed that he had been cast in Amazon Prime Video's upcoming series adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series in an unannounced role. In 2021, Flynn portrayed Neil Wallis specialist in crisis management in the BBC1 television drama film The Trick, based on the true story about Climategate. In 2022, he starred alongside Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, playing Scottish sheep farmer, Banner Creighton in Taylor Sheridan’s 1923. In 2025, Flynn portrayed an MI6 officer Boris Oliver in the Indian-Malayalam action thriller film L2: Empuraan, directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran.
Personal life
Personal life
Vegetarian since the age of 18, Flynn is a patron of the Vegetarian Society and Compassion in World Farming. He has joined PETA in advocating the vegan lifestyle he himself lives by. In December 2018, Flynn joined the board of directors of VeganNation, an Israeli-based vegan lifestyle project that aims to create an ‘international vegan economy based on a virtual currency, the VeganCoin.” Flynn has narrated several Sleep Stories for the Calm App and is an advocate for Meditation and Mindfulness. Flynn acts as patron for the Mindfulness in Schools Project. Having taken childhood holidays in Pembrokeshire, Wales with his family, as a then follower of Ratu Bagus, a form of meditation, Flynn and some friends moved to a Georgian house there in the late 1990s, where he still lived in 2014. Flynn was in a brief relationship with Game of Thrones co-star Lena Headey, which ended in 2014; the two have not been on speaking terms since that year.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — American Playhouse — Kurt — Episode: "Displaced Person" • 1986 — Screen Two — Nigel — Episode: "The Russian Soldier" • The Monocled Mutineer — Franny — Episodes: "When the Hurly-Burly's Done", "Before the Shambles" • Breaking Up — John Mailer • London's Burning: The Movie — Kenny 'Rambo' Baines — TV movie • 1988 — Troubles — Matthews — TV miniseries • The — Freddie • 1989 — Flying Lady — Benny Barton — Episode: "The Trip" • 1990 — Bergerac — Alan Bruton — Episode: "Under Wraps" • 1991 — Casualty — Alan Deacon — Episode: "Living in Hope" • Boon — Chris Shepley — Episode: "Lie of the Land" • 1991–1995 — Soldier Soldier — Patrick "Paddy" Garvey • 1992 — Between the Lines — Eddie Hargreaves — 6 episodes • 1993 — Don't Leave Me This Way — Tony Fleming — TV movie • 1995 — A — Peter Nagle — TV movie • 1997 — Ain't Misbehavin' — Eddie Wallis — TV miniseries • 1999 — The — Martin Urban — Episode: "The Lake of Darkness" • 1999–2000 — Badger — Tom McCabe • 2007 — Tommy Zoom — Daniel — Voice role • 2011–2019 — Game of Thrones — Bronn — 36 episodes • 2012–2016 — Ripper Street — Bennet Drake — 31 episodes • 2016 — Black Mirror — Hector — Episode: "Shut Up and Dance" • 2022 — 1923 — Banner Creighton — Miniseries • 2023 — The — Pig Man — TV series
Life and work
Life and work
Jerome Flynn was born on 16 March 1963 in Bromley. Flynn held the nationality of United Kingdom. Flynn was educated at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Knole Academy. Recorded father: Eric Flynn. Recorded mother: Fern Warner. Recorded sibling: Johnny Flynn. Flynn worked as actor, director, film actor and singer, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them television actor and musician. Flynn was active from 1985. Flynn worked in English.
Catalogued output
Compositions
The entries below are works composed by the subject, as the institutional registers catalogue them; later performances and commercial recordings of the same music are listed separately. 4 further compositions are catalogued under Flynn's name without a date the collections agree on, which is why they are set apart from the dated run rather than placed in it.
(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1988 — A — Joe Narracombe • To Kill a Priest — Traffic militiaman • 1991 — Edward II — Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent • Kafka — Castle Attendant • 2000 — Best — Bobby Charlton • 2007 — Rude Tales — Jerome Rude • 2013 — Dante's Daemon — Fisherman • 2017 — Loving Vincent — Dr Gachet • 2019 — John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum — Berrada • 2025 — L2: Empuraan — Boris Oliver — Indian-Malayalam language film
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reference work
- “Jerome Flynn”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1687736: Jerome Flynn
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2011 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — Game of Thrones • 2013 — British Academy Television Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Ripper Street • 2015 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series — Game of Thrones
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Jerome Flynn. rottentomatoes.com.
- 2.Eric Flynn's obituary. The Telegraph. 16 March 2002.
- 3.Johnny Flynn's special relationship. The Guardian. 2 December 2010.
- 4.Jerome Flynn Credits. tvguide.com.
- 5.BBC.co.uk. Robson Green live on Breakfast. 4 December 2002.
- 6.Cooper tribute serves laughter on a plate. bbc.co.uk. 24 September 2014.
- 7.Game of Thrones cast gets local additions. BBC News. 20 July 2010.
- 8.From HBO.
- 9.In like Flynn: Soldier Soldier star Jerome is back on TV in Ripper yarn. mirror.co.uk. 20 March 2012.
- 10.Deadline. Joe Wright To Direct 'Black Mirror' Episode For Netflix; Bryce Dallas Howard & Alice Eve To Star. 10 February 2016.
- 11.Jenkins, Kelly. Game Of Thrones star quit acting and bought holiday cottage before bagging role. Mirror Online. mirror.co.uk. 20 April 2019.
- 12.Game of Thrones actor Jerome Flynn joins Mohanlal's Empuraan, first-look video out. India Today. 24 February 2025.
- 13.Jerome Flynn. Viva! Vegetarians International Voice for Animals.
- 14.List of patrons. Vegetarian Society.
- 15.Patrons and High profile supporters. www.ciwf.org.uk.
- 16."Jerome Flynn Urges People to Go Vegan," vegconomist.com, 11 January 2019.
- 17.Jerome Flynn Joins the VeganNation Initiative. Medium. 19 December 2018.
- 18.Game of Thrones Star Jerome Flynn for VeganNation!. YouTube.com. 15 April 2019.
- 19.Calm. Jerome Flynn chooses mindfulness over the sword.
- 20.Mindfulness in Schools Project. Jerome Flynn, MiSP Patron. 11 September 2019.
- 21.Gerard Gilbert. Jerome Flynn: Game of Thrones and Ripper Street star is back in the limelight. The Independent. 22 November 2014.
- 22.Game of Thrones stars Lena Headey and Jerome Flynn 'not on speaking terms'. Telegraph. 13 March 2014.
- 23.Bill Bradley. 'Game Of Thrones' Star Jerome Flynn Shoots Down Long-Time On-Set Feud Rumor. The Huffington Post. 13 July 2019.
- 24.'Game of Thrones' star Jerome Flynn on 'L2: Empuraan': "Felt like coming home". The Times of India. 23 February 2025.
- 25.Bridget Christie comedy reveals cast. Comedy.co.uk. 5 July 2022.
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