Art Parkinson (born 19 October 2001) is an Irish actor from Moville in
Inishowen, County Donegal, in Ulster. He began his professional acting
career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as Rickon
Stark on the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Kubo in the film Kubo and
the Two Strings.Parkinson was raised in Moville, a seaside village on
the Inishowen Peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ulster,
Ireland. His mother, Movania, also an actor, runs a local drama school
which Art and his two older brothers, Pearce and Padhraig, attended
from a very young age. His two older brothers have also acted in
several Irish and British television productions. During an interview
with Flicks and the City, Parkinson also mentioned that he was not
allowed by his parents to watch Game of Thrones due to its R18
content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him. In a later
interview published in the New Zealand Herald on 7 April 2015,
Parkinson admitted that he was put-off watching Game of Thrones after
seeing a three-year-old child getting his throat slit in one
episode.He is bilingual, having been educated through the Irish
language at both primary school level and latterly at Coláiste
Chineal Eoghain. He was selected as Ambassador for Seachtain na
Gaeilge le Energia in 2017.
Inishowen, County Donegal, in Ulster. He began his professional acting
career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as Rickon
Stark on the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Kubo in the film Kubo and
the Two Strings.Parkinson was raised in Moville, a seaside village on
the Inishowen Peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ulster,
Ireland. His mother, Movania, also an actor, runs a local drama school
which Art and his two older brothers, Pearce and Padhraig, attended
from a very young age. His two older brothers have also acted in
several Irish and British television productions. During an interview
with Flicks and the City, Parkinson also mentioned that he was not
allowed by his parents to watch Game of Thrones due to its R18
content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him. In a later
interview published in the New Zealand Herald on 7 April 2015,
Parkinson admitted that he was put-off watching Game of Thrones after
seeing a three-year-old child getting his throat slit in one
episode.He is bilingual, having been educated through the Irish
language at both primary school level and latterly at Coláiste
Chineal Eoghain. He was selected as Ambassador for Seachtain na
Gaeilge le Energia in 2017.
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