Matthew George Timothy Needham (born April 13, 1984 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London) is an English actor.
A seasoned stage performer for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Almeida Theatre, and Shakespeare's Globe, he made his television debut in The BBC's Soap Opera CASUAL+Y in 2007. These days he is best known for playing creepy schemer Larys Strong in HBO's Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon.
Selected filmography:
- CASUAL+Y (2007-2009) as Toby de Silva
- Sherlock (2010) as Bezza
- The Hollow Crown (2012) as Basset
- Stutterer (2015) as Greenwood
- Shakespeare's Globe: The Comedy of Errors (2015) as Antipholus of Ephesus
- Endeavour (2017) as Dudley Jessop
- Doctors (2018) as Kieran Barnes
- Chernobyl (2019) as Dmitri
- Doctor Who (2021) as Old Swarm
- House of the Dragon (2022-) as Lord Larys "Clubfoot" Strong
- Napoleon (2023) as Lucien Bonaparte
