Finn Bennett (born 1999) is an Irish-British actor best known for playing Officer Peter Prior in True Detective: Night Country (2024). [1] [2] [3]
Bennett is the son of Ronan Bennett, an Irish novelist and screenwriter, and Georgina Henry, a British journalist. He attended school in London, and Stagecoach drama school in Islington on Saturdays. [3] Instead of going to university, he had various jobs until booking Domina. [4]
In September 2022, Bennett was cast as Peter Prior on the fourth season of the HBO anthology series True Detective, subtitled Night Country, [5] which premiered on 14 January 2024. [6] In March 2024, he was cast on the Netflix television series Black Doves and in Alex Garland's film Warfare. [7] [8] On 18 June 2024, it was confirmed that Bennett would join the cast of A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms as Aerion Targaryen. [9]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Hope Gap | Robbie | |
2020 | Surge | Teenager | |
2021 | A Banquet | Sean | |
The Mouse | Jakub | Short film | |
TBA | Somewhere in Dreamland † | TBA | Post-production [10] |
TBA | Warfare † | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Foyle's War | Young James Devereaux | Episode: "The Hide" |
2013 | Top Boy | Noah | Series 2, episode 1 |
2015 | Cider with Rosie | Jack | TV film |
2017 | Liar | Ewen | 4 episodes |
2018 | Kiri | Simon Warner | 4 episodes |
Sick of It | Dylan | Episode: "The Kid" | |
2021 | Domina | Marcellus | 4 episodes |
The Nevers | Pink Shirt | Episode: " Exposure" | |
2024 | True Detective: Night Country | Officer Peter Prior | Main role; 6 episodes |
TBA | Black Doves † | TBA | Upcoming Netflix series [7] |
TBA | A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms † | Aerion Targaryen | Filming |