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Tom Glynn-Carney

Disciplines:
acting

Summary

Tom Glynn-Carney is a British actor who played Peter, the teenage son of the civilian boat owner, in 'Dunkirk' (2017), and subsequently appeared as King Aegon II in 'House of the Dragon'.

Core Contribution

Glynn-Carney's Peter represents the civilian moral courage strand of 'Dunkirk' — the ordinary people who sailed to a war zone because it was the right thing to do — embodying Nolan's argument that Dunkirk was as much a civilian as a military achievement.

Notable Works & Achievements

Dunkirk

The Aftermath

House of the Dragon

Historical Influences

No recorded historical influences.

Intellectual Lineage

British stage training

Contemporaries & Peers

Fionn Whitehead Mark Rylance Barry Keoghan

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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