"Daniel Ings didn't watch Game of Throneswhen it first aired on HBO. Chalk it up to the sting of rejection. Like most working British actors of any generation, he auditioned for at least two characters in the original series: the smug yet pitiful role of Theon Greyjoy in the pilot, and then, a few years later, he made a go at bisexual avenger Oberyn Martell. Alfie Allen got one part, and Pedro Pascal got the other - the right choices in retrospect, Ings gracefully concedes"
"His athletic eyebrows and sculpted curls worked overtime on the dark comedy-drama I Hate Suzie, teen-comedy favorite Sex Education, and campy crime thriller The Woman in Cabin 10.In , he swapped coke for testosterone as the womanizing Mike Parker, who got Prince Philip (Matt Smith) caught up in scandal. But he is probably best known as feckless, maddening Luke, sidekick to Johnny Flynn's lovelorn Dylan, in the much-beloved sitcom Lovesick, which premiered on Channel 4 in 2014"
Daniel Ings initially avoided Game of Thrones after auditioning unsuccessfully for Theon Greyjoy and later Oberyn Martell. He brings a classic English character-actor energy and a talent for comic relief. Ings played volatile and comedic roles in productions including The Gentlemen, I Hate Suzie, Sex Education, and The Woman in Cabin 10. He portrayed the womanizing Mike Parker, whose actions implicated Prince Philip, and achieved wider recognition as Luke in the sitcom Lovesick, which began as Scrotal Recall on Channel 4 before reaching a larger Netflix audience. Fifteen years after his first Thrones auditions, he now plays Lyonel Baratheon.
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