Bill Sikes
Violent, strong and feared by all who meet him.
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About Mark Stanley
Mark was most recently seen in the BAFTA-nominated Kajaki aka Kilo Two Bravo. Mark will next be seen in Our Kind of Traitor, starring Damian Lewis and Ewan McGregor, a feature adaptation of the John Le Carré novel which was directed by Susanna White.
Mark is known to television audiences from the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, in which he played the role of Grenn. His feature film credits include Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner, in which he starred alongside Timothy Spall; How I Live Now, directed by Kevin Macdonald; and Joe Johnston’s adaptation of the Marvel comic Captain America.
Mark’s theatre credits include Richard Wilson’s production of Blasted at the Sheffield Crucible; Josie Rourke’s staging of Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse, in which Mark starred alongside Tom Hiddleston and Mark Gatiss; ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore, directed by Jonathan Munby at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; and Events While Guarding The Bofors Gun, at the Finborough Theatre.
Charles Dickens's Bill Sikes
Housebreaker, thief and all round bruiser of Dickens's Oliver Twist.
"IN the obscure parlour of a low public-house, situate in the filthiest part of Little Saffron-Hill,—a dark and gloomy den, where a flaring gaslight burnt all day in the winter-time, and where no ray of sun ever shone in the summer,—there sat, brooding over a little pewter measure and a small glass, strongly impregnated with the smell of liquor, a man in a velveteen coat, drab shorts, half-boots, and stockings, whom, even by that dim light, no experienced agent of police would have hesitated for one instant to recognise as Mr. William Sikes. At his feet sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog, who occupied himself alternately in winking at his master with both eyes at the same time, and in licking a large, fresh cut on one side of his mouth, which appeared to be the result of some recent conflict.
'Keep quiet, you warmint! keep quiet!' said Mr. Sikes, suddenly breaking silence."
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 15.
Read the whole novel here.
