Edward George Skrein (born March 29, 1983) is an English actor, filmmaker, and rapper. Skrein made his acting debut in Plan B's short film Michelle. He got his first lead role in Plan B's Ill Manors. Skrein portrayed Daario Naharis in the third season of the television series Game of Thrones. However, in the fourth season of the series, he had been replaced by Dutch actor Michiel Huisman. Skrein states that "behind the scenes politics" had forced him to leave the show. In 2014, Skrein was cast in The Transporter: Refueled, replacing Jason Statham as the lead. Though the film was critically panned, his performance was praised. In 2016, Skrein played the lead villain, Ajax, in the blockbuster action film Deadpool.

Filmography

• Ride or Die — Billy Donovan
• 2025Jurassic World Rebirth — Bobby Atwater
• 2024Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver — Atticus Noble
• All the Light We Cannot See — Herr Seidler
• 2023Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire — Atticus Noble
• 2022I Used to Be Famous — Vince
• 2022Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon — Fuzz
• 2021Naked Singularity — Craig Bayonne
• 2019Alita's World: What it Means to be a Cyborg — Zapan
• 2019Alita: Battle Angel — Zapan
• 2019Born a King — Philby
• 2019Love Pool — Jimmy
• Love, Death & Robots — Hilo (voice)
• 2019Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Borra
• 2019Midway — Lieutenant Richard 'Dick' Best
• 2018If Beale Street Could Talk — Officer Bell
• 2018In Darkness — Marc
• 2018Little River Run — Director, Writer
• 2018Patrick — Oliver
• 2018Tau — Alex Upton
• 2016Deadpool — Ajax
• 2016The Model — Shane White
• 2015Kill Your Friends — Rent
• 2015Sword of Vengeance — Treden
• 2015The Transporter Refueled — Frank Martin Jr.
• 2015Tiger House — Callum
• 2014Northmen: A Viking Saga — Hjorr
• 2012Ill Manors — Ed
• 2012Piggy — Jamie
• 2012The Sweeney — David
• Game of Thrones — Daario Naharis
• 2008Michelle
• Fortitude — Dudley Clarke
• God of War — Baldur
• The Patience of Vultures

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2020The Men of Midway — Self
• The Men in Blazers Show — Self
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest