Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. He is best known for his roles as Predators in the Alien vs. Predator film series, Sheikh Suleiman in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, The Last Engineer in Prometheus, as well as various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.
Career
Raised in Brighton, Whyte began his career a professional basketball player with clubs in several countries, including FC Porto where he was a Portuguese champion in 1996–97, and culminating in a six-year spell with the Newcastle Eagles. He also collected 80 caps for the England national team.
After his retirement from basketball in 2003 he began his second career as a stuntman and actor.
Whyte is best known for portraying Predators in the movies Alien vs. Predator and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
In 2010, Whyte played Sheikh Sulieman in Clash of the Titans.
Whyte portrayed one of the "Engineer" aliens seen in Ridley Scott's 2012 science fiction film, Prometheus.
He has portrayed various characters requiring a physically tall actor in the HBO series Game of Thrones, including White Walkers in season 1 and season 2 and a giant in the opening episode of season 3. For these roles he was unrecognisable under make-up and computer effects. In season 2, he also had a speaking role as Gregor Clegane. In season 5 and season 6, Whyte portrayed the giant Wun Wun. He later played a giant wight in episode 3 of Season 8.
Personal life
Whyte was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. He is tall. Whyte is married to Amy, a business development manager for the Gordon Brown Law Firm. They have one son.
Filmography
See also
List of tallest people
References
External links
1971 births
Living people
People from Bangor, Gwynedd
Welsh male film actors
21st-century Welsh male actors
Welsh male television actors
Welsh men's basketball players
English men's basketball players
British expatriate basketball people in the United States
English expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate basketball people in Portugal
British expatriate basketball people in France
British expatriate basketball people in Belgium
Iona Gaels men's basketball players
Clarion Golden Eagles men's basketball players
Centers (basketball) Newcastle Eagles players Sportspeople from Gwynedd London Towers players Essex Leopards players Besançon BCD players FC Porto basketball players Okapi Aalstar players British expatriate basketball people in Greece Sportspeople from Brighton English expatriate sportspeople in France English expatriate sportspeople in Greece English expatriate sportspeople in Belgium English expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century English male actors English male television actors English male film actors