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Frederick Nicholas Thorp (born 7 March 1994) is a British actor. He starred in the action film Overdrive (2017), as well as the Netflix series Safe (2018) and Fate: The Winx Saga (2021–2022).

Early life

Thorp was born in Kensington and Chelsea, London, to Nick Thorp and Antonia Manley. He has an older sister, Ophelia.

Thorp attended Summer Fields School in Oxford and later Eton College with fellow actor Jonah Hauer-King. He spent the summer of 2013 in New York City taking classes with the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. That autumn, he began his studies in psychology at the University of Exeter, where he participated in theatre through EUTCo.

Career

In 2016, he played his first role, Tommy, in the film To Dream. In 2017, Thorp was nominated at the British Urban Film Festival as the best emerging male actor.

In 2017, he played Garrett Foster, a car thief, in Overdrive. The scenes were filmed in Marseille, France.

In 2021–22, he played Riven, in the television series of Fate: The Winx Saga. During the second season, Riven shows a more sensitive side, while in the first season he was more delinquent. Thorp stated that he liked playing the bad boy because he can act in a way that he may never do in real life. Thorp has said that the audience can relate to his character's bisexuality. The series was cancelled after two seasons.

In 2022, he played Michael, a mountaineer, who quits his job to go on a journey climbing mountains in the film Summit Fever. Thorp also had to climb real rock faces on the Eiger, Matterhorn and Mont Blanc mountains for the film.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

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9. ^ "Nominees and Winners". British Urban Film Festival.
10. "Overdrive". rottentomatoes.com. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
11. Dalton, Stephen (14 August 2017). "'Overdrive': Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
12. Radish, Christina (23 September 2022). "Freddie Thorp on Whether Riven is Toxic or Misunderstood in 'Fate: The Winx Saga' Season 2". collider.com. Collider. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
13. Porter, Rick (1 November 2022). "'Fate: The Winx Saga' Canceled at Netflix". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
14. Hoad, Phil (11 October 2022). "Summit Fever review – super-real mountain-climbing drama is dizzying experience". theguardian.com. The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
15. Wiseman, Andreas (14 June 2018). "Survival Tales 'The Boat' & 'Summit Fever' Score Key Deals For Carnaby International". Deadline Hollywood. Deadline. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
16. ^ Craig, David (21 September 2022). "Meet the cast of Netflix's Fate: The Winx Saga". radiotimes.com. Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
17. McEwan, Cameron K (16 May 2018). "The mad ending to Netflix's Safe explained: What happened to Jenny?". digitalspy.com. Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

• Freddie Thorp at IMDb
• Freddie Thorp on Instagram

• Living people
• 1994 births
• Alumni of the University of Exeter
• Male actors from London
• People educated at Summer Fields School
• Actors from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
• Portman family