Age: 11
male
Dexter Sol Ansell is a talented young performer who is making waves in the entertainment industry. Dexter has recently been cast as "Egg" in the Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; for HBO, written by George R R Martin. He has recently wrapped filming as Charlie in the book adaptation of Charlie and Me, (500 Miles) which is due to hit cinemas in 2026. Dexter's acting journey began at the tender age of four after he was cast as Lucas Taylor in ITV's Emmerdale. Dexter then played the challenging role of 'David Saunders' in the hit thriller series 'The Midwich Cuckoos' for Sky. Dexter has also played 'Buster' in the comedy feature film 'Christmas on Mistletoe Farm', directed by Debbie Isitt and released on Netflix in November 2022. Further credits include the upcoming releases of feature films 'Here', Directed by Bob Zemeckis, horror film 'The Moor' and Channel 4's 'Hullraisers', and he was thrilled to play Young Coriolanus Snow in the hugely-anticipated The Hunger Games prequel - The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. You can catch Dexter in the hit family adventure movie, Robin and The Hoods, as 'Little Dan' now streaming on Sly Cinema.
Dexter Sol Ansell
Toddy Barbour (Young)
for Toddy Barbour (Young) in The Goldfinch
Suggested by ellielim
The novel is a coming-of-age tale told in the first person. The protagonist, 13-year-old Theodore Decker, survives a terrorist bombing at an art museum where his mother is killed. While staggering through the debris, he takes with him a small Dutch Golden Age painting called Het Puttertje (Dutch for The Goldfinch). Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who do not know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: the small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art.
