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11 unusual facts about The Tudors


Catherine Steadman

Catherine Steadman is an English actress, best known for playing Nurse Angela Wilson in ITV's 60s drama Breathless and Joan Bulmer, best friend/betrayer of Catherine Howard in the final season of The Tudors.

David Alpay

He later appeared in some chapters of the second season of The Tudors playing Mark Smeaton, a musician of Henry VIII's court, and narrated the 2008 short film Ten for Grandpa by director Doug Karr.

Diego Stocco

Diego served as music sound designer for TV shows The Tudors, Moonlight and Sleeper Cell.

Eat the Peach

His wife, Nora (Catherine Byrne - Alice More in the series The Tudors), protests and goes back to her mother with their little girl, Vicky.

Otto Truchsess von Waldburg

A fictional version of him is seen in the third series of Showtime's Emmy Award–winning show The Tudors.

Philippe de Chabot

A fictional version of Chabot made a brief appearance in the 2007 Showtime series The Tudors, played by Philippe De Grossouvre.

Richard Pace

In the TV series The Tudors, Pace, played by Matt Ryan, is depicted as being accused of spying, and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he goes mad.

Robert Greenblatt

Under his leadership, he developed and supervised award-winning shows like Weeds, Dexter, The Tudors, Nurse Jackie, and United States of Tara.

Ryōko Nagata

The Tudors and Tudor era Documentaries by Dr. David Starkey (Catherine of Aragon)

Sawley Abbey

In March 2009, Sawley Abbey was featured in the first episode of series 3 of the TV series The Tudors.

William Sommers

David Bradley played Will Sommers in Episode 3.5 of the Showtime series The Tudors (2009).


Alan van Sprang

Alan van Sprang (born June 19, 1971) is Canadian actor best known for playing Sir Francis Bryan in the series The Tudors and for appearing in the Living Dead films of George A. Romero.

Anne Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon

In two 2007 episodes of the Showtime television series, The Tudors, Anne Stafford, portrayed by Anna Brewster, is presented as the 3rd Duke of Buckingham's daughter (she was his sister), and is involved not with Henry VIII but with a fictionalized version of the King's future brother-in-law, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

Colin O'Donoghue

In 2009, O'Donoghue appeared as Duke Philip of Bavaria in an episode of season 3 of the Showtime historical-fiction series The Tudors.

Drimnagh Castle

A number of movies and TV productions have been filmed at Drimnagh Castle, most notably 'The Abduction Club' 2002 directed by Stephen Schwartz, 'Ella Enchanted' 2004 directed by Tommy O'Haver and 'The Tudors' 2007 created by Michael Hirst.

Duncan Duff

On television he has been a regular on series such as Lip Service, Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People, The Tudors, Touch of Cloth, Broken News, Big Kids, Hamish Macbeth and River City.

Emma Stansfield

She also guest starred in the fourth season of Showtime's show The Tudors as the Protestant martyr Anne Askew.

Emmanuel Leconte

Emmanuel Leconte (born 11 October 1982; Paris, France) is a French actor best known for his role as King Francis I in the television hit series The Tudors.

Joe Van Moyland

Bernays has appeared in a number of television shows, most notably in The Tudors, where he played the famous composer Thomas Tallis.

Lavolta

What is said to be The Volta (but is actually another dance) can be seen in the dance being performed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Henry VIII and Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in the second season's seventh episode of Showtime's original series The Tudors.

Paul Ronan

He has been a regular performer in TV and films since the mid-90's, notably as Edso Dowling in the Ballykissangel TV series; other TV appearances include Rebel Heart and The Tudors.

Perdita Weeks

She portrayed Mary Boleyn (King Henry VIII's sister-in-law) in the Showtime drama The Tudors (2007).

Philip, Duke of Palatinate-Neuburg

Philip, Count Palatine is portrayed as Duke Philip of Bavaria by Colin O'Donoghue in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors.

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

The 2007 Showtime series The Tudors has Nick Dunning in the role depicting him as ambitious, cunning and devious, constantly working to curry favour for his family against everyone else and always willing to "motivate" his daughter, Anne, lest Henry lose interest in her.