Robert Hugh Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is a British film and theatre actor.

[2] He gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of Sussex, going on to win a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (his acting training was paid for via scholarships from The Wall Trust and the Sir John Cass Foundation),[3] graduating in 2003 after a three-year course.

Carvel was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance in Parade in 2008.

[10][11] From August to October 2015, Carvel played both Pentheus and Agave in Bakkhai at the Almeida Theatre.

[12] Carvel also performed as Yank in the play The Hairy Ape at the Old Vic in November of the same year.

From 2011 to 2024, Carvel was[14] the voice of the male Imperial Agent in the MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic until the role was reassigned to Wilf Scolding.

[15] He played Nick Clegg in the Channel 4 drama Coalition and in September appeared as the unfaithful husband of Suranne Jones's title character in the BBC One thriller series Doctor Foster.

[17] In June 2024, it was announced that Carvel would portray Baelor Targaryen in the upcoming series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.