Boyd Chester-Freeman
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 41 - 51
- Height
- 6' 1" (1m 85cm)
- Weight
- 14st. 13lb. (95kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Brown
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |
Set Designer and properties builder
Film |
Private commission – “Faction” Dance party 2005. |
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| 2003 |
Pilot - Minor character
Film |
"Mixed Couples" by James Prideaux |
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| 2015 |
Site build and set-up, tudor carpenter back-up for other historical interpreters.
Film |
Tudors at the Tower for Historic Royal Palaces |
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| 2014 |
Art Department Assistant, Costumed extra, Boatman, Chicken wrangler
Film |
Spy Masters Documentary |
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| 2011 |
Event organiser and primary contact for Nelson Mediaeval Society’s re-enactment faire.Including sponsor and vendor generation, design and onsite build and event management.
Film |
Nelson Mediaeval Faire |
|
| 2004 |
Set Designer and properties bu
Film |
Private commission – “Theo Parish – 20,00 leagues deep” Dance party 2004. |
|
| 2016 |
Art Department
Film |
GSP Studios. "End of Term" |
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| 2012 |
Historical Interpreter & Actor; WWI living history engaging with school groups and general public. Filming for Primary School level Documentary
Theatre |
Dramatix Theatre Group New Zealand |
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| 2013 |
Events Technician; Set-up and break down of various events. Historical Interpreter; Costumed performer, engaging with public/ working with blackpowder for muskets and cannons.
Film |
English Heritage Events - Contractor |
|
| 2006 |
Set designer and properties builder
Film |
NZ Arts Foundation – New Generation Art Awards 2006. |
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| 2012 |
General Events Technician. Set-up and break down of various events
Film |
Gallowglass Event Management - Contractor |
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| 2016 |
Art Department
Film |
GSP Studios. "End of Term" |
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| 2013 |
Historical Interpreter; Tudor Period living history engaging with school groups and general public.
Film |
Kentwell Hall 4 week Tudor Event |
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| 2015 |
Childrens entertainment for Mid-term break. 5 days. 4 hour long shows per day. Unscripted
Film |
Witley Court Explorers |
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| 2014 |
Live in Scarer for Halloween event
Film |
Kentwell Hall's Scareville |
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| 2003 |
Set Designer and properties builder
Film |
Dolphin Theatre – “the Weekend” 2002 & “Terra Nova” 2003. |
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| 2016 |
Set and Props builder
Film |
GSP. movie "Solice" |
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| 2014 |
Oversee black powder use for pyrotechnics and tudor sakers (cannon)
Film |
English Heritage Events - Pirates Attack |
|
| 2015 |
Site build and set-up, Jousting crew, back-up for other historical interpreters.,
Film |
Tower Joust for Historic Royal Palaces |
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| 2015 |
Childrens entertainment for halloween. 5 days. 4 hour long shows per day. Unscripted
Film |
Audley End House Halloween |
|
| 2016 |
week long event as costumed saxon
Film |
Battle abbey |
|
| 2014 |
4 day temporary fort build and paint
Film |
English Heritage Events - Dover Seige |
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| 2015 |
Extra; Fish Monger and Warrior
Film |
Beowulf - Return to the Shieldlands |
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| 2014 |
1788 Marine Extra. 4/7 episodes
Film |
Banished, RSJ Films |
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| 2016 |
Banner and tabard maker, event set-up and performer
Film |
Clash of Kings flashmob in London |
|
| 2016 |
Small props and banners maker
Television |
BBC documentary 1066. A year to conquer England |
|
| 2015 |
Viking Extra
Film |
KORT: King Arthur - Still in production |
|
| 2016 |
Costumed sailor
Film |
Osterly House |
|
| 2015 |
Childrens entertainment for Mid-term break. 9 days. 4 hour long shows per day. Unscripted based on historical knowledge and experience
Film |
Battle Abbey |
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| 2015 |
Site build and set-up, Jousting crew, back-up for other historical interpreters.
Film |
Tatton Park Joust for Historic Royal Palaces |
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| 2016 |
Costumed English Civil War historical interpreter
Film |
Bolsover Castle |
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| 2016 |
Costumed English Civil war dragoon
Film |
Whitby Abbey |
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| 2016 |
Event set up and costumed historical chandler
Film |
Tudors at the Tower of London |
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| 2016 |
Costumed squire and historical interpreter
Film |
Audley End House Joust |
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| 2016 |
Event set up and Costumed joust foot crew
Film |
Tower of London joust - corporate event |
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| 2016 |
Costumed Joust foot crew
Film |
Eltham Court Palace joust |
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| 2016 |
Costumed Joust foot crew
Film |
Kenilworth Castle Joust |
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| 2016 |
Costumed Tudor blacksmith
Film |
Bramhall House opening |
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| 2016 |
Assistant Props and set dressing
Film |
Like a Shot Productions - Documentary Filming Chislehurst Caves |
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| 2016 |
Costumed gladiator trainer. Event set-up
Film |
Castleford Roman Festival |
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| 2016 |
Costumed Joust foot crew
Film |
PendennisCastle Joust |
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| 2016 |
Volunteer saxon serf and cook
Film |
Lincoln Castle - King John Returns |
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| 2016 |
Assistant props and set dresser
Film |
Like A Shot Documentry - in production |
|
| 2016 |
Extra.
Television |
BBC documentary 1066. A year to conquer England |
|
| 2016 |
Childrens performer at Bolsover Castle
Film |
Cavalier vs Roundheads |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
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About me
I have cultivated an "Historical" look for the work I do as a historical interpretor and a costumed heritage events technician.I am interested in being involved in period dramas and similar. I work as a childrens entertainer and historical interpreter, which requires the ability to be flexible and adlib to a wide range of audience ages while keeping them all interested and under control.
I'm a self employed DBS certified contractor and I'm generally flexible with my time.
I have a multitude of abilities and experience and have spent the last 12 years focusing on Historical Interpretation and developing period/traditional skills and crafts from butchering to blacksmithing. My skills will allow your background action to look real and believable.
I'm used to using bows and firing black powder muskets. I have even fired a couple of cannon!
Skills
| Languages Spoken | English |
|---|---|
| Accents/Dialects | Australian, New Zealand/Kiwi |
| Additional Skills | Acting, Modeling |
Highlights
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I have a wide range of acting experience, both scripted and non-scripted, in traditional theatre to in the round outdoor arenas. I work as a childrens entertainer and historical interpreter, which requires the ability to be flexible and adlib to a wide range of audience ages while keeping them all interested and under control.
2014 Paid SA for "Spymasters" at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk
2014 Volunteer Scarer for "Scaresville" at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk
2014 Paid Walk-on for "Syndicate" (season 3) Scarborough
2014 Paid Military Extra for "Banished" Manchester 5/7 episodes
2013-15 Paid historical interpretor and childrens entertainer for various history groups with light scripting and adlibed dialogue
2013 I spent a month living on site at Kentwell Hall as a volunteer Tudor period historic interpretor, in which all the diolouge was adlibbed and based on our own historical knowledge of the period http://www.kentwell.co.uk/events/tudor
2012 I was an World War 1 Captain in a scripted filmed documentry.
2007 For several months I was a non-scripted role-player for candidate assessment with Cerno occupational psychiatry
I have also performed as extras in plays, music videos and Shakespearean plays in Secondary
school. I even made it on to the national news during New Zealands 2006 Zombie walk.