Sebastian de Souza

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Sebastian Denis de Souza (born 19 April 1993) is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer.

He first gained fame for his role as Matty Levan in the E4 teen drama series Skins.

Early life

De Souza is the second of Elinor Kelly and Chris de Souza, an opera performer of Goan Indian descent. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and Tristan is his older brother. He grew up in Boxford, Berkshire, and spent time at Brockhurst and Marlston House School, gaining a fascination with theatre, music, and writing. At the age of 11, he decided to dramatize The Willows at Christmas, William Horwood's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, and performed it in the barn with his classmates. In 2006, when he was 13, he appeared in Hangman's short film that premiered at the Corn Exchange. It was a tale of witchcraft in the spirit of Macbeth that he co-wrote with the Prep School's Film Club.

He then went to St Edward's School, Oxford, where he received a music scholarship in 2006 as a pianist, clarinettist, and singer. He later earned A-levels in English, History, and Philosophy. He attended acting lessons at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. He appeared in school performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream Playing Puck, Great Expectations as Pip, C. P. Taylor's Good as Maurice, and Henry V as Henry, which earned him a drama award in 2010. He became a member of the National Youth Theatre in the same year.

Personal life

De Souza, a de Souza family, teaches drama at a home-based Center for Music Drama and Art every year. In 2013, he was made a Patron of The Globe Theatre Education Fund, which operates drama programs for schools around the country, mainly Shakespearean. He can sing in the tenor range and play various instruments through a practical experience with orchestras.

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Career

After a brief appearance in Nick Ross's documentary series The Truth About Crime, de Souza got his break on television at the age of 17, when he was cast as Matty Levan in the fifth and sixth instalment of cult drama Skins. In 2012, he joined the cast of historical drama The Borgias, created by Neil Jordan for the American TV network Showtime and filmed at Korda Studios, near Budapest. His character, Alfonso d'Aragona, first appeared in The Confession and closed his run at the end of the third and final season. While in Hungary, he was filmmaker with photographer Benjamin Lebus for Evelyne's World, a concept short film about the allegory of the Cave starring Evelyne Brochu.

De Souza's first big screen role is in Julian Gilbey's thriller Plastic. Production took place in early 2013 on location in Miami and London. As a screenplay writer, he made his cinematic debut in Kids in Love, a film produced by Ealing Studios with de Souza also taking a title role. In 2014, he was cast as the male lead in a new Freeform show called Recovery Road, which was broadcast for a single season in 2016.

In addition to his acting career, de Souza is a singer and musician. In 2011 he's featured as a guest vocalist for Cubiq in their Say EP released by Hidden Label. The tune, related to current electro club music, has been remixed by Matanza and Timmy P in an alternative version that fits the traditional house template. In 2016, the Recovery Road cast including Sebastian performed for the spring finale a musical ensemble version of Lean On Me by Bill Withers.

De Souza also works in the field of producing. In 2013 he co-founded with actor Will Poulter the TV and film production company Good Soil. The following year he created his own brand management called de Souza aimed at helping young storytellers, producers or filmmakers develop their scripts.

In March 2021 de Souza's first novel, Kid: A History of The Future, was published by Offliner Press, a publisher established and owned by de Souza himself.

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