FrameThrower · Actors · Ed Skrein
Ed Skrein
4 films · 488 frames · top-billed in 3 · 2016–2023
Born 29 March 1983 · Camden, London, England, UK
Edward George Skrein is an English actor, filmmaker, and rapper. Skrein made his acting debut in Plan B's short film Michelle. He got his first lead role in Plan B's Ill Manors. Skrein portrayed Daario Naharis in the third season of the television series Game of Thrones. However, in the fourth season of the series, he had been replaced by Dutch actor Michiel Huisman. Skrein states that "behind the scenes politics" had forced him to leave the show. In 2014, Skrein was cast in The Transporter: Refueled, replacing Jason Statham as the lead. Though the film was critically panned, his performance was praised. In 2016, Skrein played the lead villain, Ajax, in the blockbuster action film Deadpool.
How their films are shot
Measured across 488 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ed takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 60% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Ed takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 488 frames from Ed Skrein's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.