Robert Catesby — Gunpowder Character Profile

About Robert Catesby

The central architect of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. As a devout Catholic frustrated by James I's perceived leniency toward Catholics, Catesby organizes the conspiracy to blow up the House of Lords and assassinate the king, recruiting fellow plotters and managing the operation's logistics.

Robert Catesby — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Kit Harington

Appears in

Gunpowder (2017)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Robert Catesby — Social Friend — Thomas Wintour (Edward Holcroft)

  Close allies in the Gunpowder Plot

• Robert Catesby — Alliance Conspirator — Guy Fawkes (Tom Cullen)

  Leaders of the Gunpowder Plot

• Robert Catesby — Alliance Conspirator — Jack Wright (Luke Neal)

  Fellow plot participant

• Robert Catesby — Conflict Enemy — Sir Robert Cecil (Mark Gatiss)

  Catesby opposes Cecil's authority

• Robert Catesby — Romantic Interest — Anne Vaux (Liv Tyler)

  Unresolved romantic tension

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• Sir Robert Cecil (Mark Gatiss)
• Thomas Wintour (Edward Holcroft)
• Guy Fawkes (Tom Cullen)
• Thomas Bates (Luke Broughton)
• Father Henry Garnet (Peter Mullan)
• Anne Vaux (Liv Tyler)
• Lord Howard (Simon Kunz)
• Lord Northumberland (David Bamber)
• Slater (Richard Glover)
• Sir Philip Herbert (Hugh Alexander)
• Young Robert Catesby (Tom Sweet)
• George Farwell (Josh Moran)