Edward George “Ed” Skrein (born 29 March 1983) is an English rapper and actor. Outside of his rap career, he is best known now for his roles as Daario Naharis in Season 3 of Game of Thrones and Francis Freeman aka Ajax in the Deadpool movie.

He is a long time friend and collaborator of Ben ‘Plan B’ Drew. Drew gave him his first acting role in 2008 short film ‘Michelle’ which would later be developed into 2012’s film ‘iLL Manors’, written and directed by Ben Drew with Ed in the leading role alongside Riz Ahmed.

His rap career is inactive.