--- title: Florence Pugh's Brother Captures Hearts Across the Internet description: Florence Pugh's older brother, Toby Sebastian, who appeared in Game of Thrones, has captured the heart and attention of the Internet. canonical: https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-01-17T21:05:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:13.507Z og:title: People Swooning for Florence Pugh's Brother Believe He's a Very Important 2020 Development og:description: You just might remember him from 'Game of Thrones' og:url: https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e129a7e8cf552e2/698a09068fd2eefb0e360c58/Florence-Pugh-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Swooning for Florence Pugh's Brother Believe He's a Very Important 2020 Development twitter:description: You just might remember him from 'Game of Thrones' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e129a7e8cf552e2/698a09068fd2eefb0e360c58/Florence-Pugh-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Swooning for Florence Pugh's Brother Believe He's a Very Important 2020 Development > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=92245d0c-d696-447f-ae3a-814f24b33877&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2020 9:05 PM UTC  SANTA MONICA, CA - JANUARY 12: Florence Pugh during the arrivals for the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, CA. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA - JANUARY 12: Florence Pugh during the arrivals for the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, CA. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Patrick McMullan via Getty Image&mdash  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 17, 2020 9:05 PM UTC **Warning**: This post contains spoilers for _Game of Thrones_. From [_Midsommar_](https://time.com/5615615/midsommar-movie-review/) to [_Little Women_](https://time.com/5754484/little-women-review/), actor [Florence Pugh](https://time.com/5748203/meryl-streep-fries/) has been making headlines in the past year for her Hollywood come-up; however, when it comes to Internet adoration lately, it’s Pugh’s older brother, Toby Sebastian, who might have the market cornered. People online recently discovered that the new Oscar nominee had an older brother, a fact that becomes exponentially more interesting to his fans once they discovered that the brother in question is tall, dark and handsome. Eagle-eyed fans may recognize Sebastian from his role on _Game of Thrones_, where he played Trystane Martell, the ill-fated heir to the throne of Dorne, who was killed off in season six. Trystane’s not the only role that Sebastian has played; he also portrayed Andrea Bocelli in the biopic feature, _The Music of Silence._ In addition to acting, Sebastian is also a singer who released an EP, [_Hamliar_](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzz-m6phXP6/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed), in the summer of 2019. The Internet had all of the feelings once they found out that Sebastian was Pugh’s brother, ranging from amazement to disbelief. > [](https://twitter.com/markalexl/status/1217512286044262402) > [](https://twitter.com/bestofpugh/status/1217921819849699335) > [](https://twitter.com/a%5Fbar90/status/1217832692273729536) Looks like talent runs in this family; see Pugh and Sebastian together below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/"},"headline":"People Swooning for Florence Pugh's Brother Believe He's a Very Important 2020 Development","datePublished":"2020-01-17T21:05:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:13.507Z","description":"You just might remember him from 'Game of Thrones'","url":"https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e129a7e8cf552e2/698a09068fd2eefb0e360c58/Florence-Pugh-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e129a7e8cf552e2/698a09068fd2eefb0e360c58/Florence-Pugh-brother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards - Arrivals","caption":"25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Patrick McMullan via Getty Image&mdash","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5767462/florence-pugh-brother-toby-sebastian/","name":"People Swooning for Florence Pugh's Brother Believe He's a Very Important 2020 Development"}}]}] ```