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Ed Sheeran is going to be a TV star, according to a new report.

The Thinking Out Loud star is a man of MANY talents and has reportedly picked up a role on a TV show in the US – and it’s a gory one.

Ed, who counts the likes of Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston as pals, has only gone and bagged himself a role on one of his friend’s projects and it’s set to come out after this month.

“I have an acting job coming out after July,” he told The Sun.

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“I can’t say too much about it because the pilot just got picked up, which is good, but it’s a TV show.”

The star was reportedly keen to star on HBO’s hit series Game Of Thrones, but instead will make his debut on another show – which is also “gruesome”.

“It’s a medieval TV show and it’s really, really dark. It’s gruesome and it’s going to be fine because my friend wrote it,” Ed explained.

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“He had a musician in his last show and I said, ‘Oh did he audition for that? And he said ‘No, but I just thought he would be good in it.’ So I said, ‘Can you put me in your show next?’”

Talk about having friends in high places. Bravo Ed.

Ed is keen to show off his acting skills having previously auditioned for a part on an ITV show, and he didn’t get it.

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He has said: “I quickly realised that I can show you in 30 seconds how talented I am in music, but I can’t show you in 30 seconds how talented I am.

“There was a part I auditioned for on an ITV show and it was music and acting. And I thought this would be fun and I got down to the final six.

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“I said to myself if I got this, not more music just acting and if I didn’t, no more acting, just music and I didn’t.”

Ed added: “Then I just did music and it all went well.”