Alex Lawther
Acting Born May 4, 1995 Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK 24 credits
Biography
Alexander Jonathan Lawthe (born May 4, 1995) is an English actor. He began acting in theatre at 16, when he played the lead role in David Hare’s South Downs at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester. He is best known for portraying the young Alan Turing in the film "The Imitation Game"(2014), which won him the London Film Critics' Circle Award for 'Young British Performer of the Year'.
This was followed with a starring role in 2015 film "Departure", opposite Juliet Stevenson. He also played the lead role of James in the Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019).
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Full filmography
- Black Mirror (2011) as Kenny
- Holby City (1999) as Fred Bamber
- Andor (2022) as Karis Nemik (voice)
- The Owl House (2020) as Philip Wittebane (voice)
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Mildred's Friend (voice)
- Alien: Earth (2025) as Joe DiMaggio Hermit
- The Imitation Game (2014) as Young Alan Turing
- The End of the F***ing World (2017) as James
- The Last Duel (2021) as King Charles VI
- The Cleaner (2021) as Shaman
- The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) as Morisot
- Howards End (2017) as Tibby Schlegel
- Lloyd of the Flies (2022) as Abacus Woodlouse (voice)
- X+Y (2014) as Isaac Cooper
- Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
- Ghost Stories (2018) as Simon Rifkind
- The Velveteen Rabbit (2023) as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
- Leonard and Hungry Paul (2025) as Leonard
- The Translators (2019) as Alex Goodman
- Old Boys (2018) as Amberson
- A Second Life (2026) as Elijah
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017) as Volunteer: Joey
- Freak Show (2018) as Billy Bloom