Person
Alex Lawther
Acting · Born 1995-05-04 · Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
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).
Known for
Holby City
Fred Bamber
Black Mirror
Kenny
Andor
Karis Nemik (voice)
Alien: Earth
Joe DiMaggio Hermit
The Owl House
Philip Wittebane (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
The Imitation Game
Young Alan Turing
The End of the F***ing World
James
The Last Duel
King Charles VI
The Cleaner
Shaman
Filmography
- 2026National Theatre at Home: SummerfolkVlass Mikhailich
- 2026A Second LifeElijah
- 2025Leonard and Hungry PaulLeonard
- 2025Alien: EarthJoe DiMaggio Hermit
- 2024RhodaDirector
- 2023The Velveteen RabbitVelveteen Rabbit (voice)
- 2023For People in TroubleDirector
- 2022The Lost PatientBastien
- 2022AndorKaris Nemik (voice)
- 2022Lloyd of the FliesAbacus Woodlouse (voice)
- 2022Andor: A Disney+ Day Special LookKaris Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022EarwigLaurence
- 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunMorisot
- 2021The Last DuelKing Charles VI
- 2021The CleanerShaman
- 2021Miss FortunateJack
- 2020Grand amour
- 2020SparkTheo
- 2020The Owl HousePhilip Wittebane (voice)
- 2019The TranslatorsAlex Goodman
- 2018Alex's DreamAlex Morin
- 2018Summer Camp IslandMildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2018Old BoysAmberson
- 2018Ghost StoriesSimon Rifkind
- 2018Freak ShowBilly Bloom
- 2017Howards EndTibby Schlegel
- 2017The End of the F***ing WorldJames
- 2017Goodbye Christopher RobinChristopher Robin Milne (Teen)
- 2017Carnage: Swallowing the PastVolunteer: Joey
- 2017The End of the F Worldself
- 2016Narrated BySam Sipowitz
- 2016DepartureElliot
- 2015Yussef is ComplicatedRory
- 2014The Imitation GameYoung Alan Turing
- 2014X+YIsaac Cooper
- 2013Benjamin Britten: Peace and ConflictBenjamin Britten
- 2011Black MirrorKenny
- 2010The FearThe Boy
- 1999Holby CityFred Bamber
- —The AltruistsSam Trabucco
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