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Alex Lawther

1995 - Today

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Alexander Jonathan Lawther (born 4 May 1995) is an English actor, writer, and director. He made his professional acting debut originating the role of John Blakemore in Sir David Hare's South Downs in the West End. He made his feature film debut playing a young Alan Turing in the Academy Award-winning film The Imitation Game (2014), for which he received the London Film Critics' Circle Award for "Young British Performer of the Year" and was declared one of BAFTA's 2015 Breakthrough Brits. He achieved more mainstream success for his role as Kenny in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2016), and for portraying the lead role of James in the Channel 4 series The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Alex Lawther is the 12,311th most popular actor (down from 11,116th in 2024), the 7,355th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,829th in 2019) and the 1,324th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alex Lawther ranks 12,311 out of 13,578. Before him are Thad Luckinbill, Yasmine Al Massri, Seema Biswas, Lori Alan, Judah Friedlander, and Shawne Fielding. After him are Masumi Asano, Danielle Rose Russell, Chie Nakamura, Cree Summer, Anupama Parameswaran, and Davika Hoorne.

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Among people born in 1995, Alex Lawther ranks 325. Before him are Serhii Sternenko, Francesca Michielin, Anna Danilina, Miloš Veljković, Sandy Walsh, and Santi Mina. After him are Josh Murphy, Ellie Black, Anton Miranchuk, Nathy Peluso, Kim Nam-joo, and Samuel Gustafson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Lawther ranks 7,357 out of 8,785. Before him are Jovan Adepo (1988), Himesh Patel (1990), Donna Lewis (1973), Ben Horowitz (1966), John Lundstram (1994), and Corinne Bailey Rae (1979). After him are Richard Wright (1977), Tom Cleverley (1989), Danny Simpson (1987), Declan Galbraith (1991), Steven Davis (1985), and Bettany Hughes (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alex Lawther ranks 1,324. Before him are Caroline Catz (1969), Andrew Buchan (1979), Jacob Anderson (1990), Jessica Hynes (1972), Jovan Adepo (1988), and Himesh Patel (1990). After him are Ana Mulvoy-Ten (1992), Alexander Vlahos (1988), Matthew Marsden (1973), Bertie Carvel (1977), Joe Anderson (1982), and Natasha Little (1969).

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