Alex Lawther
Actor
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).
As Director
Filmography
The Imitation Game
as Young Alan Turing 2014
The Last Duel
as King Charles VI 2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Morisot 2021
Ghost Stories
as Simon Rifkind 2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen) 2017
X+Y
as Isaac Cooper 2014
The Translators
as Alex Goodman 2019
Freak Show
as Billy Bloom 2018
The Lost Patient
as Bastien 2022
Departure
as Elliot 2016
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Velveteen Rabbit (voice) 2023
Earwig
as Laurence 2022
Old Boys
as Amberson 2018
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Volunteer: Joey 2017
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited) 2022
Yussef is Complicated
as Rory 2015
Alex's Dream
as Alex Morin 2018