Alex Lawther
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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Movies (27)
A Second Life
as Elijah
2026
Alien: Earth - On Set Dispatches
as Self
2025
Rhoda
Director (Directing)
2024
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
2023
For People in Trouble
Director (Directing)
2023
The Lost Patient
as Bastien
2022
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
as Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
Earwig
as Laurence
2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Morisot
2021
The Last Duel
as King Charles VI
2021
Miss Fortunate
as Jack
2021
Grand amour
2020
Spark
as Theo
2020
The Translators
as Alex Goodman
2019
Alex's Dream
as Alex Morin
2018
Old Boys
as Amberson
2018
Ghost Stories
as Simon Rifkind
2018
Freak Show
as Billy Bloom
2018
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Volunteer: Joey
2017
Narrated By
as Sam Sipowitz
2016
Departure
as Elliot
2016
Yussef is Complicated
as Rory
2015
The Imitation Game
as Young Alan Turing
2014
X+Y
as Isaac Cooper
2014
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict
as Benjamin Britten
2013
The Fear
as The Boy
2010
TV Shows (11)
Leonard and Hungry Paul
as Leonard
2025
Alien: Earth
as Joe DiMaggio Hermit
2025
Andor
as Karis Nemik (voice)
2022
Lloyd of the Flies
as Abacus Woodlouse (voice)
2022
The Cleaner
as Shaman
2021
The Owl House
as Philip Wittebane (voice)
2020
Summer Camp Island
as Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
2018
Howards End
as Tibby Schlegel
2017
The End of the F***ing World
as James
2017
Black Mirror
as Kenny
2011
Holby City
as Fred Bamber
1999