Alex Lawther
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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
Credits
The Imitation Game (2014)
as Young Alan Turing
The Last Duel (2021)
as King Charles VI
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Morisot
The Velveteen Rabbit (2023)
as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
X+Y (2014)
as Isaac Cooper
Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
Ghost Stories (2018)
as Simon Rifkind
Old Boys (2018)
as Amberson
Departure (2016)
as Elliot
The Lost Patient (2022)
as Bastien
The Translators (2019)
as Alex Goodman
Benjamin Britten: Peace and Conflict (2013)
as Benjamin Britten
A Second Life (2026)
as Elijah
Freak Show (2018)
as Billy Bloom
Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017)
as Volunteer: Joey
Earwig (2022)
as Laurence
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look (2022)
as Karis Nemik (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fear (2010)
as The Boy
Grand amour (2020)
Actor
Alex's Dream (2018)
as Alex Morin
Narrated By (2016)
as Sam Sipowitz
National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk (2026)
as Vlass Mikhailich
Miss Fortunate (2021)
as Jack
The End of the F World (2017)
as self
Spark (2020)
as Theo
Yussef is Complicated (2015)
as Rory