Alex Lawther
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).
Acting
Movie
The Imitation Game
as Young Alan Turing
2014
TV
Black Mirror
as Kenny
2011
Movie
The Last Duel
as King Charles VI
2021
TV
The End of the F***ing World
as James
2017
Movie
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Morisot
2021
TV
Andor
as Karis Nemik (voice)
2022
TV
The Owl House
as Philip Wittebane (voice)
2020
Movie
Ghost Stories
as Simon Rifkind
2018
TV
Alien: Earth
as Joe DiMaggio Hermit
2025
Movie
Goodbye Christopher Robin
as Christopher Robin Milne (Teen)
2017
Movie
X+Y
as Isaac Cooper
2014
Movie
The Translators
as Alex Goodman
2019
Movie
Freak Show
as Billy Bloom
2018
Movie
The Lost Patient
as Bastien
2022
Movie
Departure
as Elliot
2016
Movie
The Velveteen Rabbit
as Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
2023
Movie
Earwig
as Laurence
2022
TV
The Cleaner
as Shaman
2021
TV
Howards End
as Tibby Schlegel
2017
Movie
Old Boys
as Amberson
2018
TV
Summer Camp Island
as Mildred's Friend / Additional Voices (voice)
2018
TV
Summer Camp Island
as Mildred's Friend (voice)
2018
TV
Holby City
as Fred Bamber
1999
Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Volunteer: Joey
2017